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There are very few bands that have managed to weave a web of mystery around them. Very few have survived and kept going strong until today. When faced with the question 'which' people tend to mention American death-mongers with the likes of Morbid Angel, Deicide or Cannibal Corpse... However, for a few years now in the same breath many have named Vader - perhaps the only band from Europe which has sustained it's status for a number of years. Theirs is the cult of musical brutality and the urge to succeed. Few may remember that Vader were the first band ever from behind "the Iron Curtain" to sign to a Western label while their 1990 demo "Morbid Reich" is still considered to be the best selling demo tape in the history of death metal. The band was formed in 1986. In 1993 they released their debut album titled "The Ultimate Incantation" (Earache) which has since become one of the milestones of European death metal. These were also the first brutal sounds from behind "the Iron Curtain" which reached the audiences all over the world. The success of three subsequent outings: "De Profundis" (1995), "Future of the Past" (1996), and "Black to the Blind" (1997) backed with super-intense shows activity (more than 350 concerts within 3 years!) slowly but surely contributed to the band's growing profile and increasingly enthusiastic press coverage.

Their reputation as the best death metal band around is undisputable. The year 2008 marks the 25th anniversary of Vader. Today, Metal Mind Productions re-release four Vader?s albums in metal boxes: "Future of the Past / Black to the Blind" and "Revelations / Blood". The album ?Future of the Past? (1996) consists entirely of cover tracks (Sodom, Terrorizer, Celtic Frost, Black Sabbath or even? Depeche Mode). ?Black to the Blind? (1997) is Vader?s third studio album, originally released in October 1997. Both titles include a bonus track! "Revelations" and the mini album "Blood" were both released in 2002. The album ?Revelations? is enhanced with a multimedia section!

The premiere of both metal boxes is scheduled for 13th October 2008!

Vader
?Black To The Blind / Future Of The Past? (metalbox)

Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. No.: CD BOX MMP 087
Barcode: 5907785033740
Format: 2CD metalbox
Genre: death metal
Release date: 13.10.2008

Tracklist:

CD 1 - BLACK TO BLIND:

1. Heading for Internal Darkness
2. The Innermost Ambience
3. Carnal
4. Fractal Light
5. True Names
6. Beast Raping
7. Foetus God
8. The Red Passage
9. Distant Dream
10. Black to the Blind
11. Anamnesis (bonus track)

CD 2 - FUTURE OF THE PAST:

1. Outbreak of Evil
2. Flag of Hate
3. Storm of Stress
4. Death Metal
5. Fear of Napalm
6. Merciless Death
7. Dethroned Emperor
8. Silent Scream
9. We Are the League
10. I.F.Y.
11. Black Sabbath
12. Wyrocznia (bonus track)

Vader
?Revelations / Blood? (metalbox)

Label: Metal Mind Records
Cat. No.: CD BOX MMP 088
Barcode: 5907785033757
Format: 2CD metalbox
Genre: death metal
Release date: 13.10.2008

Tracklist:

CD 1 - REVELATION:

1. Epitaph
2. The Nomad
3. Wolftribe
4. Whisper
5. Traveler
6. When Darkness Calls
7. Torch of War
8. The Code
9. Lukewarm Race
10. Revelation of Black Moses

Bonus track:
"Epitaph" (video)

CD 2 - BLOOD:

1. Shape - Shifting
2. We Wait
3. Son of Fire
4. As the Fallen Rise Again
5. Traveler
6. When Darkness Calls
7. Angel of Death