Impressions in Blood

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Impressions in Blood
Vader - Impressions In Blood.jpg
Cover art by Seth Siro Anton
Studio album by
Vader
Released23 August 2006
Recorded2006, Hertz Studio, Białystok, Poland
Genre Death metal
Length37:15
Label Regain, Mystic, Candlelight, Avalon Marquee
Producer Wojtek & Sławek Wiesławscy [1]
Vader chronology
The Art of War
(2005)		Impressions in Blood
(2006)		 XXV
(2008)
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special edition cover art
Professional ratings
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Impressions in Blood is the seventh studio album by Polish death metal band Vader. It was released on 23 August 2006 in Japan by Avalon Marquee with a bonus cover of "Raining Blood" by Slayer. In Poland, the album was released on 1 September 2006 via Mystic Production. The album was nominated for a Fryderyk Award in the category 'Rock/Metal Album of the Year (Album roku rock/ metal)'. [7]

Contents

Impressions in Blood was recorded between April and June 2006 at Hertz Studio in Białystok, Poland, and was produced by the Wiesławscy Brothers. The album features cover art by Septicflesh bassist Seth Siro Anton. Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski described the work on the album, saying:

The band entered the studio on 24th of [April]. First two days we spent on preparing everything, soundcheck and so on. Then I started recording my drum tracks which all in all took me 10 days... It's going to be the fastest album I've ever recorded, you will hear there a lot of blastbeats and fast double pedal drumming. This time for the recording I used OSCA 5B drumsticks, TAMA Starclassic drumkit with Ludwig 'Black Beauty' snare drum, Alchemy Professional cymbals, Aquarian Response II pads on toms and Hi-Energy on snare, Roland RT-7K triggers, D-DRUM module and finally, my current favourite thing — AXIS X-Longboards pedals which helped me to achieve a staggering level of speed. [8]

A music video was shot for the song "Helleluyah!!! (God Is Dead)", which was directed by Andrzej Wyrozębski. [9] Janusz Król was responsible for special effects and the set design for the video, while Sławomir Panasewicz was the cameraman. In Poland, Impressions in Blood landed at position No. 8, and dropped out five weeks later. The album also charted in Japan.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Between Day and Night" (instrumental) Krzysztof Oloś0:41
2."ShadowFear"Harry MaatPiotr Wiwczarek4:50
3."As Heavens Collide..."Harry MaatMaurycy Stefanowicz2:41
4."Helleluyah!!! (God Is Dead)"Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek3:02
5."Field of Heads"Harry MaatPiotr Wiwczarek4:06
6."Predator"Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek5:12
7."Warlords"Harry MaatMaurycy Stefanowicz2:43
8."Red Code"Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek2:30
9."Amongst the Ruins"Harry MaatMaurycy Stefanowicz4:07
10."They Live!!!"Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek2:13
11."The Book"Paweł FrelikMaurycy Stefanowicz5:07
Total length:37:15
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
11."Raining Blood" (Slayer cover) Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King Jeff Hanneman3:40
Special edition disc 2
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Lead Us!!!"Maurycy StefanowiczPiotr Wiwczarek3:19
2."The Book"Paweł FrelikMaurycy Stefanowicz5:07
3."Die!!! (Gin Psie)"Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek2:55
4."Raining Blood" (Slayer cover)Jeff Hanneman, Kerry KingJeff Hanneman3:38
5."This is the War" (videoclip)Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek2:54
6."Helleluyah!!! (God Is Dead)" (videoclip)Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek3:03
7."Sword of the Witcher" (videoclip)Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek3:38

Personnel

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

Vader
Additional musicians
Production
  • Wojtek & Sławek Wiesławscy – production, sound engineering, mixing, mastering
  • Tomasz Lewandowski – photos
  • Harry Maat – lyrics
  • Paweł Frelik – lyrics
  • Seth Siro Anton – cover art, layout [11]
  • Seiichi Miyasaka – Japanese liner notes
Note
  • Recorded, mixed, mastered at Hertz Studio, Bialystok, April–May 2006

Charts

Chart (2006)Peak
position
Polish Albums Chart [12] 8
Japanese Albums Chart [13] 265

Release history

RegionDateLabel
Japan23 August 2006 [14] Avalon Marquee
Poland1 September 2006 [15] Mystic Production
Europe4 September 2006 [16] [17] Regain Records
USA5 September 2006 [18] Candlelight Records

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