The Ultimate Incantation

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The Ultimate Incantation
Ultimate Incantation.jpg
Cover art by Dan Seagrave
Studio album by
Vader
Released16 November 1992
Recorded1992, Rhythm Studios, England (originally recorded at Sunlight Studios)
Genre Death metal
Length48:25
Label Earache Records, Relativity Records, Carnage Records, Toy's Factory, Metal Mind Productions [1]
Producer Paul Johnson
Vader chronology
The Ultimate Incantation
(1992)		 De Profundis
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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The Ultimate Incantation is the debut album by Polish death metal band Vader. It was released in 1992 by Earache Records. A music video was shot for the song "Dark Age", which was directed by Kimmo Kuusniemi and Tanja Katinka. [3] The cover art was drawn by Dan Seagrave. The album was originally recorded at Sunlight Studio with Thomas Skogsberg, but neither the record label or Vader was pleased with the outcome and decided to use another studio because of technical issues. The new studio that they recorded at was Rhythm Studios in England with producer Paul Johnson. Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek commented on Decibel magazine about recording album at Sunlight Studios, saying:

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[...]It was rather an opportunity to record our debut album at the famous Sunlight. We knew many fabulous LPs [had been] recorded in this studio, so the whole of Vader was more than happy. [...] There was no real acoustic drum kit in the studio. Not one of us was expecting or had worked before on such equipment. We had nothing to say, but had to keep recording on what we had available. We owned no professional equipment yet. [...] We had to use rented stuff and what was provided to play in the studio. My guitar was maybe good enough for live performances, but far from being studio-ready. Doc brought some cymbals and pedals and that was it. [...] All we had in-studio were electronic drum pads and a combo amp for guitar. Vader was all about blastbeats… and that electronic drum kit was not made for that. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Creation (Intro)" (instrumental) Piotr Wiwczarek1:29
2."Dark Age"Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek4:40
3."Vicious Circle"Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek2:53
4."The Crucified Ones"Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek3:36
5."Final Massacre"Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek4:55
6."Testimony"Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek4:00
7."Reign Carrion"Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek6:49
8."Chaos"Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek4:27
9."One Step to Salvation" Piotr Wiwczarek3:48
10."Demon's Wind" Piotr Wiwczarek4:27
11."Decapitated Saints"Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek2:27
12."Breath of Centuries"Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek4:51
Total length:48:25

Personnel

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

Release history

RegionDateLabel
Poland1992Carnage Records
Europe, US16 November 1992 [6] [7] Earache Records, Relativity Records
Japan1 March 1993 [8] Toy's Factory
Poland1994 Metal Mind Productions

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References

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  2. ↑ Huey, Steve. The Ultimate Incantation review, AllMusic. Retrieved on 8 September 2011
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