VADER
Peter
– guitars, vocals
Daray – drums
Novy – bass
Mauser – guitars
There
are very few bands that have managed to weave a web
of mystery around them. Very few have survived and
keep going strong until today. When faced with the
question, ‘which’ people tend to mention
American death-mongers like MORBID ANGEL, DEICIDE
or CANNIBAL CORPSE …however, for a few years
now many have named VADER – perhaps the only
band from Europe, which has sustained its status for
a long 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.
The
year 2004 is the time for the band’s new studio
album “The Beast” and an extensive promotional
campaign including over 170 gigs! The recording sessions
of VADER’s new album had to be interrupted and
postponed to May/June due to an unfortunate accident
suffered by Doc (drums) and a very talented drummer
called Daray (VESANIA) replaced him. VADER’s
new live season kicked off with a small tour through
the 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 continued their European crusades, invading
countries like Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium,
England, France, Italy, and Austria to name a few,
simultaneously proceeding with the recording sessions
to “The Beast”. A very important part
of that tour was the band’s first trip to the
Balkans (Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia
and Croatia) and a Scandinavian tour consisting of
14 gigs. For the second half of 2004 VADER is going
to play another tour through Poland named “Blitzkrieg
2” (17-gigs), a US tour along with CANNIBAL
CORPSE and NAPALM DEATH (October/November) and participate
in the December X-Mass Festivals. Nevertheless, the
most important gig VADER played in 2004 was probably
at Silesian Stadium, Katowice, where the band opened
for METALLICA in front of 50,000 people.
The
sessions for “The Beast” were finished
in mid-July. The album hits the market on the 20th
of September and contains 10 new cuts. They were recorded
at RG Studio, Gdansk (Poland) with Piotr Lukaszewski
behind the board, the producer well known from the
band’s previous releases. Famous Polish artist
Jacek Wisniewski took care of the album artwork and
layout once again. The European limited edition of
the album also contains a bonus DVD featuring a 30
minute studio report, 2 video clips recorded during
the sessions, and 3 video cuts recorded at Metal Mania
Festival 2003. Beware of “The Beast”!
Bands
Vader has played with include:
Cannibal Corpse, Vital Remains, The Crown, Deicide,
Dying Fetus, Krisiun, Behemoth, Slayer, Nile, Kreator,
Amon Amarth, Metallica, Napalm Death, Goatwhore, Grave,
Suffocation, Dismember, Malevolent Creation, Six Feet
Under, Cryptopsy, Immortal, Marduk
