Litany (album)

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Litany
Litany.jpg
Cover art by Jacek Wiśniewski
Studio album by
Vader
Released20 March 2000
RecordedRed Studio, Gdynia, November 1999 [1]
Genre Death metal
Length30:48
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
  1. "Xeper / North"
    Released: 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Chronicles of Chaos Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [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]

Contents

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.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Wings"Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek3:10
2."The One Made of Dreams"Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek1:49
3."Xeper"Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek4:00
4."Litany"Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek3:01
5."Cold Demons"Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek3:12
6."The Calling"Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek3:10
7."North"Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek1:36
8."Forwards to Die!!!"Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek1:38
9."A World of Hurt"Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek1:51
10."The World Made Flesh"Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek2:48
11."The Final Massacre" (Re-recorded from The Ultimate Incantation )Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek4:31
Total length:30:48
Japanese Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
10."Red Dunes" (Instrumental) Piotr Wiwczarek1:12
11."Lord of Desert"Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek2:00
Special Edition Bonus Track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
12."Cold Demons" (music video)Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek3:12

Personnel

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

Vader
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.

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. Apart from promo single insert includes interview with band members, and additional information about the band.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Xeper"Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek4:00
2."North"Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek1:36

Release history

RegionDateLabel
Poland22 March 2000 [9] Metal Mind Productions
Japan23 March 2000 [10] Avalon Marquee
USA/Europe9 May 2000 [11] Metal Blade Records

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