Tomasz Wróblewski

Tomasz Wróblewski (born 2 June 1980), stage name Orion, is a Polish musician, best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for extreme metal band Behemoth. Since 1997, he also is a member of symphonic black metal band Vesania, as a lead vocalist and guitarist.

Tomasz Wróblewski
Wróblewski in 2009
Born	(1980-06-02) 2 June 1980 (age 44) Warsaw, Poland
Alma mater	University of Warsaw
Occupation	Musician
Musical career
Also known as	Orion Anubis
Genres	Blackened death metal symphonic black metal heavy metal stoner rock
Instruments	Bass vocals guitar
Years active	1997–present

Biography

Wróblewski was born in Warsaw. In 2002, he became bassist of doom metal band Neolithic and was a member of the group till 2006 when they were disbanded. In 2003, he joined Behemoth as session bassist.^[1] After the departure of Mateusz "Havoc" Śmierzchalski, Orion switched to guitar. In 2004, Behemoth was joined by session guitarist Patryk "Seth" Sztyber, while Orion took bass again, and became an official member. In 2010 with members of defunct band Neolithic, Orion formed the rock band Black River. The group eventually split up after releasing two albums, due to vocalist Maciej Taff's retirement from the music industry because of health condition.

Orion's bass playing techinque was fingerstyle until in 2018 where he switch to picks and still plays it with picks since for Behemoth.

Orion is endorsed by ESP/Ltd, Darkglass Electronics and Markbass.^[2]

Discography

See also: Black River (band) § Discography, and Vesania § Discography

Behemoth

• Demigod (2004)
• Slaves Shall Serve (2005)
• Demonica (2006)
• The Apostasy (2007)
• At the Arena ov Aion – Live Apostasy (2008)
• Ezkaton (2008)
• Evangelion (2009)
• Abyssus Abyssum Invocat (2011)
• The Satanist (2014)
• I Loved You at Your Darkest (2018)
• Opvs Contra Natvram (2022)

Vesania

• 2002: Wrath ov the Gods / Moonastray
• 2003: Firefrost Arcanum
• 2005: God the Lux
• 2007: Distractive Killusions
• 2008: Rage of Reason
• 2014: Deus Ex Machina

Neolithic

• My Beautiful Enemy (2003)
• Team 666 (2004)

Other

• Vader – And Blood Was Shed in Warsaw (DVD, 2007, guest appearance)
• Vulgar – I Don't Wanna Go To Heaven (EP, 2009, guest appearance)^[3]
• Vulgar – The Professional Blasphemy (2010, guest appearance)^[4]
• My Riot – Sweet Noise (2011, guest appearance)^[5]
• Leash Eye – V.I.D.I. (2011, record producer)^[6]
• Devilish Impressions – Simulacra (2012, guest appearance)^[7]
• Sammath Naur – Beyond the Limits (2012, guest appearance)^[8]

Equipment

• ESP Tom Araya Signature 4-String Basses (tuned G#-C#-F#-B and B-E-A-D)^[9]
• Custom ESP TA 5-String Bass (tuned G#-C#-F#-B-E)^[9]
• LTD F-255FM Series Bass, LTD B-500 4-String Bass, LTD TA-600 Bass, Spector Rex 5 Bass, JB Custom 5-String Bass (Based on the B.C. Rich Beast Bass)
• MarkBass Standard 104HF, Amp Frame 800, T1M, EQ42S, MVVL^[10]
• Hesu Cables^[11]
• DV Mark C 412 Standard, Triple 6^[12]

References

1. "BEHEMOTH Add Session Bassist, Reveal Working Title For New CD – July 4, 2003". blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on 26 September 2004. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
2. "Orion". behemoth.pl. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
3. "Vulgar – Oni nie chcą iść do Nieba – Muzyka – WP.PL". Muzyka. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
4. "The Professional Blasphemy – Vulgar – Muzyka – WP.PL". Muzyka. 2 April 2010. Archived from the original on 31 October 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
5. "My Riot -"sweet_noise"/ animacja /". Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2016 – via www.youtube.com.
6. "Wieści z obozu Leash Eye". Doomsmoker.pl. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
7. "Orion (Behemoth / Vesania) oraz Jacek Grecki (Lost Soul) jako goście specjalni na nowej płycie Devilish Impressions – Simulacra – Aktualności, Wieści muzyczne, Newsy". RockMagazyn.pl. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
8. "Prepare for the Sinister Manifest of Power!!! van Sammath Naur – New Songs Online !!! Check them!!! op Myspace". Myspace.com. 26 September 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
9. "The ESP Guitar Company | 2011 USA Website". Espguitars.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
10. "Markbass - Tomasz "Orion" Wroblewski". Archived from the original on 24 February 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
11. "Artists | HESU - official webpage". Archived from the original on 12 February 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
12. "Dvmark - Tomasz "Orion" Wr?blewski". Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.

External links

• Orion's profile on Facebook