Piotr Wiwczarek also known as Peter, (ex nickname Behemoth) is a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

 and vocalist who is the frontman for the death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band Vader

Vader (band)

Vader is a Polish death metal band from Olsztyn, formed in 1983. According to Piotr Wiwczarek, the band's founding singer and guitar player, the band's name was inspired by Darth Vader from the Star Wars film series. Lyrical themes include stories by H. P. Lovecraft, WW2, horror and anti-christian...

, although joined the band as their bassist. He has also collaborated with Kazimierz "Para" Paraszczuk on his tribute album, Bandid Rockin', and is the producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 of several of Vader's releases. He is also the founder and guitarist of a side-project, named Panzer X.

Piotr also became a producer for the first time in 1999 when producing the Polish death metal band Decapitated

Decapitated (band)

Decapitated is a death metal band that formed in Krosno, Poland in 1996. The group comprises guitarist, founder and composer Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka, vocalist Rafał Piotrowski and Austrian drummer Kerim "Krimh" Lechner. Decapitated have gained recognition as one of the genre's most widely respected...

's first release, Winds of Creation

Winds of Creation

-Personnel:Decapitated* Wojciech "Sauron" Wąsowicz – vocals* Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka – guitars* Marcin "Martin" Rygiel – bass* Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka – drumsProduction* Piotr Wiwczarek – production* Andy Bomba – engineering & mixing...

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Gear

• 4x Ran InVader, 6 string (EMG 81 Pickup)
• Ran InVader, 6 string (EMG X Pickup)
• Laboga Mr.Hector Amplifier
• Laboga 412 V30 Cabinets
• Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier Solo Head
• Morley Bad Horsie II
• Boss NS-1
• POD XT Live
• Mipro ACT 707s
• Ernie Ball Strings (.010"-.052")

Other bands

• Slashing Death - Live at Thrash Camp (1988) (vocals)
• Sweet Noise
  Sweet Noise
  Sweet Noise is a Polish alternative metal band. The group was formed in 1990 in Swarzędz. They have released eight CDs and appeared three times at the Przystanek Woodstock festival with the special show in 2003 when more than 400 000 people watched the culmination of what the band refers to as...
  
   - Getto (1996) (guitar, vocals)
• Impurity - In Pain We Trust (1990) (guitar)
• Para Wino Band - Bandid Rockin (1993) (guitar)
• Kingdom of the Lie - About the Rising Star (1993)
• Decapitated
  Decapitated (band)
  Decapitated is a death metal band that formed in Krosno, Poland in 1996. The group comprises guitarist, founder and composer Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka, vocalist Rafał Piotrowski and Austrian drummer Kerim "Krimh" Lechner. Decapitated have gained recognition as one of the genre's most widely respected...
  
   - Winds of Creation
  Winds of Creation
  -Personnel:Decapitated* Wojciech "Sauron" Wąsowicz – vocals* Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka – guitars* Marcin "Martin" Rygiel – bass* Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka – drumsProduction* Piotr Wiwczarek – production* Andy Bomba – engineering & mixing...
  
  (2000) (producer)
• CETI - Shadow of the Angel (2003)
• Panzer X - Steel Fist (2004) (guitar, vocals)

Filmography

• Historia polskiego rocka (2008, documentary, directed: Leszek Gnoiński, Wojciech Słota)