Marek Pająk

{{Short description|Polish musician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Marek Pająk

| image = Guitar World Record 2023, stage guests 005.jpg

| caption = Pajak in 2023

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|11|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Legnica, Poland

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| instrument = Guitar, bass guitar

| genre = Death metal

| occupation = Musician

| years_active = 1998–present

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| associated_acts = Vader, Esqarial, Amorphous, Panzer X

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Marek Pająk (born 26 November 1977[https://web.archive.org/web/20070109064145/http://www.heavymetalgraj.pl/marek_pajak.php Marek Pająk biography] Heavymetalgraj.pl. Retrieved 3 October 2010 (in Polish).) is a Polish musician. In 2010, he joined death metal band Vader as their rhythm guitarist.{{Cite web|url=https://kultura.onet.pl/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091208130825/http://muzyka.onet.pl/10175%2C2090434%2Cnewsy.html|url-status=dead|title=Kultura – informacje i wydarzenia kulturalne|archivedate=8 December 2009|website=Muzyka.onet.pl|accessdate=5 August 2020}}

Pająk was endorsed by Ibanez and Schecter guitars.{{Cite web |url=http://www.interton.com.pl/news.php?id=225 |title=Interton - Instrumenty Muzyczne I Akcesoria |access-date=15 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309054033/http://www.interton.com.pl/news.php?id=225 |archive-date=9 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.ibanez.co.jp/artist/artist2008.php?CATEGORY_ID=1&area=3&key=P |title=Ibanez Guitars | Artist Roster |website=www.ibanez.co.jp |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122024303/http://www.ibanez.co.jp/artist/artist2008.php?CATEGORY_ID=1&area=3&key=P |archive-date=22 January 2008 |url-status=dead}} He currently uses Jackson Guitars,{{Cite web|url=https://www.jacksonguitars.com/artists/marek-spider-pajak-bio|title=Marek 'Spider' Pajak :: Artists|last=Corporation|first=Fender Musical Instruments|website=Jacksonguitars.com|access-date=13 December 2017}} and DL David Laboga Cabinets.{{Cite web|url=http://www.davidlaboga.com/artists.html|title=David LaBoga – Artist list|website=davidlaboga.com|accessdate=5 August 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.schecterguitars.com/International/Artist/253/Marek-Spider-Pajak-VADER.aspx |title=Schecter Guitar Artist - Marek "Spider" Pajak VADERMarek "Spider" Pajak VADER - Schecter Guitar Research |accessdate=31 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101204037/http://www.schecterguitars.com/International/Artist/253/Marek-Spider-Pajak-VADER.aspx |archivedate=1 January 2014 }}

Discography

;Esqarial

  • Amorphous (1998, Propaganda Promotion)
  • Discoveries (2001, Empire Records)
  • Inheritance (2002, Empire Records)
  • Klassika (2004, Empire Records)
  • Burned Ground Strategy (2008, Propaganda Promotion)

;Vader

  • Necropolis (2009, Nuclear Blast, as guest)
  • Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011, Nuclear Blast)[https://archive.today/20120526031124/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=152329 Vader: Working Songtitles Revealed], Blabbermouth.net 13 January 2011. Retrieved on 14 January 2011.
  • Go to Hell (EP, 2014, Nuclear Blast)
  • Tibi et Igni (2014, Nuclear Blast)
  • Future of the Past II – Hell in the East (2015, Witching Hour Productions)
  • The Empire (2016, Nuclear Blast)
  • Thy Messenger (EP, 2019, Nuclear Blast)
  • Solitude in Madness (2020, Nuclear Blast)

; Amorphous

  • Return from the Dead (2008, Propaganda Promotion)
  • Modus Operandi (2010, Propaganda Promotion)
  • A Perfect Evil (2012, Let It Bleed Records)

;Panzer X

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