Krzysztof Raczkowski

Krzysztof Raczkowski (October 29, 1970 – August 20, 2005), also known as Docent or Doc, was a Polish drummer, member of death metal bands Vader (1988 - March 2005) and Dies Irae. He also appears as a guest or temporary musician in Sweet Noise, Hunter, Slashing Death, Unborn, Moon, Overdub Trio bands.

2005 relations with Vader

In March 2005, Krzysztof Raczkowski left Vader. Piotr Wiwczarek, the band's lead singer, said in an official statement on their website:

Doc pretty hard tried to 'fight' against his weaknesses, which were troubles for all of us. Finally he had not prevailed over that battle... All in all, he attempted... Vader today is not just a friendship anymore — it's our life with armies of man involved in music, releases and, first of all, fans waiting for shows or new albums... This is a high responsibility, not too many know about. If a person, even the most talented one, cannot stand it — [he] has to leave... That was Doc's decision as well.

Maurycy Stefanowicz, the guitarist of the band, mentioned Krzysztof's problem with alcohol in an interview in April 2005.^[1]

Drums setup

Discography

Vader

Other

• Slashing Death - Live at Thrash Camp (1988, demo)
• Slashing Death - Irrevocably & With No Hope (1989, demo)
• Slashing Death - Kill Me 'Coz I Can't Stop (1990, demo)
• Sweet Noise - Getto (1996, as guest)
• Moon - Daemon's Heart (1997)
• Black Altar - Na uroczysku (1998, drums programming)
• Christ Agony - Elysium (1999)
• Tower - Mercury (1999, as produccer)
• Dies Irae - Immolated (2000)
• Dies Irae - The Sin War (2002)
• Sweet Noise - Revolta (2003, guest)
• Dies Irae - Sculpture of Stone (2004)
• Sweet Noise - The Triptic (2007, as member)
• Atrocious Filth - Atrocious Filth (2008)

Videography

• Vader - Vision and Voice (1998, VHS)
• Vader - More Vision and the Voice (2002, DVD)
• Vader - Night of the Apocalypse (2005, DVD)
• Dies Irae - The Art Of An Endless Creation (2009, DVD)

References