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 Vader.

During the album's development, all of the members were notably aged 18 and younger. Drummer Vitek (born January 1984) was 15, bassist Rygiel (born April 1983) was 16, guitarist Vogg (born December 1981) was 17, and vocalist Sauron (born June 1981) was 18 at the time of recording.

Critical reception
After its release, Winds of Creation received positive reviews from music critics. Matthias Sheaks of AllMusic said "[...] songwriting is extremely solid; even in the first listen, songs such as the manically frenzied "Blessed" and the beautifully haunting "Dance Macabre" stand out and away from the strange dissonance of "The First Damned" and the call-and-response riffage of "Nine Steps."

Decapitated

 * Wojciech "Sauron" Wąsowicz – vocals
 * Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka – guitars
 * Marcin "Martin" Rygiel – bass
 * Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka – drums

Production

 * Piotr Wiwczarek – production
 * Andy Bomba – engineering, mixing
 * Bartłomiej Kuźniak – mastering
 * Jacek Wiśniewski – cover art