XXV (Vader album)
{{Short description|2008 studio album by Vader}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox album
| name = XXV
| type = Studio
| longtype = of re-recorded songs
| artist = Vader
| cover = XXV (Vader album).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Cover art by Jacek Wiśniewski
| released = 28 May 2008
| recorded = July 2007 – March 2008, Hertz Studio, Białystok
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Death metal, thrash metal
| length = 96:00 / 112:00
| language = English, Polish
| label = Regain, Mystic, Avalon Marquee
| producer = Wojtek and Sławek Wiesławscy
| prev_title = Impressions in Blood
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Necropolis
| next_year = 2009
| misc = {{Singles
| name = XXV
| single1 = v.666
| single1date = 15 January 2008
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = About.com
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{cite web|first=Chad |last=Bowar|url=http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/vaderxxv.htm |title=Vader – "XXV" Review |publisher=Heavymetal.about.com |date=24 June 2008 |access-date=16 March 2012}}
| rev2 = AllMusic
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|first=Alex |last=Henderson|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/xxv-mw0000788954 |title=Vader – "XXV" Review |publisher=allmusic.com|date=24 June 2008 |access-date=16 March 2012}}
|rev3 = Blabbermouth
|rev3score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite web|first=Scott |last=Alisoglu|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/xxv/ |title=Vader – "XXV" Review |publisher=blabbermouth.net |date=24 June 2008 |access-date=16 March 2012}}
|rev4 = Teraz Rock
|rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|first=Jordan |last=Babula|url=http://www.terazrock.pl/recenzje/czytaj/xxv.html|title=Vader – "XXV" Review |publisher=terazrock.pl |date=24 June 2008 |access-date=16 March 2012|language=pl}}
}}
XXV is the 25th-anniversary studio album by Polish death metal band Vader, released in 2008 by Regain Records. The album is a collection of re-recorded songs from earlier Vader albums, from The Ultimate Incantation up to The Beast. The special edition includes three bonus tracks and a bonus third DVD, with an old and rare live VHS containing footage from throughout the band's career. XXV was recorded between July 2007 and March 2008 at Hertz Studio in Białystok, Poland and produced by Wojtek and Sławek Wiesławscy. The album is the last Vader release that features guitarist Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz and drummer Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski, and the only studio recording with bassist Marcin "Novy" Nowak.
The release was preceded by the single "v.666", issued on 15 January 2008. A music video was shot for the song "Carnal", directed by Carlos Abysmo.{{cite web|title=VADER – Video For 'Carnal' Available|url=http://www.bravewords.com/news/101301|publisher=bravewords.com|access-date=27 February 2014}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| headline = Disc 1
| extra_column = Album
| total_length =
| title1 = inVADERs (Intro)
| lyrics1 =
| note1 = instrumental
| music1 = Krzysztof Oloś
| length1 = 1:38
| title2 = Chaos
| extra2 = The Ultimate Incantation
| lyrics2 = Paweł Wasilewski
| music2 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length2 = 4:16
| title3 =Vicious Circle
| extra3 = The Ultimate Incantation
| lyrics3 = Paweł Wasilewski
| music3 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length3 = 2:37
| title4 =Crucified Ones
| extra4 = The Ultimate Incantation
| lyrics4 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| music4 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length4 = 3:18
| title5 =Dark Age
| extra5 = The Ultimate Incantation
| lyrics5 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| music5 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length5 = 4:31
| title6 =Reign-Carrion
| extra6 = The Ultimate Incantation
| lyrics6 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| music6 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length6 = 6:32
| title7 =Silent Empire
| extra7 = De Profundis
| lyrics7 = Paweł Frelik
| extra8 = De Profundis
| music7 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length7 = 4:13
| title8 =Sothis
| lyrics8 = Paweł Wasilewski
| music8 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length8 = 3:26
| title9 =Incarnation
| extra9 = De Profundis
| lyrics9 = Paweł Wasilewski
| music9 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length9 = 3:05
| title10 =Reborn in Flames
| extra10 = De Profundis
| lyrics10 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| music10 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| note10 = featuring Seth Van De Loo
| length10 = 4:52
| title11 =Blood of Kingu
| extra11 = De Profundis
| lyrics11 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| music11 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length11 = 4:33
| title12 =Carnal
| extra12 = Black to the Blind
| lyrics12 = Paweł Frelik
| music12 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length12 = 2:09
| title13 =Fractal Light
| extra13 = Black to the Blind
| lyrics13 = Paweł Frelik
| music13 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length13 = 2:41
| title14 =Red Passage
| extra14 = Black to the Blind
| lyrics14 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| music14 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length14 = 2:46
| title15 =Black to the Blind
| extra15 = Black to the Blind
| lyrics15 = Paweł Wasilewski
| music15 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length15 = 4:03
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Disc 2
| extra_column = Album
| total_length =
| title1 = Kingdom
| extra1 = Kingdom
| lyrics1 = Tomasz Krajewski
| music1 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length1 =3:21
| title2 = Wings
| extra2 = Litany
| lyrics2 = Paweł Frelik
| music2 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length2 =3:06
| title3 = Xeper
| extra3 = Litany
| lyrics3 = Paweł Frelik
| music3 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length3 =3:49
| title4 = Cold Demons
| extra4 = Litany
| lyrics4 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| music4 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length4 = 2:10
| title5 = Final Massacre
| extra5 =Necrolust
| lyrics5 = Paweł Wasilewski
| music5 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length5 = 4:23
| title6 = Reign Forever World
| extra6 = Reign Forever World
| lyrics6 = Łukasz Szurmiński
| music6 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length6 = 3:56
| title7 = Epitaph
| extra7 = Revelations
| lyrics7 = Łukasz Szurmiński
| music7 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length7 =3:55
| title8 = Dark Transmission
| extra8 = The Beast
| lyrics8 = Paweł Frelik
| music8 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length8 =4:34
| title9 = Fear of Napalm
| note9 = Terrorizer cover; featuring Tomasz "Hal" Halicki, Robert "Pierścień" Pierściński
| lyrics9 = Oscar Garcia, Jesse Pintado, David Vincent, Pete Sandoval
| music9 = Oscar Garcia, Jesse Pintado, David Vincent, Pete Sandoval
| extra9 = Future of the Past
| length9 = 2:59
| title10 = Wyrocznia
| note10 = KAT cover; featuring Roman Kostrzewski
| lyrics10 = Roman Kostrzewski
| music10 = Roman Kostrzewski, Piotr Luczyk, Wojciech Mrowiec, Ireneusz Loth, Tomasz Jaguś
| length10 =3:24
| extra10 = Future of the Past
| title11 = Tyrani Piekieł
| lyrics11 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| music11 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| extra11 = Live In Decay
| length11 =4:48
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Disc 2 Bonus Tracks
| extra_column = Album
| total_length =
| title12 = Trupi Jad
| lyrics12 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| music12 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| extra12 = Live In Decay
| length12=6:33
| title13 =Reborn in Flames (V.Panzer)
| extra13 =Necrolust
| lyrics13 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| music13 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length13=4:57
| title14 =Dark(er) Transmission(er) (V.999)
| extra14 = The Beast
| lyrics14 = Paweł Frelik
| music14 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length14 = 4:36
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Special edition DVD
| extra_column = Recorded
| total_length =
| title1 = Gin Psie
| extra1 = Olsztyn, 1986
| lyrics1 =Piotr Wiwczarek
| music1 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length1 = 3:03
| title2 = Trupi Jad
| extra2 = Białystok, 1989
| lyrics2 =Piotr Wiwczarek
| music2 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length2 = 6:43
| title3 = Vicious Circle
| extra3 = Moscow, 1990
| lyrics3 = Paweł Wasilewski
| music3 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length3 = 3:06
| title4 = Demons Wind/Decapitated Saints
| extra4 = Białystok, 1992
| lyrics4 =Piotr Wiwczarek
| music4 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length4 = 6:56
| title5 = Intro/Dark Age
| extra5 = Piekary Śląskie, 1992
| lyrics5 =Piotr Wiwczarek
| music5 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length5 = 6:04
| title6 = Breath of Centuries
| extra6 = Warsaw, 1992
| lyrics6 =Paweł Wasilewski
| music6 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length6 =4:23
| title7 = Chaos
| extra7 = Groningen, 1993
| lyrics7 =Paweł Wasilewski
| music7 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length7 = 4:35
| title8 = Decapitated Saints
| extra8 = Brooklyn, New York, 1993
| lyrics8 =Piotr Wiwczarek
| music8 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length8 =2:50
| title9 = Reign-Carrion
| extra9 = Łódź, 1993
| lyrics9 =Piotr Wiwczarek
| music9 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length9 = 6:31
| title10 = Blood of Kingu
| extra10 = Turin, 1995
| lyrics10 =Piotr Wiwczarek
| music10 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length10 = 4:30
| title11 = Crucified Ones
| extra11 = Sopot, 1995
| lyrics11 =Piotr Wiwczarek
| music11 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length11 = 3:55
| title12 = Testimony
| extra12 = Hamburg, 1996
| lyrics12 =Piotr Wiwczarek
| music12 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length12 = 3:42
| title13 = Black to the Blind/Silent Empire
| extra13 =Madrid, 1998
| lyrics13 = Paweł Wasilewski/Paweł Frelik
| music13 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length13 = 8:11
| title14 = Distant Dream
| extra14 = Stolzenhain, Schönewalde 1998
| lyrics14 =Tomasz Krajewski
| music14 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length14 = 2:47
| title15 = Forwards to Die/North
| extra15 = Houston, 2000
| lyrics15 =Piotr Wiwczarek
| music15 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length15 = 3:50
| title16 = Sothis
| extra16 = Essen, 2001
| lyrics16 = Paweł Wasilewski
| music16 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| length16 = 4:06
}}
Personnel
Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
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; Vader
- Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek − lead guitar, bass,{{cite web|url=http://www.magazyngitarzysta.pl/ludzie/wywiady/8115-piotr-peter-wiwczarek-vader.html|title=Piotr Peter Wiwczarek (Vader)|last=Walewski|first=Jacek |publisher=magazyngitarzysta.pl|language=pl|access-date=16 March 2012}} lead vocals, lyrics, executive producer
- Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz − rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Marcin "Novy" Nowak − bass, backing vocals
- Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski − drums
; Additional musicians
- Krzysztof "Siegmar" Oloś (Vesania) – guest keyboards
- Roman Kostrzewski (KAT) – guest vocals
- Robert "Pierścień" Pierściński (Dead Infection) – guest vocals
- Seth Van De Loo (Severe Torture) – guest vocals
- Tomasz "Hal" Halicki (Hermh) – guest bass
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; Production
- Paweł Wasilewski – lyrics
- Paweł Frelik – lyrics
- Tomasz Krajewski – lyrics
- Łukasz Szurmiński – lyrics
- Jacek Wiśniewski – cover art
- Sławomir & Wojciech Wiesławscy – production, mastering, mixing{{cite web|title=Vader – XXV|url=http://www.vader.pl/xxv-e.html|publisher=www.vader.pl|access-date=27 February 2014}}
- Agnieszka Krysiuk – photos
- Massive Music Management – management
; Note
- Recorded, mixed and mastered at Hertz Studio July 2007 – March 2008.
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v.666
v.666 is the sixth single by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released only in Poland on 15 January 2008 by Empire Records. The release features two songs "Carnal (v.666 Version)", and "Vicious Circle (v.666 Version)".
= Track listing =
{{track listing
| title1 = Carnal
| lyrics1 = Paweł Frelik
| music1 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| note1= v.666 Version
| length1 = 2:09
| title2 = Vicious Circle
| lyrics2 = Paweł Wasilewski
| music2 = Piotr Wiwczarek
| note2= v.666 Version
| length2= 2:36
}}
Release history
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| scope="col"| Region
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| Japan
| Avalon Marquee |
| Poland
| Mystic Production |
| Europe
| Regain Records |