De Profundis (Vader album)

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De Profundis
Vader - De Profundis.jpg
Cover art by Wes Benscoter
Studio album by
Vader
Released5 July 1995
RecordedModern Sound Studio, Gdynia, Poland, May 1995
Genre Death metal
Length34:01
Label Croon Records, System Shock/Impact Records, Pavement Music, Conquest Music, Metal Mind Productions, Avalon Marquee
Producer Adam Toczko, Vader
Vader chronology
The Ultimate Incantation
(1992)		De Profundis
(1995)		 Future of the Past
(1996)
Singles from De Profundis
  1. "An Act of Darkness / I.F.Y."
    Released: 1995 [1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Chronicles of Chaos Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
Metal.de 9/10 [4]

De Profundis is the second album by the Polish death metal band Vader. The album was originally released in Poland by Croon Records and in the US by Pavement Music, but with no lyrics and a normal inner CD layout. It was re-released with a bonus track by Metal Mind Productions in 2003 with a cover of the Depeche Mode song "I Feel You". It was also re-released for Japan in 1997 by Avalon Records/Marquee Records with two bonus tracks.

Contents

De Profundis was recorded in May 1995 at Modern Sound Studio in Gdynia, Poland, and was produced by Piotr Wiwczarek and Adam Toczko. The album was mastered by Grzegorz Piwkowski.

A live music video was shot for the song "Incarnation" during the Marlboro Sopot Rock Festival in Poland. [5]

The album sold approximately 17,000 units in two weeks in Poland.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Silent Empire"Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek4:02
2."An Act of Darkness"Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek1:55
3."Blood of Kingu"Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek4:38
4."Incarnation"Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek3:07
5."Sothis"Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek3:42
6."Revolt"Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek3:35
7."Of Moon, Blood, Dream, and Me"Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek3:51
8."Vision and the Voice"Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek3:28
9."Reborn in Flames"Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek5:39
Total length:34:01
Japanese Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."De Profundis" (instrumental) Piotr Wiwczarek1:36
2."The Wrath"Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek4:53
US Bonus Track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
10."I Feel You" (Depeche Mode cover) Martin Gore Martin Gore4:24

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Vader

Production

  • Paweł Frelik − lyrics
  • Paweł Wasilewski − lyrics
  • Tomasz Malinowski − photos
  • Mariusz Kmiołek − management
  • Tomasz "Tom" Bonarowski − sound engineering
  • Adam Toczko − sound engineering, production
  • Grzegorz Piwkowski − mastering
  • Wes Benscoter − cover art
Note
  • Recorded at Modern Sound Studio, Gdynia, Poland, May 1995.

An Act of Darkness / I.F.Y.

An Act of Darkness / I.F.Y. is the first single by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released in 1995 by Croon Records in Poland, and System Shock/Impact Records in the rest of Europe.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."An Act of Darkness"Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek1:55
2."I Feel You" (Depeche Mode cover)Dave GahanDave Gahan4:24

Charts

Chart performance for De Profundis
Chart (2021)Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 91
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [8] 3

Release history

FormatsRegionDateLabel
CS, CDPoland5 September 1995Croon Records
CDEurope1996 [9] System Shock/Impact Records
CDUSA1996Conquest Music
CDUSA30 June 1998Pavement Music
CDJapan23 March 2000Avalon Marquee
CDPoland30 March 2006Metal Mind Productions

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References

  1. ↑ Official website
  2. ↑ De Profundis at AllMusic
  3. ↑ Gaudrault, Alain M. (4 February 1997). "CoC : Vader - De Profundis : Review". Chronicles of Chaos . Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
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