Vader discography
# 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.

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. The CD also gained positive response in Vader's home country, reaching number 1 on Gazeta Wyborcza bestsellers list. 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 | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Sales |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Title | Album details | POL | JPN | GER | FRA | SWI | US Heat | US Hard | Sales |
| The Ultimate Incantation | Released: 16 November 1992 Label: Earache, Relativity, Carnage, Toy's Factory Formats: CS, CD, LP, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| De Profundis | Released: 5 September 1995 Label: System Shock, Croon, Metal Mind, Pavement Music, Avalon Marquee Formats: CS, CD | 3 | — | 91 | — | — | — | — | POL: 17,000+ |
| Black to the Blind | Released: 13 October 1997 Label: System Shock, Koch, Pavement Music, Avalon Marquee Formats: CS, CD, LP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Litany | Released: 22 March 2000 Label: Metal Blade, Metal Mind, Avalon Marquee Formats: CS, CD, digital download | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | US: 8,000+ |
| Revelations | Released: 22 May 2002 Label: Metal Blade, Metal Mind, Avalon Marquee Formats: CS, CD, LP, digital download | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Beast | Released: 8 September 2004 Label: Metal Blade, Metal Mind, Avalon Marquee Formats: CD, 2CD, CD+DVD, LP, digital download | 8 | 207 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Impressions in Blood | Released: 23 August 2006 Label: Regain, Candlelight, Mystic, Avalon Marquee Formats: CD, 2CD, LP, digital download | 8 | 265 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Necropolis | Released: 21 August 2009 Label: Nuclear Blast, Avalon Marquee Formats: CD, CD+DVD, LP, digital download | 5 | — | 64 | 188 | — | 36 | — | US: 1,100+ |
| Welcome to the Morbid Reich | Released: 12 August 2011 Label: Nuclear Blast, Avalon Marquee Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 6 | 233 | 73 | 154 | 94 | 17 | 25 | US: 2,000+ |
| Tibi et Igni | Released: 30 May 2014 Label: Nuclear Blast, Avalon Marquee Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 16 | 183 | 55 | 145 | 63 | 18 | — | US: 2,000+ |
| The Empire | Released: 4 November 2016 Label: Nuclear Blast, Avalon Marquee Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 29 | 252 | — | — | — | 17 | 21 | US: 1,100+ |
| Solitude in Madness | Released: 1 May 2020 Label: Nuclear Blast, Avalon Marquee Formats: CD, LP, digital download | 2 | 155 | 41 | — | — | — | — | US: 2200+ |
| "—" 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: 3 December 1996 Label: System Shock, Koch, Avalon Marquee, Pavement Music Formats: CS, CD |
| Future of the Past II - Hell in the East | Released: 14 December 2015 Label: Witching Hour Productions Formats: CD, LP |

## Live albums

List of live albums :

| Title | Album details |
| - | - |
| The Darkest Age: Live '93 | Released: 27 July 1994 Label: Baron, Arctic Serenades, System Shock, Metal Mind, Pavement Music Formats: CS, CD |
| Live in Japan | Released: 30 December 1998 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, digital download |

## Rerecorded

List of compilation albums :

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

## EPs

List of EPs, with selected chart positions :

| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
| - | - | - |
| Title | Album details | POL |
| Sothis | Released: 1994 Label: Baron, Repulse, Metal Mind Formats: CS, CD, LP | 26 |
| Kingdom | Released: 10 November 1998 Label: System Shock, Pavement Music, Metal Mind, Avalon Marquee Formats: CS, CD | — |
| Reign Forever World | Released: 16 December 2000 Label: Metal Blade, Metal Mind, Avalon Marquee Formats: CS, CD, LP | 45 |
| Blood | Released: 22 September 2003 Label: Metal Blade, Metal Mind, Avalon Marquee Formats: CS, CD | 44 |
| The Art of War | Released: 14 November 2005 Label: Regain, Candlelight, Avalon Marquee Formats: CD, LP, digital download | — |
| Lead Us | Released: 22 January 2008 Label: Regain Formats: CD | — |
| The Upcoming Chaos | Released: 30 August 2008 Label: Regain Formats: CD | — |
| Go To Hell | Released: 18 April 2014 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: 7" LP | — |
| Iron Times | Released: 12 April 2016 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: 7" LP | — |
| Thy Messenger | Released: 31 May 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: 1 December 1998 Label: Metal Mind Formats: VHS | |
| More Vision and the Voice | Released: 3 June 2002 Label: Metal Mind Formats: DVD | Vision and Voice re-release |
| Night of the Apocalypse | Released: 25 October 2004 Label: Metal Mind Formats: DVD | |
| And Blood Was Shed in Warsaw | Released: 8 October 2007 Label: Metal Mind Formats: DVD+CD | |

## Singles

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

2020 Shock and Awe

## Demos

List of demos :

| Title | Album details | Sales |
| - | - | - |
| Live in Decay | Released: 6 December 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+ |

## Other appearances

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

## Music videos

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