Future of the Past (Vader album)

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Future of the Past
Future of the Past.jpg
Cover art by Krzysztof Iwin
Compilation album by
ReleasedDecember 3, 1996
RecordedMar 1994-Sep 1996
Genre Death metal
Length36:15
Label Koch International, System Shock/Impact Records, Pavement Music, Marquee / Avalon
Vader chronology
De Profundis
(1995)
Future of the Past
(1996)
Black to the Blind
(1997)

Future of the Past is a compilation album by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released in 1996 by System Shock/Impact Records in Europe, and in Poland by Koch International. The CD consists entirely of covers by various bands.

Contents

Future of the Past was recorded between March and September 1996 at Selani Studio in Olsztyn in Poland produced by Vader. The album was mastered by Grzegorz Piwkowski at Modern Sound Studio in Gdynia in Poland. Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek commented on Chronicles of Chaos magazine about recording album:

It is like a tribute album to the years and the bands who inspired us in the beginning. Apart from the Possessed, Kreator, Terrorizer, and Celtic Frost songs, we also put all the cover songs we'd done, so you can see the Sabbath and the Depeche Mode covers. [This was] because those songs only appear on promo versions, singles or whatever, and we wanted to put everything we'd made, or all the covers, onto one CD and forget about the covers for a couple of years. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Outbreak of Evil" (Sodom cover)Chris Witchhunter, Frank Blackfire, Tom Angelripper2:05
2."Flag of Hate" (Kreator cover; featuring Cezary "Cezar" Augustynowicz)Mille Petrozza, Rob Fioretti, Jürgen Reil3:11
3."Storm of Stress" (Terrorizer cover)Oscar Garcia, Jesse Pintado, David Vincent, Pete Sandoval1:15
4."Death Metal" (Possessed cover)Jeff Becerra, Mike Torrao2:38
5."Fear of Napalm" (Terrorizer cover)Oscar Garcia, Jesse Pintado, David Vincent, Pete Sandoval2:45
6."Merciless Death" (Dark Angel cover)Don Doty, Eric Meyer, Jim Durkin, Rob Yahn, Jack Schwartz4:05
7."Dethroned Emperor (Warrior)" (Celtic Frost cover)Tom Gabriel Fischer4:06
8."Silent Scream" (Slayer cover)Tom Araya, Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King2:56
9."We Are the League" (Anti-Nowhere League cover)Nick Culmer, Chris Exall2:35
10."I.F.Y." (Depeche Mode cover)Martin Gore4:20
11."Black Sabbath" (Black Sabbath cover; featuring Grzegorz Skawiński)Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward6:19
Total length:36:15
Japanese Bonus Track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Oracle" (KAT cover)Tomasz Jaguś, Piotr Luczyk, Wojciech Mrowiec, Roman Kostrzewski, Ireneusz Loth3:25

Personnel

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

Vader
Additional musicians
Production
  • Adam Toczko − sound engineering
  • Andrzej "Andy" Bomba − sound engineering
  • Tomasz "Tom" Bonarowski − sound engineering
  • Grzegorz Piwkowski − mastering
  • Krzysztof Iwin − cover artwork
  • Tomasz "Graal" Daniłowicz − layout
  • Takahisa Okuno – Japanese liner notes
Note
  • Tracks 1 to 7 recorded at Selani Studio, September 1996.
  • Tracks 8 & 9 recorded at Selani Studio, May 1996.
  • Track 10 recorded at Modern Sound, May 1995.
  • Track 11 recorded at Modern Sound, March 1994.

Release history

RegionDateLabel
Europe/PolandDecember 3, 1996 [3] [4] System Shock/Impact Records, Koch International Poland
USAJune 30, 1998 [5] Pavement Music
JapanMarch 23, 2000 [6] Avalon Marquee

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