Piotr Wawrzeniuk

Piotr Wawrzeniuk
P. Wawrzeniuk as a live member of Therion, Paris, December 2007
Born	1971 (age 52–53) Warsaw, Poland
Alma mater	Södertörn University
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer, historian
Title	Senior Lecturer at Södertörn University
Musical career
Genres	Heavy metal, punk rock
Instrument	Drums

Piotr Wawrzeniuk (born 1971 in Warsaw) is a historian and musician. Best known for membership in symphonic metal Therion, but also member of Serpent, Carbonized and The Robots.

Music career

Wawrzeniuk was a member of Swedish symphonic metal band Therion, doom metal side project of Therion and Entombed members—Serpent, Swedish death metal band Carbonized and Swedish punk rock group The Robots.

Within the music business, he is known for his membership in Swedish symphonic metal band Therion, where he was singer and drummer between 1992 and 1996. Later he performed as a guest lead vocalist on Secret of the Runes (2001) bonus tracks, Lemuria and Sirius B (2004), and also as a live vocalist during the 20th Year Anniversary Tour in 2007. A cooperation with Joakim Knutsson (Rise and Shine) resulted in creation of Downforce of Doom, a doom act yet to release its debut recorded in 2008. Wawrzeniuk has released five albums with Stockholm based punk rock band The Robots since they started in 1991.

Academic career

Wawrzeniuk holds a PhD in history, his thesis is entitled Confessional civilising in Ukraine : the bishop Iosyf Shumliansky and the introduction of reforms in the diocese of Lviv 1668-1708. His latest book Med polska ögon. Försvarsförmåga och hotbilder kring Östersjön i polsk militär rapportering 1919-1939 concerns Polish military perspectives on defence capacity and threat perceptions in Sweden, Finland and Estonia during the interwar years. He has also written a number of articles within the field of genocide studies.

He works as lecturer in military history at Swedish Defence University.

Publications

• Med polska ögon: Försvarsförmåga och hotbilder kring Östersjön i polsk militärrapportering 1919–1939, Nordic Academic Press, 2020, ISBN 9789188909664
• Confessional civilising in Ukraine : the bishop Iosyf Shumliansky and the introduction of reforms in the diocese of Lviv 1668-1708, Södertörns högskola, 2005, ISBN 9789189315563
• Societal change and ideological formation among the rural population of the Baltic Area 1880 - 1939, Huddinge Södertörns Högskola, 2008, ISBN 9789185139118
• Kosmonautka, Poławiacze Pereł (Warsaw, Poland), 2014, ISBN 9788393798810. Book spotted and awarded: White Raven 2015 (International Youth Library http://www.ijb.de/spezialbibliothek/white-ravens-2015/single/article/polish-poland-7/193.html, distinction in competition Child Friendly World 2014 http://kopd.pl/aktualnosci/3787/ and nominated to Best Book for Children Award 2014 http://fldd.pl/2015/nagroda/id,210-najlepsza_ksiazka_dzieci.html
• Strażaczka, Poławiacze Pereł (Warsaw, Poland), 2015, ISBN 9788393798834

Discography

• Carbonized – For the Security (1991)
• Carbonized – Disharmonization (1993)
• Therion – Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas (1993)
• The Robots - Music You Will Listen to Over and Over Again (1994)
• Therion – Lepaca Kliffoth (1995)
• The Robots - Songs that Satan Whispered in Our Ears (1995)
• Carbonized – Screaming Machines (1996)
• Serpent – In the Garden of Serpent (1996)
• Therion – Theli (1996)

• Serpent – Autumn Ride (1997)
• The Robots - S/N (1997)
• Therion – A'arab Zaraq - Lucid Dreaming (1997)
• The Robots - Day of the Robots (2000)
• Therion – Secret of the Runes (2001) — guest appearance
• Therion – Sirius B (2004) — guest appearance
• Therion – Lemuria (2004) — guest appearance
• The Robots - We are Everywhere (2004)
• Serpent – Trinity (2007)