BIOGRAPHY AND DISCOGRAPHY TAKEN FROM OFFICIAL WEB SITE OF VADER
There
are very few bands that have managed to weave a web of mystery around them. Very
few have survived and kept going strong until today. When faced with the
question 'which' people tend to mention American death-mongers with the likes of
MORBID ANGEL, DEICIDE or CANNIBAL CORPSE ... However, for a few years now in the
same breath many have named VADER - perhaps the only band from Europe which has
sustained itīs status for a number of years. Theirs is the cult of musical
brutality and the urge to succeed. Few may remember that VADER were the first
band ever from behind "the Iron Curtain" to sign to a Western label
while their 1990 demo "Morbid Reich" is still considered to be the
best selling demo tape in the history of death metal.
VADER formed in 1986. In 1993 they released their debut
album titled "The Ultimate Incantation" (Earache) which has
since become one of the milestones of European death metal. These were also the
first brutal sounds from behind "the Iron Curtain" which reached the
audiences all over the world. Promoting the album VADER introduced themselves to
the Western world by undertaking a forty-date European tour with label mates
BOLT THROWER and Swedish deathsters GRAVE. Another, thirty-plus date tour with
DEICIDE, SUFFOCATION, and DISMEMBER invaded American continent in May and June
of the same year. Communication breakdown with their label led to the
termination of the contract with Earache and the 1994 release of two
then-underestimated albums: "Sothis" (Repulse) and "The
Darkest Age - Live '93" (Baron). The band also led a hectic live life
touring with MALEVOLENT CREATION and OPPRESSOR to name just a few. Without a
recording contract and with death metal losing popularity the world over, VADER
continued to work hard against all odds. The 1995 contract with German System
Shock/Impact Records allowed them to develop further. The success of three
subsequent outings: "De Profundis" (1995), "Future of
the Past" (1996), and "Black to the Blind" (1997)
backed with super-intense shows activity (more than 350 concerts within 3
years!) slowly but surely contributed to the band's growing profile and
increasingly enthusiastic press coverage. VADER stopped being perceived as a
mere curiosity from a former Communist country and became one of the leading
European death metal bands. In the meantime, Hammerheart Records re-released two
early demos - "Necrolust" (1989) and "Morbid
Reich" (1990) - as "Reborn in Chaos".
1998 proved to be a breaking point for the band. In
August VADER joined an exclusive circle of metal artists who recorded and
released a "Live in Japan" (System Shock/Impact) album. Before
it came out in December, the band also recorded a new mini "Kingdom"
(System Shock/Impact) and their first professional VHS video titled "Vision
and Voice" (Metal Mind). Also, in October this year VADER opened for
SLAYER during their one-off stop in Poland. The end of 1998 marked the inking of
the contract with one of the most respected and genre-defining metal labels in
the world - Metal Blade.
In March 1999 VADER played their first headlining
American tour - "International Extreme Music Festival '99" - which
featured the line-up of GORGUTS, CRYPTOPSY, NILE, DIVINE EVE and several others.
In May the band played at METALMANIA - the biggest Polish festival, with the
likes of GRIP INC., SAMAEL and ANATHEMA. June marked yet another European trek
with SIX FEET UNDER, ENSLAVED, CRYPTOPSY, THYRFING and NILE while the rest of
the summer season was filled with numerous appearances at festivals in Germany,
Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland and the season-concluding opening
slot during the Polish leg of TESTAMENT's European tour. In November and
December 1999 the band disappeared in the Red Studio to record a brand new album
titled "Litany" which was released in March. The album
comprises over 30 minutes of fast-paced and uncompromising death metal. The
release of the album was once again backed with intense live activity, including
April's "No Mercy Festivals 2000" with DEICIDE, IMMORTAL, MARDUK, and
CANNIBAL CORPSE. In June VADER embarked on a 30-date European tour with VITAL
REMAINS, FLESHCRAWL, and THE CROWN.
In the meantime, between July and October, the band
recorded in the Red Studio a new MCD entitled "Reign Forever World"
which was subsequently released in April 2001, featuring new cuts, cover
versions and live tracks. As usual, the promotion was based on intensive
touring, this time including numerous festivals, a Polish tour, and a
Russian-Ukrainian tour as well as the band's fifth, and the second as a
headliner, trek to the United States. The latter's bill also featured CRYPTOPSY,
DEEDS OF FLESH, DYING FETUS and CEPHALIC CARNAGE. September 2001 saw another
European tour with CRYPTOPSY, DYING FETUS, CATASTROPHIC, and several other
bands. This was followed by 10 Polish appearances as part of the Thrash'em All
Festival 2001 together with KRISIUN, BEHEMOTH and the cream of the Polish death
and black scene.
In February 2002 VADER proceeded to record their new
studio album, tentatively scheduled for release on the 3rd of June, 2002. "Revelations"
has been again recorded in the Red Studio while the board duties were handled by
Piotr Łukaszewski. The album also features the new bass-player Simon who
replaced Shambo. Still before the album's premiere, VADER are supporting the
release with live dates in England, Scotland and Ireland (March 2002), during
the No Mercy Festivals dates (April 2002) and a 10-date Polish tour in June. May
will also see the release of the band's first DVD entitled "More Vision
and the Voice" which will comprise the material from the "Vision
and the Voice" VHS video, a number of video-clips, live footage, an
interview with Peter, and a wealth of multimedia material.
The newest studio album "Revelations"
was very intensively promoted for almost 1,5 years. There were many festivals in
summer 2002, since 30th of August European tour with KRISIUN, DECAPITATED and
PREJUDICE. In November 30 concerts in USA with IMMOLATION, THE BERZERKER and
ORIGIN. Before their flight to USA they stayed in Japan for 5 days and played
next concerts. Already in December, first in band's history tournee in Brazil.
The new year 2003 started on concerts in France in February and in April another
European tour with DERANGED, ARKON INFAUSTUS and ARISE. Before it, prestigious
festival in Poland - Metalmania Festival 2003 with SAXON, SAMAEL, OPETH, MARDUK,
MAYHEM and also 2 festivals in Scandinavia- Inferno Metal Festival and Motala
Festival. In June first visit in Israel (1000 people in concert!) and summer
festivals Wacken Open Air, Party San, Nuclear Storm and the biggest Polish
festival Przystanek Woodstock, where VADER was seen by 400.000 maniacs!!!
Between concerts VADER found some time on recording new MCD "Blood"
and taken place the fundamental change of bass player in band. The new musician
became Novy (ex-BEHEMOTH). The release of new MCD is scheduled on the 25th of
September. In September VADER are setting off on a Polish tour (17 concerts)
with DECAPITATED, FRONTSIDE and VESANIA. In October they take part in Art Of
Noise Part 2 with NILE, KREATOR, AMON AMARTH in USA. And then the band is
setting to work on the new studio album, which is expected in spring 2004.
Year 2004 means time for band's new studio album "The
Beast" and extensive promotional campaign including over 170 gigs!
Recording session of band's new album was interrupted and postponed on May/ June
due to unfortunate Doc's (drums) accident. He was replaced by a very talented
drummer Daray (from Polish band VESANIA). New VADER' live season kicked off with
a small tour through Czech Republic/ Slovakia and Eastern countries like Russia,
Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, The Ukraine and Belarus, 25 gigs in total. From the
1st of April VADER continues European crusades, invading countries like Germany,
The Netherlands, Belgium, England, France, Italy, Austria to name a few,
simultaneously proceeding recordings of "The Beast". Very important
part of that tour were band's first trip to Balkans (Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria,
Serbia, Macedonia and Croatia) and Scandinavian tournee consisted of 14 gigs! On
the second half of 2004 VADER is going to play another tour through Poland
"Blitzkrieg 2" (17 gigs), US tour along with CANNIBAL CORPSE and
NAPALM DEATH (October/ November) and participate in December X-Mass Festivals.
Nevertheless the most important gig of 2004 VADER played at Silesian Stadium,
Chorzów where the band opened for METALLICA in front of 50 000 people.
The Beast recordings were finished in mid-July. The
album hits the market on 20th of September and contains 10 new cuts. They were
recorded at RG Studio, Gdańsk (Poland) with Piotr Łukaszewski behind
the board, the producer well known from band's previous releases. Famous Polish
artist Jacek Wiśniewski once again took care of the album artwork and
layout. European limited edition of the album contains also bonus DVD featuring
30-minutes report from the studio, 2 videoclips recorded during the session and
3 video cuts recorded during Metalmania Festival 2003. Beware The Beast!
NECROLUST - DEMO 1989
|
|
Produced by: Vader
Recorded at: Studio PR, Olsztyn, February & March 1989
Engineered by: Wladyslaw Iljaszewicz
Cover art: Peter
Line up: Peter (guitar, vocal) Docent (drums) Jackie (bass)
|
DECAPITATED SAINTS - lyrics
Black rotting blood invades my ailing flesh Destroys and burns me down alive Uncreated lips stinking of death Excommunicated creators of mine Blasphemous words and eyes that bleed In horrible never ending torment Waiting for hell my dead body looks ahead That will be soon to an end Prepare you to die, This comes unexpected Ask nobody "why?", It's just an inevitable thing Stilll existing mind being in deadly fear Soon will be only heap of musty rot Tongue, heart and all my gusts shall be digested by the necrophagic grubs No hope I must die and turn to ashen dust My soul will fly away to realms of dead Absurd resistance, I feel darkness takes my soul I'm only, after all, the slave of hell Raise from this grave Is fear in your eyes? You have to leave your flesh Still wait for you - decapitated saints I've died to live in everlasting world Where reigns death and holy low of hate Omniponent lords feeding the groans Of turn souls imploring for mercy I'm in the place, where sin is all around And blood flows from every clipped head A billion dirty souls decay in ones own blood Awaitnig beneficial touch of force, that lets them die! I'm rising up above eternal mists Heavens lie at feet of mine Wandering the sky I see transformed Christ Whose head I'm holding in my hand Is it possible, the heaven is the hell? Perhaps it's my own terrible dream Clipped sacred heads seem to say to me "That's true, the sky has turned into fire!" |
REBORN IN FLAMES - lyrics
Comes the time of fear and pain The human race is bleeding away! The earth covered by ashes and flesh Dying in terrible decay Freezing winds freezing it all What fire hasn't burnt Blackened blood flooding the graves Messiah will never return! Unholy words of the ancient prophecy Now come true - the dead rise from hell Toxic storms attack from the sky Spreading the light of deadly pleasure Nuclear mutants buried alive In blasting dust of dying world Atomic fallls putrify human brains The living dead creep in bloody bog The lord of hate was awaken by death before you die, can see the end! All will burn in his breath His eyes paralyse every life The deomns wheel above his head Like vultures seeking the flesh All wil burn in his breath His eyes paralyse every life All demons transformed into grubs To make the glob a stinking rot Born to destroy the holy ghost to the end Now finished wars of God His name is the Exterminator Covering the earth with vaporous rot The real messiah reborn in the flames Creator was the hell he's killer of the world of living The dead worship his majesty Comes the time of wrath and death Heaven has turned blood-red fire Crucified souls vomiting the blood In embrace of mortal desire Freezing winds that froze that all What fire has already burnt Blackened blood flooding the corpses Messiah will never return! No return! |
|
THE FINAL MASSACRE - lyrics
Warriors with hate inflict destruction Comes true the awful predicition Still alive corpses lie in the street Spitting the blood to the God Dying in flames damned mob Screaming with pain, "This can't be, oh God!" Maybe they will understand he was never But it'll be too late, so die forever Circling in the sky the demons now descend To raise their slaughter of mankind till its end The final massacre of people on the earth Pain cracks their minds, everywhere is Death False gods in their temples tremble with fear They know the death is now so near, Unearthly Armageddon burns with flames of doom Poisoned seed flung into virgin's womb Circling in the sky the demons now descend To raise their slaughter of mankind till its end The final massacre of people on the earth Pain cracks their minds, everywhere is Death Merciless angels fly over heads It's no time for your imploring pleads Commit suicide with horror in your eyes Bleeding with scars, pride world now dies Warriors with hate inflict destruction Comes true the awful prediciction Still alive corpses lie in the street Spitting the blood to the God Dying in flames damned mob Screaming in pain, "This can't be, oh God!" Maybe they will understand he was never But it'll be too late, so die forever Different Armageddon came true under our eyes Dust comes down when the time came for sunrise The final massacre, winds destroy the earth Impaled heads notify, that winner is the Death |
THE WRATH - lyrics
Temple of hate, a place accursed by the Gods the wallls all in blood of tormented to death putrid face of Demon gutting sacrifice light of full moon Come in! Eternal flame will brand your soul! Demon's eye in bloodred sky you will suffer, you have to die prophecy of certain death no escape - you're a victim of the unholy wrath Screams from depths of mind cry of mutilated ones tyrant on his golden cross starts to rot blood drops from the scratched wounds of God Virus of hatred invades the brains of tyrants throwing into fire they create the endless violence priests of war, creatures of the crime merciless dictators, the lords of human fright Bloody judgement endless judgement slowly agony will be your atonement living in fera - dying in pain no escape - you are the sacrifice |
