Live in Japan (Vader album)

Live in Japan
Cover art by Jacek Wiśniewski
Live album by
Released30 December 1998
Recorded31 August 1998
VenueClub Quattro, Tokyo, Japan
GenreDeath metal
LabelSystem Shock/ZYX Music, Metal Mind, Avalon/Marquee
ProducerPiotr Wiwczarek[1]
Vader chronology
Black to the Blind
(1997)
Live in Japan
(1998)
Litany
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net8/10[2]
Chronicles of Chaos9/10[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[4]
Teraz Rock4/5[5]

Live in Japan is a live album by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released in 1998 by Metal Mind Productions in Poland, System Shock/ZYX Music in Europe, and Pavement Music in United States. The Japanese edition with two bonus tracks was released by Avalon/Marquee.

Live in Japan was recorded at Club Quattro in Tokyo on 31 August 1998 by Sound Creators Inc.. Mastering took place at Selani Studio in Olsztyn, Poland in September 1998, and was made by Andrzej "Andy" Bomba. The album was produced by Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek, who shared mixing duties with Krzysztof "Docent" Raczkowski, and Tomasz "Tom" Bonarowski.

Track listing

All music is composed by Piotr Wiwczarek, except where indicated.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Damien (intro)" (instrumental) Jerry Goldsmith2:45
2."Sothis"Paweł Wasilewski 3:54
3."Distant Dream"Wiwczarek 3:17
4."Black to the Blind"Wiwczarek 4:14
5."Silent Empire"Paweł Frelik 4:09
6."Blood of Kingu"Wiwczarek 4:39
7."Carnal"Frelik 2:23
8."Red Passage"Wasilewski 2:48
9."Panzerstoss (intro)" (instrumental)  1:21
10."Reborn in Flames"Wiwczarek 5:05
11."Fractal Light"Frelik 2:44
12."From Beyond (intro)" (instrumental)  0:59
13."Crucified Ones"Wiwczarek 3:23
14."Foetus God"Paweł Wasilewski 3:00
15."Black Sabbath" (Black Sabbath cover)Ozzy OsbourneOsbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward6:18
16."Raining Blood" (Slayer cover)Jeff Hanneman, Kerry KingHanneman3:47
17."Omen (intro)" (instrumental) Goldsmith1:40
18."Dark Age"Wiwczarek 4:59
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
7."Incarnation"Wasilewski 3:09
13."Dethroned Emperor" (Celtic Frost cover)Tom Gabriel FischerFischer4:55
Re-release bonus track
No.TitleLyricsLength
19."Kingdom" (music video)Tomasz Krajewski3:02

Personnel

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

Release history

Region Date Label
Poland 30 December 1998[7] Metal Mind Productions
USA 23 February 1999[8] Pavement Music
Japan 23 March 2000[9] Avalon Marquee
Poland 30 March 2006 Metal Mind Productions

References

  1. ^ "Vader – Live in Japan". www.vader.pl. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  2. ^ Alisoglu, Scott. "Vader – Live in Japan review". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  3. ^ Schwarz, Paul. "Vader – Live in Japan". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  4. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 473. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  5. ^ Kszczotek, Grzegorz (February 2014). "Vader – Live in Japan review" (in Polish). Teraz Rock. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Jacek Wiśniewski works". www.artworks.isg.pl. Archived from the original on 22 February 2008. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Vader – Live in Japan". discogs.com. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Vader – Live in Japan". discogs.com. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  9. ^ "Vader – Live in Japan" (in Japanese). marquee.co.jp. Retrieved 3 March 2014.