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{{Infobox album
| name       = Winds of Creation
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Decapitated (band)|Decapitated]]
| cover      = Windsofcreation.jpg
| alt        =
| caption    = Cover art by Jacek Wiśniewski
| released   = {{Start date|2000|4|17|df=y}}
| recorded   = 1999, Selani Studio, [[Olsztyn]], Poland
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Technical death metal]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=40|s=46}}
| label      = [[Earache Records|Wicked World]], [[Earache Records|Earache]], Koch International Poland
| producer   = [[Piotr Wiwczarek]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Nihility]]
| next_year  = 2002
}}
'''''Winds of Creation''''' is the debut studio album by Polish [[death metal]] band [[Decapitated (band)|Decapitated]]. It was released through [[Earache Records]] subsidiary Wicked World on 17 April 2000.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031022153946/http://www.earache.com/catalog/wick011.html Decapitated - Winds of Creation on earache.com] Retrieved 27 January 2019</ref> It was produced by [[Piotr Wiwczarek]] ([[Stage name|aka]] Peter), from Polish death metal band [[Vader (band)|Vader]].<ref name="decapbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.decapitatedband.net/biography.htm|title=Decapitated Biography|publisher=Decapitatedband.net|accessdate=10 September 2009}}</ref>
During the album's development, all of the members were notably aged 18 and younger. Drummer Vitek (born January 1984) was 15, bassist Rygiel (born April 1983) was 16, guitarist Vogg (born December 1981) was 17, and vocalist Sauron (born June 1981) was 18 at the time of recording.<ref name="decapbio"/>
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |author=Sheaks, Matthias|title=Review: ''Winds of Creation'' |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r471282|pure_url=yes}}  |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=20 July 2009}}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Exclaim!]]
| rev2score = favorable<ref name="exlclaim">{{cite web |publisher=exclaim.ca|first=Greg   |last=Pratt| url = http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/Metal/decapitated-winds_of_creation | title = Decapitated "Winds of Creation" review | accessdate = 2014-03-01}}</ref>
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After its release, ''Winds of Creation'' received positive reviews from music critics. Matthias Sheaks of [[AllMusic]] said "[...] songwriting is extremely solid; even in the first listen, songs such as the manically frenzied "Blessed" and the beautifully haunting "Dance Macabre" stand out and away from the strange dissonance of "The First Damned" and the call-and-response riffage of "Nine Steps."<ref name="allmusic"/>
==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| total_length    = 40:46
| all_music = Decapitated
| all_lyrics = Sauron, except where noted
| title1          = Winds of Creation
| length1         = 4:13
| title2          = Blessed
| length2         = 5:06
| title3          = The First Damned
| length3         = 5:47
| title4          = Way to Salvation
| length4         = 3:54
| title5          = The Eye of Horus
| length5         = 5:25
| title6          = Human's Dust
| length6         = 4:50
| title7          = Nine Steps
| length7         = 5:11
| title8          = Dance Macabre
| length8         = 2:47
| note8           = instrumental
| title9          = [[Mandatory Suicide]]
| note9           = bonus track; [[Slayer]] cover
| length9         = 3:32
}}
==Personnel==
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===Decapitated===
* [[Wojciech Wąsowicz|Wojciech "Sauron" Wąsowicz]] – [[vocals]]
* [[Wacław Kiełtyka|Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka]] – [[electric guitar|guitars]]
* [[Marcin Rygiel|Marcin "Martin" Rygiel]] – [[bass guitar|bass]]
* [[Witold Kiełtyka|Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka]] – [[drums]]
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===Production===
* [[Piotr Wiwczarek]] – [[record producer|production]]
* Andy Bomba – [[audio engineering|engineering]], [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]]
* Bartłomiej Kuźniak – [[audio mastering|mastering]]
* Jacek Wiśniewski – cover art<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artworks.isg.pl/www/comi2.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091209170926/http://www.artworks.isg.pl/www/comi2.html |archivedate=9 December 2009 |title=Jacek Wisniewski |publisher=Artworks.isg.pl |date=9 December 2009 |accessdate=29 August 2012}}</ref>
{{col-end}}
==Release history==
{| class="wikitable"
!Formats
!Date
!Label
!Region
|-
| rowspan=7|CD, CD+DVD, LP, CS, digital download
| April 10, 2000
| Earache Records/Koch International Poland
| Poland
|-
| April 11, 2000
| Wicked World/Earache Records
| rowspan=3|UK, Europe, United States
|-
| December 4, 2007
| rowspan=2|Earache Records
|-
| July 26, 2010
|}
==References==
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[[Category:Decapitated (band) albums]]
[[Category:Earache Records albums]]
[[Category:2000 debut albums]]