Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka (24 January 1984 – 2 November 2007) was a Polish musician, best known as the drummer and percussionist for the technical death metal band Decapitated, and younger brother of the musician Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka. He had been with the band since its inception in 1996, when he was only twelve years old. He also worked with the

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bands Dies Irae and Panzer X. He used Pearl drums, Remo drumheads and Alchemy cymbals.

Death

On 29 October 2007, while travelling to a show in Gomel, Belarus, the bus carrying Decapitated and Crionics was involved in an accident. The tour bus collided with a truck carrying wood, causing serious head injuries to both Kiełtyka and

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. The two were taken to a hospital in Novozybkov, Russia. While Kiełtyka's family released a statement saying that his condition had improved, he underwent trepanation and was due to be transported to a hospital in Kraków, Poland, for further treatment. However, Kiełtyka died on 2 November 2007 at the age of 23. The Norwegian

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band Dimmu Borgir played a tribute concert to him on 2 November 2007 at

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, Finland. The Polish band

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composed the song "It's Time" dedicated to the drummer.Dimmu Borgir Dedicate Show To Decapitated Drummer
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Discography

* (1997) Decapitated – ''Cemeteral Gardens'' (demo) * (1998) Decapitated – ''The Eye of Horus'' (demo) * (2000) Decapitated – ''

Winds of Creation ''Winds of Creation'' is the debut studio album by Polish death metal band Decapitated. It was released through Earache Records subsidiary Wicked World on 17 April 2000. It was produced by Piotr Wiwczarek (aka Peter), from Polish death metal band ...

'' (Wicked World/ Earache Records) * (2000) Decapitated – '' The First Damned'' ( Metal Mind Productions) * (2002) Decapitated – ''

Nihility ''Nihility'' is the second studio album by Polish death metal band Decapitated. It was released on 19 February 2002 through Earache Records. The German edition was issued in a green casing and contains a cover of the Napalm Death song "Suffer the ...

'' ( Earache Records) * (2004) Decapitated – ''

The Negation ''The Negation'' is the third studio album by the death metal band Decapitated from Poland. It was released on 9 March 2004, through Earache Records. It is Decapitated's final album to feature vocalist Wojciech "Sauron" Wąsowicz. Critical recep ...

'' ( Earache Records) * (2006) Panzer X – ''Steel Fist'' ( Metal Mind Productions) * (2006) Decapitated – ''

Organic Hallucinosis ''Organic Hallucinosis'' is the fourth studio album by Polish death metal band Decapitated. The album was released on 7 February 2006 in the United States, on 13 February in Europe and on 22 February in Japan. The release was followed by European ...

'' ( Earache Records) ;Posthumous releases * (2008) Decapitated – ''

Human's Dust ''Human's Dust'' is the first video album by Polish death metal band Decapitated. It contains the band's live performances and interviews from 2002 and 2004 from various locations. The DVD was released by Metal Mind Productions on 9 June 2008 in E ...

'' (DVD) * (2009) Dies Irae – ''The Art of an Endless Creation'' (DVD)

References

* Decapitatedat Allmusic

External links

Decapitated official site
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