Decapitated is a death metal band that formed in Krosno, Poland in 1996. The band was founded by guitarist Wac?aw "Vogg" Kie?tyka, his brother, drummer Witold "Vitek" Kie?tyka. One year later, Decapitated was joined by vocalist Wojciech "Sauron" W?sowicz and bassist Marcin "Martin" Rygiel. After releasing two demos, the band signed with Wicked World (subsidiary of Earache Records) and, in 2000, released their debut album, Winds of Creation. In 2002 and 2004 the band released the albums Nihility and The Negation, respectively. The band's ambitious fourth album, Organic Hallucinosis, was released in 2006 with a new vocalist Adrian "Covan" Kowanek.
In late 2007, the band was involved in an automobile accident. Vitek died at the age of 23 on November 2, 2007 of the injuries he suffered from the accident and Covan survived, but he slipped into a coma as a result. After a period of disbandment, Vogg decided to continue the band and reformed Decapitated with the Austrian drummer Kerim "Krimh" Lechner, vocalist Rafa? Piotrowski and bassist Filip "Heinrich" Ha?ucha throughout 2009. In 2010, the new line-up embarked on a tour in Europe, Australia and North America.
Decapitated have gained recognition as one of Europe's "finest" exponents of technical death metal at an extraordinary young age and earned an international fan base in the underground music community.