Litany (album)

Litany
Cover art by Jacek Wiśniewski
Studio album by Vader
Released	20 March 2000
Recorded	Red Studio, Gdynia, November 1999 [1]
Genre	Death metal
Length	30:48
Label	Metal Blade Records, Metal Mind Productions, Avalon/Marquee
Producer	Piotr Wiwczarek, Adam Toczko
Vader chronology
Black to the Blind (1997) Litany (2000) Reign Forever World (2000)
Singles from Litany
"Xeper / North" Released: 2000

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Chronicles of Chaos	[2]
Exclaim!	favorable [3]

Litany is the fourth album by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released in 2000 by Metal Blade Records. The album was nominated for a Fryderyk Award in the category 'Hard & Heavy Album of the Year (Album roku - hard & heavy)'. ^[4]

Litany was recorded in 1999 at Red Studio in Gdańsk, Poland, and was produced by Piotr Wiwczarek and Adam Toczko. The album was mastered by Bartłomiej Kuźniak at Studio 333 in Częstochowa, Poland.

A music video was shot for the song "Cold Demons", which was directed by Adam Kuc. ^[5] The album charted at number 1 on Gazeta Wyborcza bestsellers list in Poland. ^[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Wings"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:10
2.	"The One Made of Dreams"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	1:49
3.	"Xeper"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:00
4.	"Litany"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:01
5.	"Cold Demons"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:12
6.	"The Calling"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:10
7.	"North"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	1:36
8.	"Forwards to Die!!!"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	1:38
9.	"A World of Hurt"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	1:51
10.	"The World Made Flesh"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:48
11.	"The Final Massacre" (Re-recorded from The Ultimate Incantation )	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:31
Total length:				30:48

Japanese Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
10.	"Red Dunes" (Instrumental)		Piotr Wiwczarek	1:12
11.	"Lord of Desert"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:00

Special Edition Bonus Track

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
12.	"Cold Demons" (music video)	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:12

Personnel

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

Vader Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek – lead guitar, vocals, bass, [7] Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz – rhythm guitar Leszek "Shambo" Rakowski – bass (credited, did not perform) [7] Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski – drums

Production Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek – lyrics Paweł Wasilewski – lyrics Paweł Frelik – lyrics Adam Toczko – production, sound engineering Tomasz Bonarowski – premastering Bartłomiej Kuźniak – mastering Jacek Wiśniewski – cover art, layout [8] Katsumasa Yamaguchi – Japanese liner notes Note Recorded & mixed at Red Studio, Gdynia, November 1999. Pre-mastered at Red Studio, Gdynia, November 1999. Mastered at Studio 333, Częstochowa, December 1999.

Charts

Chart performance for Litany

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [9]	6

Xeper / North

Xeper / North is the third single by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released only in Poland in 2000 with special edition of Thrash'em All magazine entitled Super Poster" #2. The promo single insert includes interview with band members, and additional information about the band.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Xeper"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:00
2.	"North"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	1:36

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Poland	22 March 2000 [10]	Metal Mind Productions
Japan	23 March 2000 [11]	Avalon Marquee
USA/Europe	9 May 2000 [12]	Metal Blade Records

References

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4. "Fryderyki 2000: nominowani i laureaci" (in Polish). www.zpav.pl. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
5. "Vader Videos". vader.pl. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
6. "Czego Słuchacie - Hity Na CD, cjg nr 0 dodatek do cjg nr 77, wydanie z dnia 31/03/2000 TO JEST GRANE, str. 9". Gazeta Wyborcza . Retrieved 16 February 2014.
7. Walewski, Jacek. "Piotr Peter Wiwczarek (Vader)" (in Polish). www.magazyngitarzysta.pl. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
8. "Jacek Wiśniewski: works". www.artworks.isg.pl. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
9. "OLiS - oficjalna lista sprzedaży - albumy" (in Polish). OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Note: Change the date to 06.06.2025–12.06.2025 under "zmień zakres od–do:". Retrieved 19 June 2025.
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