Vader (band)
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| Vader | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Genre(s) | Death metal | |
| Years active | 1986 – present | |
| Website | vader.pl | |
| Members | ||
| Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski Marcin "Novy" Nowak |
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| Konrad "Simon" Karchut Jarosław "China" Labieniec Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski Leszek "Shambo" Rakowski Zbigniew "Vika" Wróblewski Robert "Astaroth" Struczewski Grzegorz "Belial" Jackowski Piotr "Berial" Kuzioła Robert "Czarny" Czarneta Jacek "Jackie" Kalisz |
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Vader is a Polish death metal band founded in 1986[1]. It stands as one of the best known European death metal bands. Vader plays a style of death metal different from that of their American counterparts, but their approach is nonetheless firmly based upon the template created by Slayer. For example, many bands of this genre tend to play guitar solos and lead parts which do not adhere strictly to traditional musical principles (such as being in key) and make extensive use of tremolo bar, creating a rather dissonant sound. Vader, on the other hand, whilst often playing in this style, occasionally diverge and play diminished, augmented, and minor scale solos. Vader is also different in that vocalist Piotr Wiwczarek's vocals do not follow the standard sound widely considered acceptable for death metal. While his vocal delivery remains extreme, it is a much throatier approach, giving him the ability to enunciate words more clearly than most death metal vocalists.
The name of the band was inspired by Darth Vader, a Star Wars character[2].
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[edit] Band history
Forming in 1986, Vader released the legendary demo Morbid Reich in 1990, remarkable not only for the quality of the demo given the equipment available behind the Iron Curtain, but also that the demo sold 10,000 copies, easily the most successful death metal demo of all time. The songs from Morbid Reich would appear later on their full-length debut album in 1993 entitled The Ultimate Incantation on Earache Records. In 1998, they signed a contract to Metal Blade Records. Fans consider this event a victory of "pure" death metal over new styles that formed in the 90s, like rap metal and grunge metal. They also prize the band for not giving up their extreme style in favour of a more mainstream one that would probably sell more records. Vader is very active in releasing live tracks and full live albums.
[edit] Band members
[edit] Current members
- Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek - guitars, vocals
- Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz - guitars
- Marcin "Novy" Nowak - bass guitar
- Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski - drums
[edit] Former members
- Konrad "Simon" Karchut - bass guitar
- Jarosław "China" Labieniec - guitar
- Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski - drums (deceased)
- Leszek "Shambo" Rakowski - bass guitar
- Zbigniew "Vika" Wróblewski - guitar
- Robert "Astaroth" Struczewski - bass guitar
- Grzegorz "Belial" Jackowski - drums
- Piotr "Berial" Kuzioła - guitar
- Robert "Czarny" Czarneta - vocals
- Jacek "Jackie" Kalisz - bass guitar
[edit] Session members
- Krzysztof "Siegmar" Oloś - session keyboards on "The Art of War"
- Marcin "Ząbek" Gołebiewski - session drummer on 2001 tour
- Grzegorz Skawinski - guest guitar on "Sothis"
- Adam "Nergal" Darski - guest vocals on "Revelations"
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- The Ultimate Incantation (1993)
- De Profundis (1995)
- Future of the Past (1996)
- Reborn in Chaos (1997)
- Black to the Blind (1997)
- Litany (2000)
- Revelations (2002)
- The Beast (2004)
- Impressions in Blood (2006)
[edit] Live albums
- The Darkest Age: Live '93 (1994)
- Live in Japan (1998)
[edit] Singles/EPs
- "Sothis" (1994)
- "An Act of Darkness / I.F.Y." (1995)
- "Carnal / Back to the Blind" (1997)
- "Kingdom" (1998)
- "Xeper / North" (2000)
- "Reign Forever World" (2001)
- "Angel of Death" (2002)
- "Blood" (2003)
- "Beware The Beast" (2004)
- "The Art of War" (2005)
[edit] Compilations
- Reborn in Chaos (1998)
[edit] VHS
- Vision & Voice (1998)
[edit] DVDs
[edit] Demos
[edit] Tributes
- A Tribute To Mayhem (2002) - "Freezing Moon", Mayhem (band) cover
[edit] References
- ^ Vader - The Official Website. Biography. Retrieved on June 19, 2006.
- ^ Kinofilia (Polish). Interview with Piotr Wiwczarek. Archived from the original on 2006-05-03. Retrieved on 2006-01-27. “Piotr Wiwczarek: Of course, Darth Vader was our inspiration: a mysterious, brutal, full of dark, intelligent, bitter, but sometimes romantic character. Just as music we play.”
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