Organic Hallucinosis

{{Infobox album

| name = Organic Hallucinosis

| type = studio

| cover = Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Cover art by Seth Siro Anton

| released = {{start date|2006|2|7|df=y}}

| recorded = August 2005, Hertz Studio, Białystok, Poland{{cite web |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |title=Organic Hallucinosis > Overview |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r816830|pure_url=yes}} |date= |work=Allmusic |accessdate=20 July 2009}}

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Technical death metal

| length = {{Duration|m=32|s=39}}

| label = Earache, Teichiku, Soyuz Music

| producer = Decapitated

| prev_title = The Negation

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = Carnival Is Forever

| next_year = 2011

}}

Organic Hallucinosis is the fourth studio album by Polish death metal band Decapitated. The album was released on 7 February 2006 in the United States, on 13 February in Europe and on 22 February in Japan. The release was followed by European and North American tours.

It is Decapitated's only album to feature vocalist Adrian "Covan" Kowanek, and their final album to feature bassist Marcin "Martin" Rygiel and drummer Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka, in which the latter died at the age of 23 in a tour bus accident in Russia that also seriously injured Covan.

Background and release

In mid-2005, Decapitated's vocalist Wojciech "Sauron" Wąsowicz departed from the band and was replaced by Adrian "Covan" Kowanek.[https://archive.today/20120629050552/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=38827 Decapitated Part Ways With Singer, Announce Replacement - July 4, 2005], Blabbermouth.net Organic Hallucinosis was recorded in August 2005 at Hertz Studio in Białystok, Poland with producers Slawek and Wojtek Wiesławski and features artwork and layout by Spiros Antoniou (Seth). The album was released by Earache Records on 7 February 2006 in the United States and on 13 February internationally.[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=39578 Decapitated To Enter Studio In August - July 21, 2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060220205518/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=39578 |date=2006-02-20 }}, Blabbermouth.net[https://archive.today/20130202010147/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=45296 Decapitated: Release Date Set For 'Organic Hallucinosis' - Dec. 8, 2005], Blabbermouth.net A music video was filmed for the song "Day 69" and released that year.[https://archive.today/20130201095216/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=59673 Decapitated: 'Day 69' Video Available In Its Entirety - Oct. 3, 2006], Blabbermouth.net

File:Adrian Kowanek 2006.jpg

A limited edition of 1000 bonus CDs were given away for free by Earache Records for people who purchased Organic Hallucinosis in United Kingdom independent stores. It contains tracks from live at Earache Christmas party, Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, 20 December 2004.[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=47863 Decapitated Give Away Free Live Album To U.K. Fans - Feb. 3, 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070318230934/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=47863 |date=2007-03-18 }}, Blabbermouth.net A Japanese edition was released by Teichiku Records, which contains live bonus tracks taken from the same recording as the bonus CD.{{cite web|url=http://product.rakuten.co.jp/product/【CD】オーガニック・ハルシノシス／ディキャピテイテッド+(TKCS-85137)+デイキヤピテイテツド/6fef9b5a48b0421418b30dbcdab90f9f/|title=オーガニック・ハルシノシス/ディキャピテイテッド (TKCS-85137) デイキヤピテイテツド|accessdate=September 21, 2014|publisher=rakuten.co.jp}}

The album's release was followed by a headlining European tour starting in September 2006 and a North American tour with Suffocation. Later on, Decapitated's bassist Marcin "Martin" Rygiel departed from the band.[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=83831 Former Decapitated Bassist: 'My Thoughts Are With The Guys And Their Families' - Oct. 30, 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421204228/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=83831 |date=2008-04-21 }}, Blabbermouth

In November, Decapitated's tour bus was involved in an automobile accident in Russia that killed drummer Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka at the age of 23 and seriously injured Covan. The band's guitarist Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka announced an indefinite hiatus.[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=102663 Decapitated Guitarist: 'We Are On Indefinite Hiatus For Now' - Aug. 12, 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526043922/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=102663 |date=2009-05-26 }}, Blabbermouth.net

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score ={{Rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = About.com

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/reviews/gr/decapitated.htm|title=Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis review|accessdate=September 19, 2014|first=Chad|last=Bowar|publisher=heavymetal.about.com}}

| rev3 = Blabbermouth.net

| rev3Score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=603|title=Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis review|accessdate=September 19, 2014|first=Scott|last=Alisoglu|publisher=blabbermouth.net|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525132306/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=603|archive-date=May 25, 2008|url-status=dead}}

| rev5 = Kerrang!

| rev5Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite journal |last=Lawson |first=Dom |date=February 2006 |title=Heads Above The Rest |trans-title= Polish Destroyers Deliver The Death Metal Goods Again |journal=Kerrang!}}

| rev6 = Stylus Magazine

| rev6Score = B−{{cite web |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |title=Decapitated - Organic Hallucinosis - Review - Stylus Magazine |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3888 |work=Stylus Magazine |accessdate=20 July 2009|date=22 March 2006}}

}}

AllMusic stated about Organic Hallucinosis: "Launching off of their new frontman's more versatile skills in delivering various stages of deathly grunting, the band has stepped up the complexity of their songwriting to match, while establishing a non-traditional death metal aesthetic."{{cite web|url = {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r816830|pure_url=yes}} |publisher = Allmusic|title = Organic Halucinosis|first= Eduardo|last=Rivadavia|accessdate = June 18, 2009}}

According to Kerrang!, "Decapitated have already released three classic albums; superbly conceived and executed eruptions of technical brilliance and razor-sharp songwriting that have turned these youthful Poles into one of the genre's most widely respected bands. Remarkably, Organic Hallucinosis takes that knack for producing extreme music with integrity and bagfuls of hooks even closer to perfection."

Blabbermouth.net stated later in 2010 about the album, "A hugely forward-thinking and ambitious album, Organic Hallucinosis defined Decapitated's sound and spawned a host of imitators."[https://archive.today/20120911040653/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=143225 Decapitated's 'Winds Of Creation', 'Organic Hallucinosis' Released On Vinyl For First Time - July 20, 2010], Blabbermouth.net

Tomas Haake of the Swedish band Meshuggah announced a statement following the death of Vitek: "The metal community has lost one of the most talented and skillful drummers of our time! I remember when I first heard Decapitated's Organic Hallucinosis and it just blew me away! What a band and what a drummer! Vitek was a true talent and drummer genius".{{cite web|url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=84124|publisher = Blabbermouth.net|title = Meshuggah's Haake: The Future Will Be A Sadder Place Without Vitek's Drumming|date = November 4, 2007|accessdate = September 21, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090525034128/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=84124|archivedate = May 25, 2009|df = }}

Track listing

{{track listing

| total_length = 32:39

| all_music = Decapitated

| all_lyrics = Covan, except "A Poem About an Old Prison Man" written by Charles Manson

| title1 = A Poem About an Old Prison Man

| length1 = 4:42

| title2 = Day 69

| length2 = 3:14

| title3 = Revelation of Existence (The Trip)

| length3 = 4:39

| title4 = Post (?) Organic

| length4 = 5:45

| title5 = Visual Delusion

| length5 = 5:55

| title6 = Flash-B(l)ack

| length6 = 3:42

| title7 = Invisible Control

| length7 = 4:45

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Japanese edition

| title8 = Nihility (Anti-Human Manifesto)

| note8 = Nihility

| length8 = 4:28

| title9 = Spheres of Madness

| note9 = Nihility

| length9 = 4:39

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Ltd Edition Dual Disc CD/DVD

| title1 = Three Dimensional Defect

| note1 = The Negation

| length1 =

| title2 = The Fury

| note2 = The Negation

| length2 =

| title3 = Nihility (Anti-Human Manifesto)

| note3 = Nihility

| length3 =

| title4 = Negation

| note4 = The Negation

| length4 =

| title5 = Lying and Weak

| note5 = The Negation

| length5 =

| title6 = Spheres of Madness

| note6 = Nihility

| length6 =

| title7 = Mother War

| note7 = Nihility

| length7 =

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Indie bonus CD

| total_length = 44:13

| title1 = The Fury

| note1 = The Negation

| length1 = 4:15

| title2 = Three-Dimensional Defect

| note2 = The Negation

| length2 = 4:11

| title3 = Lying and Weak

| note3 = The Negation

| length3 = 3:41

| title4 = Winds of Creation

| note4 = Winds of Creation

| length4 = 4:32

| title5 = Nihility

| note5 = Nihility

| length5 = 4:28

| title6 = The Negation

| note6 = The Negation

| length6 = 5:07

| title7 = Perfect Dehumanization

| note7 = Nihility

| length7 = 4:43

| title8 = Sensual Sickness

| note8 = The Negation

| length8 = 4:10

| title9 = Spheres of Madness

| note9 = Nihility

| length9 = 5:02

| title10 = Mother War

| note10 = Nihility

| length10 = 4:04

}}

Personnel

=Decapitated=

=Production=

Decapitated – production
Sławek and Wojtek Wiesławski – engineering (at Hertz Studio, Białystok, Poland, August 2005)
Spiros Antoniou – front cover and design
Jacek Wisniewski – layout
Marta Filewicz, Kastor, ARS, Tim from Boston – lyrics revision and consultation