De Profundis (Vader album) explained

De Profundis
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Vader
Cover:	Vader - De Profundis.jpg
Caption:	Cover art by Wes Benscoter
Released:	5 July 1995
Recorded:	Modern Sound Studio, Gdynia, Poland, May 1995
Genre:	Death metal
Length:	34:01
Label:	Croon Records, System Shock/Impact Records, Pavement Music, Conquest Music, Metal Mind Productions, Avalon Marquee
Producer:	Adam Toczko, Vader
Prev Title:	The Ultimate Incantation
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Future of the Past
Next Year:	1996

De Profundis is the second album by the Polish death metal band Vader. The album was originally released in Poland by Croon Records and in the US by Pavement Music, but with no lyrics and a normal inner CD layout. It was re-released with a bonus track by Metal Mind Productions in 2003 with a cover of the Depeche Mode song "I Feel You". It was also re-released for Japan in 1997 by Avalon Records/Marquee Records with two bonus tracks.

De Profundis was recorded in May 1995 at Modern Sound Studio in Gdynia, Poland, and was produced by Piotr Wiwczarek and Adam Toczko. The album was mastered by Grzegorz Piwkowski.

A live music video was shot for the song "Incarnation" during the Marlboro Sopot Rock Festival in Poland.^[1]

The album sold approximately 17,000 units in two weeks in Poland.

Personnel

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

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Vader Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek − rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass guitar,^[2] lead vocals, lyrics Leszek "Shambo" Rakowski − bass guitar (credited, did not perform) Jarosław "China" Łabieniec − rhythm guitar, lead guitar Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski − drums

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Production Paweł Frelik − lyrics Paweł Wasilewski − lyrics Tomasz Malinowski − photos Mariusz Kmiołek − management Tomasz "Tom" Bonarowski − sound engineering Adam Toczko − sound engineering, production Grzegorz Piwkowski − mastering Wes Benscoter − cover art Note Recorded at Modern Sound Studio, Gdynia, Poland, May 1995.

An Act of Darkness / I.F.Y.

An Act of Darkness / I.F.Y. is the first single by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released in 1995 by Croon Records in Poland, and System Shock/Impact Records in the rest of Europe.

Track listing

Release history

scope=col	Formats	scope=col	Region	scope=col	Date	scope=col	Label
CS, CD	Poland	5 September 1995	Croon Records
CD	Europe	1996^[3]	System Shock/Impact Records
CD	USA	1996	Conquest Music
CD	USA	30 June 1998	Pavement Music
CD	Japan	23 March 2000	Avalon Marquee
CD	Poland	30 March 2006	Metal Mind Productions

Notes and References

1. Web site: VADER - Oficjalna Strona [Video]. https://web.archive.org/web/20200127225755/http://vader.pl/video.html. 27 January 2020.
2. Web site: Piotr Peter Wiwczarek (Vader). Walewski. Jacek. www.magazyngitarzysta.pl. pl. 27 December 2011.
3. Web site: Vader – De Profundis (CD). Discogs. 28 March 2021.