Andrzej Sawicki
Southern Poland

Andrzej Sawicki

Blackened death and Eastern Europe editor. A librarian by trade and the archivist of the Polish extreme scene since the nineties.

Blackened Death War Metal Polish Metal Eastern Europe Labels

Andrzej is a librarian who has spent fifteen years cataloguing the one collection his library never asked for: the demos, flyers and fanzines of the Polish extreme metal scene, from the first Vader rehearsal tapes to the present. He writes the way an archivist reads, in long sentences, with dates, pressing runs and label histories where other writers put adjectives.

On KaosMetal he covers blackened death, war and bestial metal, the Polish and Eastern European scenes, the label histories and the long biographies that need an arc rather than a headline.

Articles by Andrzej Sawicki

Deicide performing live on stage Label Histories

The Death Metal Labels That Built the Genre

Sep 7, 2026

Denial of God on stage at Metal Magic Genre Histories

Danish and Baltic Black Metal

Sep 7, 2026

Unleashed performing live on stage Explainers

Viking, Folk and Everything Else Death Metal Absorbed

Sep 7, 2026

Sverd of Arcturus at the keyboards at Party.San in 2016 Label Histories

The Black Metal Labels

Sep 7, 2026

Loudblast performing live on stage Genre Histories

French, Italian and Spanish Death Metal

Aug 19, 2026

Grave performing live on stage Explainers

Nordic Death Metal: What the Four Countries Shared

Aug 9, 2026

Behemoth on stage in December 2012, two years before The Satanist. Explainers

Is Behemoth Black Metal or Death Metal?

Aug 3, 2026

Katalepsy performing live on stage Genre Histories

Russian and Eastern European Death Metal

Jul 31, 2026

Belphegor performing live on stage Explainers

Death Metal vs Black Metal

Jul 26, 2026

Necrodeath performing live on stage Genre Histories

Italian and Iberian Black Metal

Jul 14, 2026

A wall of album sleeves Explainers

RABM: Red and Anarchist Black Metal

Jul 13, 2026

Cadaver performing live on stage Genre Histories

Norwegian Death Metal, Before the Churches Burned

Jul 11, 2026

Gorgoroth performing live on stage Explainers

NSBM: The Corner of the Genre Nobody Wants to Explain

Jun 14, 2026

Convulse performing live on stage Genre Histories

Finnish Death Metal

Jun 12, 2026

Root on stage at Satan's Convention in Speyer in 2014 Genre Histories

Czech, Slovak and Hungarian Black Metal

Jun 7, 2026

Archgoat on stage at Hellfest in 2016 Explainers

What Is War Metal?

May 22, 2026

Nokturnal Mortum performing live on stage Genre Histories

Russian and Ukrainian Black Metal

May 19, 2026

Anaal Nathrakh on stage at Party.San in 2018 Essential Albums

Blackened Death Metal Bands

May 11, 2026

Desaster performing live on stage Genre Histories

German Black Metal Bands

May 1, 2026

Darkthrone performing live on stage Explainers

Blackened Death Metal Explained

Apr 30, 2026

Necromantia performing live on stage Genre Histories

Greek Black Metal and the Hellenic Sound

Apr 12, 2026

Morgoth performing live on stage Genre Histories

German Death Metal Bands

Apr 8, 2026

Decapitated performing live on stage Genre Histories

Polish Death Metal

Mar 20, 2026

Asphyx performing live on stage Genre Histories

Dutch Death Metal: Pestilence, Asphyx and Gorefest

Mar 1, 2026