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 Death. 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. Image File history File linksMetadata Vader_Band_2005. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Death metal is a heavy metal subgenre. ... Deathrash, also known as death/thrash, is a thrash metal, death metal crossover. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Piotr Wiwczarek, also known as Peter, is a Polish guitarist and vocalist, member and frontman of Vader. ... K. Raczkowski Krzysztof Raczkowski (29 October 1970 – August 20, 2005), also known as Docent or Doc, was a Polish drummer, member of heavy metal and rock bands Vader (1988 - March 2005), Dies Irae. ... Death metal is a heavy metal subgenre. ... Death was an influential American death metal band founded in 1983 and dissolved in 1999. ...

The name of the band was inspired by Darth Vader, a Star Wars character.^[2] Darth Vader is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. ... Star Wars is an epic science fantasy saga and fictional universe created by George Lucas during the late 1970s. ...

Biography

Formed in 1986, Vader released the 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. Warsaw Pact countries to the east of the Iron Curtain are shaded red; NATO members to the west of it — blue. ... Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York USA, which helped pioneer extreme music by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal releases in the period 1988-1992. ... Metal Blade Records is an independent record label which was founded in 1981 by Brian Slagel. ...

Band members

Current members

• Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek - guitar, vocals
• Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz - guitar
• Marcin "Novy" Nowak - bass guitar
• Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski - drums

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Former members

• Konrad "Simon" Karchut - bass guitar
• Jarosław "China" Labieniec - guitar
• Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski - drums
• 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

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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"

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Discography

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)

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Live albums

• The Darkest Age: Live '93 (1994)
• Live in Japan (1998)

Singles and 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)

Compilations

• Reborn in Chaos (1998)
• Armageddon (2002)

VHS

• Vision & Voice (1998)

DVDs

• More Vision and the Voice (2002)
• Night of the Apocalypse (2004)

Demos

• Tyrani Piekieł (Tyrants of Hell, 1986)
• Live in Decay (1986)
• Necrolust (1989)
• Morbid Reich (1990)

Tributes

• A Tribute to Mayhem (2002, contributed "Freezing Moon")
• Tyrants from the Abyss - A Tribute to Morbid Angel (2002, contributed "Immortal Rites")

References

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External links

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Vader

• Vader's Home Page
• Vader's Official Myspace Profile
• Reviews and interviews at Chronicles of Chaos

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