Reign Forever World

Reign Forever World
Cover art by Jacek Wiśniewski
EP by Vader
Released	16 December 2000
Recorded	Red Studio, Gdynia, August 2000; Thrash'em All Festival, Olsztyn, August 2000
Genre	Death metal
Length	32:20
Label	Metal Blade, Metal Mind, Avalon Marquee
Producer	Piotr Wiwczarek
Vader chronology
Litany (2000) Reign Forever World (2000) Revelations (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chronicles of Chaos	[2]
Metal Hammer (PL)	favorable [3]
Teraz Rock	[4]

Reign Forever World is an EP by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released on 16 December 2000 in Japan by Avalon Marquee, in Europe and Poland the EP was released via Metal Mind and Metal Blade on 22 January 2001.

Reign Forever World was recorded, and mixed in August 2000 at Red Studio in Gdynia with Piotr Łukaszewski as audio engineer. The album was mastered in September 2000 by Bartłomiej Kuźniak at Studio 333 in Częstochowa. Live tracks were recorded in August 2000 at Thrash'em All Festival in Olsztyn.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Reign Forever World"	Lukasz Szurmiński	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:01
2.	"Frozen Paths"	Lukasz Szurmiński	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:13
3.	"Privilege of the Gods"	Lukasz Szurmiński	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:54
4.	"Total Desaster" (Destruction cover)	Marcel Schirmer, Mike Sifringer, Thomas Sandmann	Marcel Schirmer, Mike Sifringer, Thomas Sandmann	3:10
5.	"Rapid Fire" (Judas Priest cover)	Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford, K.K. Downing	Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford, K.K. Downing	3:20
6.	"Freezing Moon" (Mayhem cover)	Per Yngve Ohlin	Øystein Aarseth	5:42
7.	"Creatures of Light and Darkness" (live)	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:10
8.	"Carnal" (live)	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:33
9.	"Red Dunes" (instrumental)		Piotr Wiwczarek	1:12
10.	"Lord Of Desert"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:00
Total length:				32:20

Japanese edition

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Reign Forever World"	Lukasz Szurmiński	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:01
2.	"Frozen Paths"	Lukasz Szurmiński	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:13
3.	"Privilege of the Gods"	Lukasz Szurmiński	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:54
4.	"Total Desaster" (Destruction cover)	Marcel Schirmer, Mike Sifringer, Thomas Sandmann	Marcel Schirmer, Mike Sifringer, Thomas Sandmann	3:10
5.	"Rapid Fire" (Judas Priest cover)	Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford, K.K. Downing	Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford, K.K. Downing	3:20
6.	"Freezing Moon" (Mayhem cover)	Per Yngve Ohlin	Øystein Aarseth	5:42
7.	"North" (live)	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:13
8.	"Forwards to Die!" (live)	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:11
9.	"Creatures of Light and Darkness" (live)	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:09
10.	"Carnal" (live)	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:33

Personnel

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

Vader Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek – lead vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar, producer Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz – rhythm guitar Leszek "Shambo" Rakowski – bass guitar (live recordings only) Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski – drums Note Recorded & mixed at Red Studio, Gdynia, August 2000. Live tracks were recorded: Thrash'em All Festival, Olsztyn, August 2000. Mastered at Studio 333, Częstochowa, September 2000

Production Jacek Wiśniewski – cover art, and design Piotr Łukaszewski – sound engineering Mariusz Kmiolek – management Bartek Kuźniak – mastering Massive Management – band photos Takahisa Okuno – Japanese liner notes

Charts

Weekly

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Polish Albums Chart [5]	45

Monthly

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Poland (ZPAV Top 100)	8 [6]

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Japan	16 December 2000 [7]	Avalon Marquee
Europe/Poland	22 January 2001	Metal Mind Productions/Metal Blade Records

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Vader – "Reign Forever World" review". AllMusic . Retrieved 6 February 2014.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. Noll, Matthias. "Vader – "Reign Forever World" review". chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
3. Lerch, Arkadiusz. "Vader – "Reign Forever World" review" (in Polish). Onet.pl. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
4. Gajewski, Marek. "Vader – "Reign Forever World" review" (in Polish). terazrock.pl. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
5. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS – Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. 29 January 2001. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
6. "Top 100 – lista miesięczna Styczeń 2001" (in Polish). www.zpav.pl. Archived from the original on 5 March 2001. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
7. "Vader – "Reign Forever World"" (in Japanese). www.marquee.co.jp. Retrieved 16 February 2014.