Despair was a technical thrash metal band from Germany, featuring multi-instrumentalist Waldemar Sorychta

Waldemar Sorychta

Waldemar Sorychta , is a German heavy metal musician, songwriter, producer and artist who lives in Dortmund Germany since 1982.- Career :He initially worked with the German thrash metal band Despair, founded in 1986....

. They released their first album "History of Hate" in 1988 with the following line-up:

• Waldemar Sorychta
  Waldemar Sorychta
  Waldemar Sorychta , is a German heavy metal musician, songwriter, producer and artist who lives in Dortmund Germany since 1982.- Career :He initially worked with the German thrash metal band Despair, founded in 1986....
  
   – guitar, vocals
• Robert Kampf – vocals
• Markus Freiwald – drums
• Marek Greschek – guitar
• Klaus Pachura - bass

In 1990, they released their second album, "Decay of Humanity" with Andreas Hentschel as vocalist. Two years after, in 1992, "Beyond All Reason" album came out, but then Despair split, and Sorychta continued his work with Voodoocult

Voodoocult

Voodoocult was an international thrash metal band formed in 1994 by Phillip Boa, vocalist of the alternative band Phillip Boa & The Voodooclub. The project was especially notable for the reputation of the participating musicians, such as Chuck Schuldiner , Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo, and Mille...

 and Grip Inc.

Grip Inc.

Grip Inc. is a groove metal band and a side project of drummer Dave Lombardo. The band was formed in 1993, and they are currently signed to SPV Records...

. Sorychta and Kampf announced a reformation of the group in late 2004, but nothing definitive has come of this.

Discography

• Surviving You Always (1987) – Demo
  1. Slaves of Power
  2. Slow Down
  3. Rainbow Fools
  4. Young And Uncertain
• History of Hate (1988)
  1. The Enigma - 2:38
  2. Freedom Now - 3:37
  3. History of Hate - 4:23
  4. Constructing the Apocalypse - 8:09
  5. Slow Death - 4:11
  6. Outconditioned - 4:11
  7. Slaves of Power - 4:46
  8. Joy Division - 6:49
  9. Never Trust (Bonus Track) - 5:03
• Decay of Humanity (1990)
  1. Decay of Humanity
  2. Cry for Liberty
  3. Delusion
  4. Victims of Vanity
  5. A Distant Territory
  6. Silent Screaming
  7. Radiated
  8. Satanic Verses
• Beyond All Reason (1992)
  1. Beyond Comprehension
  2. Deaf and Blind
  3. Imported Love
  4. The Day of Desperation
  5. In the Deep
  6. Rage in the Eyes
  7. Burnt Out Souls
  8. Son of the Wild
  9. Crossed in Sorrow