Vader discography

The discography of Vader, a Polish death metal band, consists of twelve studio albums, two compilation albums, two live albums, eight extended plays, one cover album, four video albums, nine singles, twelve music videos, and three demo albums. Formed in 1983, the group was founded by then bassist Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek, and guitarist Zbigniew "Vika" Wróblewski.

Vader discography
Vader live at Metalmania 2008
Studio albums	12
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	2
Video albums	4
Music videos	12
EPs	8
Singles	9
Tribute albums	1
Demos	3

After release of three demo albums – Live in Decay (1986), Necrolust (1989), and Morbid Reich (1990), Vader was signed to British record label Earache Records. The band's debut album The Ultimate Incantation was released in late 1992, and gained recognition in the death metal scene. It was supported by "Dark Age" music video produced for MTV. Vader's second album, entitled De Profundis, was released in 1995, followed by the 1997 release Black to the Blind. Critically acclaimed albums heave been released by System Shock/Impact Records, back then, the band's main label.

In late 1990s, Vader was signed to Metal Blade Records. The label released in 2000 the band's fourth album Litany, which had sales of around of 45,000 units around the world in three months from its release.[1] The CD also gained positive response in Vader's home country, reaching number 1 on Gazeta Wyborcza bestsellers list.[2] The album was followed by the 2002 release Revelations, and The Beast from 2004, charting 22 and 8 on OLiS, respectively. After signing to Regain Records, Vader released their seventh effort Impressions in Blood in 2006. In 2009, the band made a record deal with Nuclear Blast, the company that released Vader's eighth album Necropolis (2009).

Band's last ninth album entitled Welcome to the Morbid Reich was released in 2011, and it is probably Vader's biggest commercial success to date. The album reached number 17 on the Billboard Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers), and number 25 on the Hard Rock Albums. In Poland, Welcome to the Morbid Reich landed at number 6, and dropped out four weeks later. The release also charted in France, Japan, Switzerland, and Germany.

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions							Sales
		POL [3]	JPN [4]	GER [5]	FRA [6]	SWI [7]	US Heat [8]	US Hard [8]
The Ultimate Incantation	Released: November 16, 1992[9] Label: Earache, Relativity, Carnage, Toy's Factory Formats: CS, CD, LP, digital download[10]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
De Profundis	Released: September 5, 1995[11] Label: System Shock, Croon, Metal Mind, Pavement Music, Avalon Marquee Formats: CS, CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	POL: 17,000+[12]
Black to the Blind	Released: October 13, 1997[13] Label: System Shock, Koch, Pavement Music, Avalon Marquee Formats: CS, CD, LP[14]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Litany	Released: March 22, 2000[15] Label: Metal Blade, Metal Mind, Avalon Marquee Formats: CS, CD, digital download[16]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	US: 8,000+[17]
Revelations	Released: May 22, 2002[18] Label: Metal Blade, Metal Mind, Avalon Marquee Formats: CS, CD, LP, digital download[19]	22	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Beast	Released: September 8, 2004[18] Label: Metal Blade, Metal Mind, Avalon Marquee Formats: CD, 2CD, CD+DVD, LP, digital download[20]	8	207	—	—	—	—	—
Impressions in Blood	Released: August 23, 2006[18] Label: Regain, Candlelight, Mystic, Avalon Marquee Formats: CD, 2CD, LP, digital download[21]	8	265	—	—	—	—	—
Necropolis	Released: August 21, 2009[22] Label: Nuclear Blast, Avalon Marquee Formats: CD, CD+DVD, LP, digital download[23]	5	—	64	188	—	36	—	US: 1,100+[24]
Welcome to the Morbid Reich	Released: August 12, 2011[25] Label: Nuclear Blast, Avalon Marquee Formats: CD, LP, digital download[26]	6	233	73	154	94	17	25	US: 2,000+[27]
Tibi Et Igni	Released: May 30, 2014[28] Label: Nuclear Blast, Avalon Marquee Formats: CD, LP, digital download	16	183	55	145	63	18	—	US: 2,000+[29]
The Empire	Released: November 4, 2016 Label: Nuclear Blast, Avalon Marquee Formats: CD, LP, digital download	29	252	—	—	—	17	21	US: 1,100+[30]
Solitude in Madness	Released: May 1, 2020 Label: Nuclear Blast, Avalon Marquee Formats: CD, LP, digital download	2	155	41	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Cover albums

List of cover albums

Title	Album details
Future of the Past	Released: December 3, 1996[31] Label: System Shock, Koch, Avalon Marquee, Pavement Music Formats: CS, CD
Future of the Past II - Hell in the East	Released: December 14, 2015[32] Label: Witching Hour Productions Formats: CD, LP

Live albums

List of live albums

Title	Album details
The Darkest Age: Live '93	Released: July 27, 1994[33] Label: Baron, Arctic Serenades, System Shock, Metal Mind, Pavement Music Formats: CS, CD
Live in Japan	Released: December 30, 1998[34] Label: System Shock, ZYX Music, Avalon Marquee, Metal Mind, Pavement Music Formats: CS, CD

Compilations

List of compilation albums

Title	Album details
Reborn in Chaos	Released: 1996 Label: Baron, Metal Mind, Hammerheart, Pavement Music Formats: CD, 12" vinyl, cassette,[35] digital download[36]

Rerecorded

List of compilation albums

Title	Album details
XXV	Released: May 28, 2008[18] Label: Regain, Mystic, Avalon Marquee Formats: 2CD, 2CD+DVD, digital download[37]
Dark Age	Released: February 28, 2018[18] Label: Witching Hour Productions Formats: CD, 12" vinyl, cassette, digital download[38]

EPs

List of EPs, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		POL [3]
Sothis	Released: 1994 Label: Baron, Repulse, Metal Mind Formats: CS, CD, LP[14]	—
Kingdom	Released: November 10, 1998[39] Label: System Shock, Pavement Music, Metal Mind, Avalon Marquee Formats: CS, CD	—
Reign Forever World	Released: December 16, 2000[18] Label: Metal Blade, Metal Mind, Avalon Marquee Formats: CS, CD, LP[40]	45
Blood	Released: September 22, 2003[41] Label: Metal Blade, Metal Mind, Avalon Marquee Formats: CS, CD	44
The Art of War	Released: November 14, 2005[42] Label: Regain, Candlelight, Avalon Marquee Formats: CD, LP,[43] digital download[44]	—
Lead Us	Released: January 22, 2008[45] Label: Regain Formats: CD	—
The Upcoming Chaos	Released: August 30, 2008 Label: Regain Formats: CD	—
Go To Hell	Released: April 18, 2014 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: 7" LP	—
Iron Times	Released: April 12, 2016 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: 7" LP	—
Thy Messenger	Released: May 31, 2019 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, Digital, 12" vinyl
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Video albums

List of video albums

Title	Album details	Note
Vision and Voice	Released: December 1, 1998[46] Label: Metal Mind Formats: VHS
More Vision and the Voice	Released: June 3, 2002[47] Label: Metal Mind Formats: DVD	Vision and Voice re-release
Night of the Apocalypse	Released: October 25, 2004[48] Label: Metal Mind Formats: DVD
And Blood Was Shed in Warsaw	Released: October 8, 2007[49] Label: Metal Mind Formats: DVD+CD

Singles

Year	Title	Album	Note
1995	"An Act of Darkness / I.F.Y."[50]	De Profundis
1997	"Carnal / Black to the Blind"[51]	Black to the Blind	Thrash'em All magazine insert
2000	"Xeper / North"[52]	Litany
2002	"Angel of Death"[53]	Revelations
2004	"Beware the Beast"[54]	The Beast
2008	"v.666"[55]	XXV
2009	"We Are the Horde"[56]	Necropolis	iTunes single
	"Nile / Vader"[57]		7" split single
2011	"Come and See My Sacrifice"[58]	Welcome to the Morbid Reich	iTunes single
2014	"Where Angels Weep"[59]	Tibi Et Igni

Demos

List of demos

Title	Album details	Sales
Live in Decay	Released: December 6, 1986 Label: self-released Formats: CS
Necrolust	Released: March 1989 Label: self-released Formats: CS
Morbid Reich	Released: July 1990 Label: Carnage Records Formats: CS	POL: 5,000+[60]

Other appearances

Year	Title	Album	Ref.
1996	"Silent Scream"	Slatanic Slaughter II – A Tribute to Slayer	[61]
1996	"Wyrocznia"	Czarne Zastępy: W Hołdzie Kat	[62]
2000	"Freezing Moon"	Originators of the Northern Darkness – A Tribute to Mayhem	[63]
2002	"Immortal Rites"	Tyrants from the Abyss: A Tribute to Morbid Angel	[64]
2004	"Death Metal"	Seven Gates of Horror – A Tribute to Possessed	[65]

Music videos

Year	Title	Directed	Album	Ref.
1993	"Dark Age"	Kimmo Kuusniemi, Tanja Katinka	The Ultimate Incantations	[66]
1996	"Incarnation"	—	De Profundis	[67]
1998	"Kingdom"	—	Kingdom	[67]
2000	"Cold Demons"	Adam Kuc, Selani Studio	Litany	[68]
2002	"Epitaph"	—	Revelations	[67]
2004	"Dark Transmission"	Wojciech Głodek	The Beast	[69]
	"Choices"
2005	"This Is the War"	Arkadiusz Jurcan	The Art of War	[70]
2006	"Helleluyah!!! (God Is Dead)"	Andrzej Wyrozębski, Inbornmedia	Impressions in Blood	[71][72]
2007	"Sword of the Witcher"	Inbornmedia	Wiedźmin: Muzyka Inspirowana Grą (Music Inspired By The Witcher)	[67][72][73]
2008	"Carnal"	Carlos Abysmo	XXV	[74]
2009	"Never Say My Name"	Inbornmedia	Necropolis	[75][72]
2016	"Reborn In Flames"	-	Before The Age of Chaos – Live 2015	-

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External links

• Official Vader website