DECAPITATED
ANNOUNCES ‘NIHILITY’
UK & IRELAND TOUR 2023
SPECIAL GUESTS OBSCURA,
INFERI & THE MATERIA
Across eight studio albums, Decapitated grew from the adolescent dream of teenagers from a
small Central European town to one of the leaders of the metal genre. Each successive album
further expands the band’s sound with genre-bending authenticity and integrity. As Metal
Injection rightfully observed, “any self-respecting death metalhead knows the name well.” Like a
rose in the devil’s garden, the Decapitated story builds triumph from tragedy. The gleeful
grotesquery of extreme metal imagery and riff-tastic bludgeoning beckons listeners to uncover
broader truths.
Their latest studio album Cancer Culture was released in 2022, with instantly recognisable
devastation and deceptively sinister hooks abound. Newly minted Decapitated anthems like ‘Last
Supper’, ‘Hello Death’, ‘Just A Cigarette’, ‘No Cure’, ‘Iconoclast’, and ‘Cancer Culture’
shimmer with sonically sharp production and unrelenting bombast. There’s also a newly increased
emphasis on melody, even venturing into darkly romantic territory. Wacław “Vogg”
Kiełtyka (guitar), Rafał “Rasta” Piotrowski (vocals), Paweł Pasek (bass), and James
Stewart (drums) are at the top of their game, delivering the goods at peak
performance. Jinjer vocalist Tatiana Shmayluk and Machine Head front man Robb
Flynn make impressive guest appearances. Flynn contributes a hauntingly beautiful vocal to
the Cancer Culture track ‘Iconoclast’, with Shmayluk, a formidable screamer, going the the
clean vocal route on track ‘Hello Death.