Formed: 1986
From:
Olsztyn,
Poland
Last Known Status: Active
Background
Formed in Poland in 1986, it was three years before the band's 'Necrolust' demo saw them attain the attention of the underground, and led to the band's now infamous 'Morbid Reich' cassette release via the Polish Carnage Records, a release which legend has it was one of the biggest selling Death Metal demos/cassettes ever. The band signed to Earache in 1992 and in July of that year Vader recorded their one and only Earache album 'The Ultimate Incantation' with producer Paul Johnson.
Subsequently the band toured Europe with Bolt Thrower and Grave, and also hit the US with Deicide and Suffocation, but then left Earache to puruse a career on many and varied labels, gaining a gretaer reputation with each release for a more intellectual lyrical stance as well as sound based heavily around drummer Doc's amazing blastbeat control. As the band continued churning out album after album, they moved towards their own unique style of death-thrash metal fusion with the landmark releases of 'Litany' and 'Revalations'.
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Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Metal Maniacs Launches As New Webzine
Metal Maniacs Magazine has been relaunched in a new online format after closing the doors to its print operation in February 2009.
Resurrected by the owner of Metalhit.com, with a site developed by Reh3 Design, the new Metal Maniacs features regularly updated content and features from the latest in underground metal.
The site boasts an exhaustive Mp3 store featuring more than 13,000 songs available for preview and purchase as well as a new forum, monthly contests, a weekly "deadly discovery" showcasing up and coming bands and a monthly free digital music compilation.
The debut launch features a 24 song compilation with the following free downloads:
LIFELOVER “Shallow”
VADER “Rise of the Undead”
FETID ZOMBIE “Graced by Gore”
NOCTURNAL “Hellhunt”
AUGURY “Aetheral”
HANDS “Resistance”
ASPHYX “Death, the Brutal Way”
BLACK ANVIL “Ten Talons Deep”
IMPENDING DOOM “The Serpent Servant”
DAATH “The Worthless”
MERRIMACK “In the Halls of White Death”
GOREAPHOBIA “Mortal Repulsion”
HOWL “Oma”
LEAVES’ EYES “My Destiny”
MERAUDER “Built on Blood”
ORTHRUS “Thy Fate in Damnation”
SKELETONWITCH “Crushed Beyond Dust”
SUICIDE SILENCE “Wake Up”
WEAPON “Serpentine Ayat”
BONE GNAWER “Cannibal Cook-out”
WEEKEND NACHOS “Shot in the Head”
ARGHARUS “Pleistas”
CEREBRUM “Scatter-brain”
SEANCE “Prisoner 666”
You can download the entire compilation here.
In this issue: More...
Vader Posts Music Video Trailer Online
Vader has posted a teaser trailer online for the upcoming music video of their song "Never Say My Name," which can be viewed below. Vader also issued the following statement about the video clip:
"We started the video shooting on August 15, at about noon. That day we were in for the Last Supper and the slaughter of the Messiah's followers shots, while during the night we were to take some bluebox and Janus shots. It was quite an unusual date, as the same day in Wroclaw the masses came to see a light-and-water show taking place just 200 meters from the place of our shooting the 'Bible scenes'. Lots of people were wondering 'What's being shot here? A new TV series? The Bible stories? ...or maybe a Discovery program?' Despite 12 hours of hard work and constant stage make-up changes we managed to finish before 1 a.m. We went through it without a bloodshed - well, despite the Last Supper scene ...but the blood was a fake ;-) The next day we took the martyr shots and the Romans' armament ones, which were crucial for 'Necropolis'. Sunday. The unbearable heat and another couple of hours in the nearby gravel pit. It wasn't so easy that day... The owner of the place, who at first was eager to rent it to the Inbornmedia crew, found it enough when it came to the crucifixion, burning and the transformation of the Messiah into Janus. My roars and the burying crucifix brought about an immediate response of the security guards. They called the police and we were supposed to leave the gravel pit at once... Fortunately, we managed to 'steal' one more hour before the cops arrived. There only remained ashes. And we, together with the Romans, came back to the hotel at about....2 a.m. And there were still the final scenes left. These we're going to finish on tomorrow....but in a different place."
The track is from their upcoming album "Necropolis," which will be released in North America on September 22. More...
Marduk Announces Polish Tour With Vader
Swedish black metallers Marduk have issued the following brief statement about an upcoming tour in Poland:
"After a successful mini-tour in the USA, the Marduk forces are ready to strike Poland with 15 shows all around the country together with the polish comrades VADER!"
The currently confirmed dates are as follows:
29/08 (PL) Warszawa / Stodola
30/08 (PL) Olsztyn / Amfiteatr
01/09 (PL) Gdansk / Parlament
02/09 (PL) Szczecin / Slowianin
03/09 (PL) Poznan / Eskulap
04/09 (PL) Lódz / Dekompresja
05/09 (PL) Katowice / Mega Club
06/09 (PL) Opole / MOK
07/09 (PL) Wroclaw / Firlej
08/09 (PL) Kraków / Loch Ness
09/09 (PL) Rzeszów / Pod Palma
10/09 (PL) Radom / Strefa G2
11/09 (PL) Lublin / Graffiti
12/09 (PL) Bialystok / Gwint
13/09 (PL) Torun / Od Nowa
Vader Reveals New Album Details
Polish death metallers Vader have issued the following statement about the release of their upcoming album:
"Vader's new album, Necropolis, will be released in Europe on August 21, 2009 and in North America on September 22, 2009. However, you don't have to wait until release date to order it!
"Nuclear Blast USA currently has a special at their web shop where anyone is able to purchase either the exclusive SHIRT + CD/DVD DIGI or the SHIRT + CD version.
"Recorded at Hertz Studios in Bialystok, Poland with the Wieslawski Bros., Tue Madsen mixed the album at Antfarm Studios in Denmark. Cover artwork is by Jacek Wisniewski.
"Necropolis will be released in two formats: a regular jewel-case (11 tracks only) and a limited edition digipak with the following bonus tracks + bonus DVD: More...
Vader Posts New Pictures And Video Clips Online
Polish death metallers Vader have issued the following update about posting new pictures and videos online:
"Summer season comes to an end. This week VADER will play their last series of gigs before band's upcoming regular tournees - Blitzkrieg 5 in Poland and the Funeral Nation Tour 2009 in Europe. Recently the panzer division appeared on Hunterfest, where VADER shared the stage together with Motorhead and Tarja Turunen. A gallery of pics from the fest is available here.
"Don't forget to visit our Youtube channel and watch some footage from the fest. Vader's mainman Peter checks in: 'Welcome Metal Maniacs!!!! VADER-as You see-is still on the road. Two controvercial but great festivals in Kiev (Ukraine) with SODOM and ARCHENEMY and in Poland (Hunterfest) with MOTORHEAD and TARIJA are already behind us. Now we fly to southern Italy to take a part on Agglutiantion Festiwal and then on Summer Breeze in Germany. Those will be last bigger concerts before upcoming Blitzkrieg V tour. 21st August is an important day for us: premiere of 'Necropolis' and a week later debut of new album alive!!! On the tour we plan to play almost whole new album also very early VADER songs from mid 80's, when the band was singing in polish yet. There will be of course bunch of classic 'hits' as well. In few days we start also shots for new video clip to the song 'Never Say My Name'. This is gonna be a miniature inspired by bestseller by Patrick Graham's 'EVANGILE SELON SATAN'. An alternative death of messiah, who curse humans before his death on the cross and choose Hell instead of Heaven... Premiere in September. See You around ...soon!!!! /Peter'
"In other news, under this link you can watch rare archive footage from the first edition of famous Polish metal festival called Metalmania. The footage includes also a short interview with Peter. It's available only in the Polish language only but definitely worth checking out!"
Insidious Disease Drummer To Sit Out Shows
Due to Tony Laureano's (ex-DIMMU BORGIR, NILE, ANGELCORPSE) touring commitments with ALL THAT REMAINS, he is unable to join INSIDIOUS DISEASE (formerly INSIDIOUS) for their two German shows this week. His replacement for these performances will be DIMMU BORGIR/ex-VADER drummer Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski.
INSIDIOUS DISEASE will make its official live debut at this year's Wacken Open Air festival, set to take place July 30 - August 1, 2009 in Wacken, Germany. The band will perform on the W.E.T. stage on Friday, July 31 at 10:25 p.m. A warm-up show is planned for July 30 at the Magnet club in Berlin, Germany as the support act for CALIBAN. INSIDIOUS DISEASE will also take part in a meet-and-greet at Wacken on Friday, July 31 between 6:30 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. at the Metal Hammer fanclub stand. More...
Nervecell Announces European Festival Appearances
Dubai metal band, Nervecell, has added 3 new European dates to the fall tour set to take place in September and October 2009. Nervecell will be performing at Mass Deathtruction Festival 2009 in Namur, Belgium - October 3rd with Vader, Marduk and more.
Confirmed Nervecell fall European festival appearances are as follows:
Sep 5 - Occultfest (Hoogeveen, Netherlands)
Sep 18 - Marktwirtschaft Club (Halle, Germany)
Sep 19 - New Jam Festival (Marchtrenk, Austria)
Sep 20 - Escape Metalcorner Club (Vienna, Austria)
Oct 2 - Way of Darkness Festival (Lichtenfels, Germany)
Oct 3 - Mass Deathtruction Festival (Namur, Belgium)
Video Interview With Vader Posted Online
Terrorizer conducted a video interview with vocalist Piotr Wiwczarek of Polish metallers Vader at this year's Hellfest in Clisson, France. The video can be viewed below. More...
The Amenta Comments On Vader Tour
Sydney Australia-based extreme metal act THE AMENTA will join VADER, DECREPIT BIRTH, WARBRINGER, AUGURY, S.W.W.A.A.T.S. on “Monsters Of Death Tour” presented by Decibel Magazine. Keyboardist/sampler, Tim Pope, comments on the tour, “THE AMENTA is very honored to be sharing a stage with VADER in North America on the "Decibel Presents: Monsters Of Death Tour". Our first European tour - Winterfest 2009 - was with Vader earlier this year and we know that we’re going to have a great time both offstage and on with those guys. It’s a very strong bill and we can’t wait to see the other bands in action. We’ve heard so much about touring North America and can’t wait to get over there to blow people away. We are on the top of our game at the moment and the States will finally get to see what we are capable of. Thanks to everyone involved for giving us a chance. It’s a great honor to have such a strong tour for our first time on your shores. To the fans in the States: Get ready. You haven’t seen anything like us.” More...
Vader Posts New Song, "We Are The Horde" Online
Polish death metal legends Vader has posted a song from their forthcoming new studio album, "Necropolis" online. You can check out the song "We Are The Horde" at the bands official Myspace. The album will be released on August 21st in Europe via Nuclear Blast Records and on September 22nd in North America.
Vader To Premiere New Song On July 3rd
Vader has issued the following announcement about premiering a new song on July 3rd:
"The Polish death metal stalwarts VADER will release their new full length album entitled 'Necropolis' on August 21 through Nuclear Blast. The World premiere of one the new tracks entitled: 'We Are The Horde' will happen on VADER's MySpace page on July 3!!! Don't forget to visit the profile here. Listen to this new killing song and post a comment and add the song to your profile!! You have been warned! July 3rd 2009!!!"
Warbringer Added to Vader's North American Tour
Warbringer has announced their addition to Vader's North American tour with the following update:
"We'll be joining Vader in November and December for dates across the US and Canada. Those Polish death metal legends will have a new album out on Nuclear Blast and this will be their first headline US tour in some time. It's a killer tour package called "Monsters of Death" and features Vader, Decrepit Birth, Warbringer, The Amenta, Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky and Augury. Dates are posted on our page so check 'em out and come down to the show and support true brutal metal!!"
The tour dates are as follow: More...
Vader Announces Upcoming Tour Dates
Poland's Vader has issued the following statement about their upcoming tour dates:
"The next leg of VADER's Blitzkrieg 5 Tour 2009 promotional campaign has just begun! The Polish edition of the tour will feature also Swedish black metal monster MARDUK, two well known Polish bands CHAINSAW and ESQARIAL and some additional guest acts. Morgan and MARDUK can't wait to play a tour with VADER! Marduk are proud to announce that we will be joining Vader for a 15 date Polish tour right before we hit Europe. We are delighted to team up once again with our war brothers in Vader to march across Poland together with our loyal Polish fans and reach territories we havent been in before. Unleash the wolfpack... CHAINSAW and ESQARIAL are hungry for blood as well. Both bands are going to promote their newest releases during the upcoming trip.
"It's gonna be a killer package the more so because there will be some other surprises. We are looking forward to start Blitz and I'm sure that's gonna be the best tour we've ever played. The new line-up is getting stronger day by day, both artistically and mentally. We are working hard to improve the quality of our shows and prepare some special surprises for our Fans. Hopefully this time we will succeed in all. Remember- VADER takes no slaves! The upcoming tour is being promoted by the biggest Polish portal Onet.pl and also Hard Rocker, Alphard, Warner Music, Rockmetal.pl, Music Info. There's also a venue change in Warsaw. The first battle of Blitzkrieg 5 will take place in Progresja (ul.Kaliskiego 15A). Stay VADERized!"
The band's upcoming tour dates are as follows: More...
Vader Reveals "Necropolis" Details
VADER's new full length album entitled "Necropolis" will be released in Europe on August 21 through Nuclear Blast. The album will be available as a standard CD edition, digi pack (featuring two cover tracks and bonus DVD) edition and vinyl edition. The album artwork and the whole layout was made by Jacek Wisniewski (who also made cover arts for such albums as "Black To The Blind", "Litany", "Revelations" and many more).
"Necropolis" was recorded at Hertz Studio with Slawek and Wojtek Wieslawski behind the helm. Then the album was mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen at his Antfarm Studio (it's been band's first cooperation with a foreign producer since "The Ultimate Incantation").
Peter commented: "Tue Madsen did tremendous work! He modeled power on this album. It is not easy to make VADER sound heavy and clear. When I was listening to the master tape for a first time, I knew after the opening notes that 'Necropolis' is gonna be a BLAST indeed!!! Tue thinks the same, which makes me even more happy. No VADER album sounded so powerful without loss of all these details in the songs. I am impressed indeed!!! We will do video clips, of course! I'm not sure yet which songs are gonna be chosen. I have some 'evil stories' in my mind just waiting to be realized. Personally, I want to see a clip for 'Devilizer', which opens 'Necropolis'. The CD front cover was done by Jacek Wisniewski and explains what's inside the album... We summoned the Old Spirits again. The Unknown is awakened...again. 'Necropolis' is exactly like the picture seen on the front cover: solid, metal and evil, with many details, backgrounds and... hidden mysteries. There's also another thing that don't let me fall asleep since a few days. I mean very honest, positive, almost enthusiastic response from Nuclear Blast!"
Digi pack editions of the album will feature two cover songs: "Black Metal" of VENOM (with a guest appearance of Bart Krysiuk from HERMH), and "Fight Fire With Fire" of METALLICA (featuring Maciek Taff from ROOTWATER, BLACK RIVER). Also included is a bonus DVD featuring a part of a charity show for Covan (DECAPITATED) the band played on April 26 in Krakow. The show recorded by 5 cameras, dynamic editing and HD quality - all that made by Inbornmedia Company from Wroclaw.
Here is the complete "Necropolis" tracklisting: More...
Vader And Marduk To Tour Europe
Vader and Marduk will be teaming up to co-headline the Funeral Nation tour in Europe this Autumn. A message from Massive Music Booking & Promotional Agency reads:
"After long days of negotiations and preparations hereby we would like to announce Funeral Nation Tour 2009 - a co-headlining European tour of two well known metal monsters VADER and MARDUK. It's going to be a special event for all black and death metal freaks the more so because the tour will promote bands' newest full length albums. Vader is ready to unleash hell with their brand new monster Necropolis (to be out in August 21 through Nuclear Blast) while Marduk is working on a new opus for Regain Records. Be prepared for a massive panzer attack, ashes, burning ground and total destruction. During this killing trek the co-headliners will be supported by amazing Italian brutal death metal band FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE and one more act (soon to be announced). Funeral Nation Tour 2009 will cover most of European regions except for the UK, Scandinavia, the Balkans and Baltic States. Marduk and Vader are planning to invade these places early 2010!"
The tour dates are as follows: More...
Arsames Confirmed For Metal Camp 2009
Iranian thrash/death metal act ARSAMES has been confirmed for Metal Camp 2009 - talents stage (DARK DOG STAGE BANDS) set to take place July 2-8, 2009 in Tolmin, Slovenia.
The Metal Camp festival billing is shaping up as follows:
ABORTED
ALESTORM
AMON AMARTH
BLIND GUARDIAN
DEATH ANGEL
DEATHSTARS
DESTRUCTION
DIE APOKALYPTSCHEN REITER
DIMMU BORGIR
DOWN
DRAGONFORCE
EDGUY
EQUILIBRIUM
EXTREMA
GRAVEWORM
HACKNEYED
HATEBREED
HOLLENTHON
KATAKLYSM
KEEP OF KALESSIN
KREATOR
LAMB OF GOD
LEGION OF THE DAMNED
MY DYING BRIDE
NIGHTWISH
SATYRICON
SODOM
SONIC SYNDICATE
SUIDAKRA
TESTAMENT
VADER
VISIONS OF ATLANTIS
For more info, check the Metal Camp website at metalcamp.com.
Vader Posts New Studio Video Online
Polish death metal legends Vader has posted a new video from the recording studio online. You can check it out below. The band will be releasing their new studio album, "Necropolis" later this year. More...
Vader Completes New Album "Necropolis"
Polish death metal legends Vader has revealed that they have completed work on their new studio album, "Necropolis." A message from frontman Peter Wiwczarek reads: "Monday, May 18th is the day, when the new album Necropolis was finished!!! The last act of the process was a flight to Aarhus in Denmark and my visit at AntFarm Studio. During next two days me and Tue were working on the character of new record and some details in the mix. Next days are Tue Madsen's solitary work in silence of His studio. The result is tremendous!!! New songs sound powerful and still mysterious. The cover art (created by Jacek Wisniewski) being so much different then previous works is so magical as well.
"The whole graphics fulfill the Music on the album. It will contain 11 songs, 33 minutes and 33 seconds of real breath of chaos. There are two bonus tracks on special edition, which are classics in metal, also big part of HQ footage from Vader charity show in Krakow, which was our help for Covan (Adrian Kowanek - former VADER singer) and his recovery after serious car accident.
"The third part of Gates To Necropolis- studio report will be available this week. More secrets about the recordings of guitars, bass or vocals shall be told. The last but not least, the fourth part of the report will be done in next two weeks. We will close up the guest in Necropolis session, also shots from AntFarm studio in Denmark. And we're looking forward to see you on the shows soon!"
Vader Releaes Studio Update
Peter, vocalist and guitarist for Polish metal band Vader, has released a studio update for their upcoming Nuclear Blast release "Necropolis."
"Welcome again, ALL worshippers of Metal Power !!!!! The next step in creating of new album is behind us... "Necropolis" has its shape now. Today we finished recordings of main guitars and after a week break we coming back to the studio to make all leads, bass and vocal parts...We recorded also two cover songs. More about it is coming soon. "Gates to Necropolis" part Two is gonna be available in a week as well. This time we will show You the life in a studio, process of creation and recordings of main guitars on the new album. So....STAY VADERIZED !!!!"
See pictures of their studio sessions here.
Vader Reveals "Necropolis" Tracklisting
In a recent album update, Vader vocalist/guitarist Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek revealed the tracklisting for the bands forthcoming new album, "Necropolis." His message reads as follows;
"The next step in creating of new album is behind us... Necropolis has it's shape now. Today we finish recordings of main guitars and after a week break we're coming back to the studio to make all leads, bass and vocal parts.
The whole program of the album looks like this: "Devilized," "Rise Of The Undead," "Never Say My Name," "Dark Heart," "Blast," "Impure," "We Are Horde," "Anger," "When The Sun Drowns In Dark," "The Sigil," "Dei Nostri" and "Summoning The Futura." We also (recorded) two cover songs. More about it is coming soon.
"Gates To Necropolis" Part Two is gonna be available in a week as well. This time we will show you life in a studio, process of creation and recordings of main guitars on the new album." More...
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