Blindead

{{Short description|Polish metal band}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Blindead

| image = Blindead - Patryk 'Nick' Zwolinski 02.JPG

| caption = Blindead, 2006

| image_size = 250

| landscape = yes

| alias =

| origin = Gdynia, Poland

| genre = Sludge metal, doom metal, progressive metal, post-metal

| years_active = 1999–2019

| label = Empire Records, Deadline Records, Mystic Production

| associated_acts = Behemoth, Antigama

| website =

| current_members = Mateusz Śmierzchalski
Konrad Ciesielski
Bartosz Hervy
Matteo Bassoli

| past_members = Michał Zimorski
Rafał Brauer
Piotr Kawalerowski
Patryk Adamczyk
Patryk Zwoliński
Marek Zieliński

}}

Blindead is a Polish progressive extreme metal band from Gdynia, formed in 1999 under the name Incorrect Personality.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/poland/gdynia/blindead|title=MusicMight :: Artists :: BLINDEAD|publisher=Musicmight.com|accessdate=17 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301122146/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/poland/gdynia/blindead#|archive-date=2014-03-01|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.wp.pl/aid,1809,title,Blindead,artysta_biografia.html|title=Blindead|author=|work=Muzyka.wp.pl|accessdate=17 January 2015}}

In 2011, the band was nominated for a Fryderyk Award in the category 'Album of the Year – Heavy Metal'.{{cite web|url=http://zpav.pl/pliki/aktualnosci/Fryderyk2011/FRYDERYK_2011_Nominacje.pdf |title=Fryderyk 2011 Nominacje |publisher=Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry |accessdate=29 January 2014}}

Band members

; Current members

  • Mateusz Śmierzchalski – guitars (1999–present)
  • Konrad Ciesielski – drums (1999–present)
  • Bartosz Hervy – keyboards (2007–present)
  • Matteo Bassoli – bass (2012–present)

; Former members

  • Michał Zimorski – bass (1999–2004)
  • Marek Zieliński – guitars (1999–2018)
  • Rafał Brauer – bass (2004–2006)
  • Piotr Kawalerowski – bass (2006–2012)
  • Patryk Adamczyk – vocals (1999–2002)
  • Patryk Zwoliński – vocals (2002–2015)
  • Jan Galbas – vocals, guitars (2015)
  • Piotr Pieza – vocals (2016-2018)

=Timeline=

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Discography

=Studio albums=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"|Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"| Album details

! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| POL
{{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=834&lang=en | title = OLiS - sales for the period 14.10.2013 - 20.10.2013 |publisher=OLiS |accessdate=29 January 2014}}
scope="row" | Devouring Weakness

|

  • Released: 5 July 2006
  • Label: Empire Records

| —

scope="row"| Autoscopia / Murder in Phazes

|

  • Released: 18 August 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.terazrock.pl/recenzje/czytaj/autoscopia_-murder-in-phases.html#more|title=Autoscopia: Murder In Phases - Blindead - Recenzje płyt - Muzyka rockowa i metalowa, zespoły, płyty, wywiady – Teraz Rock|publisher=Terazrock.pl|accessdate=17 January 2015}}
  • Label: Deadline Records

| —

scope="row"| Affliction XXIX II MXMVI

|

  • Released: 26 November 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-behemoth-guitarist-s-blindead-to-release-new-album-in-april/|title=Former Behemoth Guitarist's Blindead To Release New Album In April - Blabbermouth.net|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|date=18 February 2011 |accessdate=17 January 2015}}
  • Label: Mystic Production

| —

scope="row"| Absence

|

  • Released: 14 October 2013{{cite web|url=http://www.terazrock.pl/recenzje/czytaj/Blindead-Absence.html|title=Absence - Blindead - Recenzje płyt - Muzyka rockowa i metalowa, zespoły, płyty, wywiady – Teraz Rock|publisher=Terazrock.pl|accessdate=17 January 2015}}
  • Label: Mystic Production

| 32

scope="row"| Ascension

|

  • Released: 21 October 2016{{cite web|url=http://musicbrainz.org/release/60a76093-911b-4e0a-9b0f-dab42556a05e|title=Release "Ascension" by Blindead - MusicBrainz|publisher=musicbrainz.org|accessdate=13 November 2016}}
  • Label: Mystic Production

| —

colspan="3" style="font-size:90%"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

=Extended plays=

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! scope="col" style="width:10em;"|Title

! scope="col" style="width:16em;"| Album details

scope="row"| Impulse

|

  • Released: 17 April 2009
  • Label: Lou & Rocked Boys/Foreshadow

=Music videos=

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! scope="col" style="width:16em;"|Title

! scope="col"| Year

! scope="col" style="width:10em;"|Director

scope="row"| "Affliction XXV II MMIX"

| 2011

| Roman Przylipiak{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/blindead-affliction-xxvii-ii-mmix-video-released/|title=Blindead: 'Affliction Xxvii Ii Mmix' Video Released - Blabbermouth.net|work=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|date=19 July 2011 |accessdate=17 January 2015}}

References

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