Wacław Kiełtyka Explained

Wacław Kiełtyka
Birth Date:1981 12, df=y
Birth Place:Krosno, Poland
Occupation:Musician
Alma Mater:Academy of Music in Kraków
Children:2 daughters[1]
Relatives:Witold Kiełtyka (brother)
Wojciech Kiełtyka (brother)
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Alias:Vogg
Instrument:Guitar
Years Active:1996–present
Associated Acts:Machine Head, Decapitated, Lux Occulta, Vader, Sceptic, Renata Przemyk[2]

Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka (born 17 December 1981) is a Polish musician, best known as the guitarist of the death metal band Decapitated. In addition to Decapitated, Wacław has been the guitarist of Lux Occulta since 1998, as well as a former member of the Kraków group Sceptic. He also worked with the death metal band Vader.[3] He is a graduate of musical school in the first and second degree, and attended the Academy of Music in Kraków as an accordionist.

Kiełtyka auditioned for second guitarist of Morbid Angel after the departure of Erik Rutan in 2006.[4] Before joining Vader in 2009, Kiełtyka was a music store salesman.[4] He also worked as a guitar technician for the band Hypocrisy.[4]

From September 2019 to November 2023, Kiełtyka played the lead guitar in Machine Head.[5]

Instruments

Guitars
Amplifiers, cabinets, and effects

Legal issues

On 9 September 2017, all four members of Decapitated (Michal Łysejko, Kiełtyka, Rafał Piotrowski and Hubert Więcek) were arrested in Santa Ana, California after a show, and were charged with first-degree kidnapping in relation to an incident alleged to have happened after the band's show at Spokane, Washington's The Pin on 31 August 2017.[17] Prior to the arrest, the band members had offered to surrender to the police as soon as they had learned of an investigation, but never heard anything back.[18]

During the alleged incident, two women were held in the band's tour bus against their will.[19] Of the two women, one was able to escape. The other informed police that each member of the band raped her on the bus.

After being extracted to Spokane, each band member was formally charged with rape in October 2017.[20] Piotrowski and Kiełtyka were both charged with second degree rape, while Łysejko and Więcek's charges were for third degree rape.[21] This was in contrast to earlier reports, which had depicted Piotrowski and Więcek as the primary aggressors.[22] Kiełtyka was represented by defense attorney Steve Graham. All members of the band plead not guilty to their respective criminal charges.[23]

Later in October the band was released from jail, with each member paying $100,000 in bail and being required to surrender their passports.[24]

Charges were dropped by prosecutors in January 2018, citing the "well-being of the victim" and "in the interest of justice", and the scheduled trial later that month was cancelled. The charges were dropped without prejudice, leaving the possibility of future charges open. According to Piotrowski's attorney Jeffry Finer, the accuser was heavily involved in the decision to drop charges. The defence attorneys also highlighted testimonies from numerous concert attendees and musicians from other bands in support of the band's version of events.[25]

In March 2018, Kiełtyka wrote a lengthy statement on behalf of the band where he announced the band's return and addressed the band's hiatus from music resulting from the criminal charges. Decrying the accusations made against the band as false, he wrote, "Does sexual harassment happen and do crimes against women exist? Yes, and it is horrible. Do false accusations happen? Yes, this really happens. And it is also horrible. (...) We cannot and we will never accept someone else's narration about who we are. That is why we have chosen to return with the band. We know who we are and we can hold our heads and our music high with that knowledge."[26]

Discography

As band member
Guest appearances

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vogg From Decapitated Talks Blood Mantra And More!. https://web.archive.org/web/20141021065503/http://ampsandgreenscreens.com/2014/10/12/vogg-decapitated-talks-blood-mantra/. usurped. 21 October 2014. Amps and Green Screens. 12 October 2014. 16 January 2015.
  2. Web site: WYWIAD: Reprezentujemy metal!. Łukasz Dunaj. 10 July 2011. T-Mobile Music. 16 January 2015.
  3. Web site: Vader Frontman Talks Lineup Changes - Blabbermouth.net. BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 16 January 2015.
  4. Web site: WYWIAD: Reprezentujemy metal!. Łukasz Dunaj. 10 July 2011. T-Mobile Music. 16 January 2015. 13 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110713135140/http://www.t-mobile-music.pl/opinie,4577,wywiad_reprezentujemy_metal.html. dead.
  5. Web site: Kieltika . Waclaw . 2024-02-17 . I've been getting a lot of questions lately . 2024-02-25 . Instagram.
  6. Web site: Waclaw Vogg Kieltyka (@sirvogg): Weapons of mass destruction st instagram post download - ImgInn.com . imginn.com . 8 December 2021.
  7. Web site: Ibanez guitars - Artist Focus. ibanez.co.jp. 16 January 2015.
  8. Web site: DECAPITATED – new message from the studio posted! -. decapitatedband.net. 16 January 2015.
  9. Web site: Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka (Decapitated). MagazynGitarzysta.pl. 16 January 2015.
  10. Web site: Vogg's Ran Thor - Facebook. facebook.com. 16 January 2015.
  11. Web site: Decapitated Premiere "Homo Sum," Interview with Waclaw "Vogg" Kieltyka. guitarworld.com. 16 January 2015.
  12. Web site: Piotr "Peter" Paweł Wiwczarek & Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka (Vader). MagazynGitarzysta.pl. 16 January 2015.
  13. Web site: ETERNAL TERROR. Detego AS. eternal-terror.com. 16 January 2015. 12 November 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091112121048/http://www.eternal-terror.com/articles/index.php?id=480&type=D. dead.
  14. Web site: EVH® Artists. Fender® Musical Instruments. evhgear.com. 16 January 2015.
  15. Web site: KRIMH - Decapitated Drum and Guitar Clinic - Arhus. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/9iddLzyYuew . 19 December 2021 . live. YouTube. 25 April 2010 . 16 January 2015.
  16. Web site: Decapitated - Interview with Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka - Part 2 of 2. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/Pw0NwauiEDU . 19 December 2021 . live. YouTube. November 2011 . 16 January 2015.
  17. Kreps. Daniel. 10 September 2017. Polish Death Metal Band Decapitated Arrested on Kidnapping Charges. 16 July 2021. Rolling Stone.
  18. Web site: Members of heavy metal band Decapitated arrested for suspected kidnapping in Spokane The Spokesman-Review . 13 April 2022 . spokesman.com.
  19. Polish Death Metal Band Decapitated Cleared of Rape & Kidnapping Charges. 16 July 2021. Billboard.
  20. Web site: 13 October 2017. Members of Polish metal band Decapitated formally charged with rape. 16 July 2021. The Independent.
  21. Web site: 13 December 2017. Decapitated Members Released From Jail Ahead of Rape Trial. 16 July 2021. Revolver.
  22. Web site: 13 September 2017 . Polish metal band Decapitated accused of gang rape after being arrested on kidnapping charges . 13 April 2022 . The Independent.
  23. Web site: 6 January 2018. Polish metal band Decapitated cleared of rape and kidnapping charges. 16 July 2021. NME.
  24. Web site: 21 October 2017. Bail set at $100K for 2 Polish band members in rape case. 16 July 2021. AP NEWS.
  25. Web site: 5 January 2018 . Spokane County drops rape charges against all members of Polish death metal band Decapitated . 13 April 2022 . The Seattle Times.
  26. Web site: Decapitated Break Their Silence About "the Most Terrible and Irrational Times in Our Lives" Exclaim!. 16 July 2021. exclaim.ca.
  27. Web site: Gery.pl -- Polski Portal Tematyczny. gery.pl. 16 January 2015.
  28. Web site: Virgin Snatch: 'Act Of Grace' To Receive Wider European Release - Blabbermouth.net. BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 22 February 2010. 16 January 2015.
  29. Web site: Anshur Za. Grupa Wirtualna Polska. muzyka.wp.pl. 16 January 2015.
  30. Web site: Crionics Completes Work On New Ep, Seeks New Label Home - Blabbermouth.net. BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 29 September 2009. 16 January 2015.
  31. Web site: wie: Acid Drinkers - pocztek roku szkolnego z "Fishdick Zwei" - rockmetal.pl. rockmetal.pl. 16 January 2015.
  32. Web site:

    MetalSide :: Saratan - Antireligion :: Recenzja ::

    . metalside.pl. 16 January 2015.
  33. Web site: Death Denied - Appetite for Booze - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. metal-archives.com. 16 January 2015.
  34. Web site: Muzyka. onet.pl. 16 January 2015.

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