Long time ago in a galaxy far far away…
Fueled by beer the trash metal machinery from Rybnik
called Soul Collector was brought into life in the year
2007. The group was created by Zbigniew Bizoń- former
bassist of Goddess of Sin. He invited to partnership
his cousin Łukasz Bizoń a former guitarist of mentioned
group and two good friends from his neighborhood- brothers
Halamoda.
Michał “Zmarły” Halamoda becomes their second lead guitar
and the older of two brothers Rafał “Don Vito” Halamoda
accidentally stands behind the microphone. The group
was almost complete despite the fact they still lack
drummer and as it came out later it was their course
for the next few years. Though they were incomplete,
young enthusiasts of heavy music and even heavier beverage
decide to begin their first rehearsals with the drum
machine.
The beginnings occur to be the mix of horror and tragicomedy
and can be easily qualified as enormous noise coming
out of trials to master the chaos, wherewith all members
had one goal in their minds- to play thrash metal inspired
by American school. What is more, although Zbigniew
and Łukasz had a quite big experience in playing music
you can’t really say that about two brothers Halamoda
who tried to catch up with enthusiasm and the will to
play. Unfortunately, after few months the conflict between
two cousins Bizoń grows up larger and larger every day.
Dissension and rehearsals with drum machine resulted
in Zbigniew leaving. After that Łukasz becomes the new
leader.
After short search Mateusz “Yogi” Wajs becomes new bassist
of Soul Collector- a 15 year old musician who plays
only for few months but despite that fact he stays till
present times.
The personal changes resulted in necessity to refresh
first compositions created mainly by Michał and few
covers- classics like Kat, Testament or Slayer. The
band debut falls on May 2008 during the “Gitariada”
preview organized in Wodzisław Śląski where despite
defects like the lack of drummer the group scores the
second place. Till today it was the only music preview
in which Soul Collector ever took part and this can
mean two things. The band really sucks ass or they simply
don’t give a fuck and all people who organize such redneck
shows simply do not feel the true spirit of Rock & Roll
(we believe in the second version).
With aforementioned squad Soul Collector records its
first demo material (to be honest monster material)
called “Demo(N)” and continues concerting. Meanwhile
Łukasz Bizoń chooses completely different style of music
and decides to kick himself out the band which makes
other members very happy. Dawid “Stafar” Stafarczyk
is the new replacement and becomes the second lead guitar,
he stays in the band for the next few years giving shows
in Poland and Czech Republic and takes part in recording
second demo material called Soul Collector. Much about
that period Soul Collector finds its first drummer-
Krzysztof “Sacerdos” Ster. Despite that, the bad luck
is still upon the band and in December 2010 Dawid “Stafar”
Stafarczyk decides to leave the group and devotes himself
to his second band The Crossroads (currently he’s a
member of Tester Gier). Before his leaving he records
“I Saw” which appears on “Silesian Butcher II”- compilation
created by Snake Eyes group.
The search of a new a guitarman last for about two months
and a new person who joins Soul Collector is Artur “Iron”
Kajzer from Gliwice. More or less around that period
the band starts partnership with nonexistent today concert
agency “Live Art” and plays with Danish metal legend
Artillery- two shows in Wroclaw and Katowice.
After squad stabilization and bringing to perfection
11 tracks the band starts recording their debut album
called “Thrashmageddon”. Person responsible for recording
and production of the album is the original bassist
and a former leader- Zbigniew Bizoń. The record takes
place in the studio placed in the rehearsal room belonging
to Orchestral Association KWK “Chwałowice”. The first
recorded tracks are “Pure Fucking Evil” and “I Saw”
which appear on the release “Thrashing Damnation Thru
Compilation”. The release is published in the 2012 by
“Defense Records” from Cracow and presents intersection
of underground thrash metal scene. The idea was brought
into life by Jan “Mekong” Sienkiewicz- Terrordome drummer.
The release contains 22 tracks of 10 leading young trash
metal bands chosen by the creator. Two tracks published
by Soul Collector are greeted with warm welcome by critics
as well audience. What is more, the idea is so well-aimed
that one year later a second part comes out.
The year 2013 passes mainly on recording and perfecting
recorded tracks and this lasts ‘till the end of November.
Soul Collector starts partnership with Jacek Kurnatowski,
known from working with Alastor who is responsible for
mastering the record. The band stays concert active
playing with Mech, Horrorscope, Terrordome and Alastor
among others. Meanwhile “Pure Fucking Evil” shows up
on “Sharks Attack”, another compilation this time devoted
to metal scene in Rybnik. The search to find the proper
label lasts for 5 months and the new publisher is “Defense
Records”, label responsible for releasing “Trashing
Damnation…” and partner of groups like Horrorscope and
Terrordome. The album appears in May 2014 receiving
good reviews and welcomed warmly by the fans.
Few months before the great release another personal
changes take place. The band ends partnership with drummer
Krzysztof “Sacerdos” Ster and engages Dawid “Dave” Kuźnik-
former drummer of The Crossroads. In this squad the
band works till present times. In September 2014 SC
starts working with music journalist Vlad Nowajczyk
know from articles written for Polish edition of “Hard
Rocker”. His responsibilities are PR and bands promotion
in media and Internet. The group remains active, what
will bring the future only time will show but as one
of the reviewers noticed, despite so many personal changes
during those 7 years the band still works what undoubtedly
shows that two brothers Halamoda are really tough sons
of bitches.
