Welcome to the Morbid Reich

Welcome to the Morbid Reich
Studio album by Vader
Released August 12, 2011 (Europe )
September 13, 2011 (North America)
Recorded Hertz studios in Białystok, Poland
Genre Death metal
Length 44:27
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Wojciech Wiesławski, Sławomir Wiesławski[1]
Vader chronology
Necropolis
(2009)		 Welcome to the Morbid Reich
(2011)

Welcome to the Morbid Reich is the ninth studio album by the Polish death metal band Vader. The album was released on Nuclear Blast on August 12, 2011.[2] Release was preceded by digital download single "Come And See My Sacrifice" released on July 4, 2011.

On April 5, 2011, Vader released the first part of their studio report for this album.[3] Subsequently, the second part was released on April 14, the third part was released on April 30, the fourth part was released on May 11, the fifth part was released on May 24, and the sixth part was released on June 7.[4][5][6][7][8]

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Lyrics Music Length
1. "Ultima Thule" (instrumental)   Krzysztof Oloś 0:48
2. "Return to the Morbid Reich"   Harry Maat, Piotr Wiwczarek Piotr Wiwczarek 3:26
3. "The Black Eye"   Piotr Wiwczarek Piotr Wiwczarek 4:12
4. "Come and See My Sacrifice"   Piotr Wiwczarek Marek Pająk 4:44
5. "Only Hell Knows"   Piotr Wiwczarek Piotr Wiwczarek 2:13
6. "I Am Who Feasts Upon Your Soul"   Piotr Wiwczarek Marek Pająk 4:50
7. "Don't Rip the Beast's Heart Out"   Piotr Wiwczarek Piotr Wiwczarek 3:58
8. "I Had a Dream..."   Piotr Wiwczarek Marek Pająk 3:02
9. "Lord of Thorns"   Harry Maat, Piotr Wiwczarek Piotr Wiwczarek 2:38
10. "Decapitated Saints"   Piotr Wiwczarek Piotr Wiwczarek 2:41
11. "They're Coming..." (instrumental)   Marek Pająk 1:46
12. "Black Velvet and Skulls of Steel"   Piotr Wiwczarek Piotr Wiwczarek 3:19
13. "Raping the Earth" (Extreme Noise Terror cover) Dean Jones, Phil Vane Pete Hurley 1:54
14. "Troops of Tomorrow" (The Exploited cover) Ian Carnochan Ian Carnochan 4:56
Total length:
 44:27

Personnel

  • Wojciech Wiesławski – production, sound engineering, mix, mastering
  • Sławomir Wiesławski – production, sound engineering, mix, mastering
  • MK (Optimal Media Production) – mastering (LP Edition)
  • Rafał Konopka – sound engineering assistant
  • Zbigniew M. Bielak – cover art, layout
  • Mariusz Kmiołek – management

Charts

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Blistering [10]
Blabbermouth [11]
Chronicles of Chaos [12]
Revolver [13]
The Metal Critic [14]
Chart (2011) Peak
position
Polish Albums Chart[15] 6
German Albums Chart[16] 73
Swiss Albums Chart[17] 94
Japanese Albums Chart[18] 233
US Billboard Top Heatseekers[19] 17
US Billboard Hard Rock Albums[19] 25

References

  1. ^ "Vader - Welcome to the Morbid Reich credits". www.allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/welcome-to-the-morbid-reich-r2243825/credits. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  2. ^ "VADER: First 'Welcome To The Morbid Reich' Trailer Released". blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=160994. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  3. ^ "VADER: Video Footage From The Studio Posted Online". blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=156365. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  4. ^ "VADER: Second Studio Webisode Available". blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=156793. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  5. ^ "VADER: Third Studio Webisode Available". blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=157504. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  6. ^ "VADER: Fourth Studio Webisode Available". blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=157967. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  7. ^ "VADER: Fifth Studio Webisode Available". blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=158545. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  8. ^ "VADER: Sixth Studio Webisode Available". blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=159090. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  9. ^ a b Walewski, Jacek. "Piotr Peter Wiwczarek (Vader)" (in Polish). www.magazyngitarzysta.pl. http://www.magazyngitarzysta.pl/ludzie/wywiady/8115-piotr-peter-wiwczarek-vader.html. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  10. ^ http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/23352/tempidx/4/menuid/2
  11. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=2312
  12. ^ McKay, Aaron. "CoC: Vader - Welcome to the Morbid Reich: Review". Chronicles of Chaos. 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
  13. ^ http://www.revolvermag.com/reviews/review-vader-welcome-to-the-morbid-reich.html
  14. ^ http://www.themetalcritic.com/Vader
  15. ^ http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=687&lang=
  16. ^ http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Vader/longplay
  17. ^ http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?search=vader&cat=a
  18. ^ http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/149836/products/release/
  19. ^ a b "Vader - Welcome to the Morbid Reich Billboard Chart". www.billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/charts/heatseekers-albums?begin=11&order=position#/charts/heatseekers-albums?begin=11&order=position. Retrieved 3 January 2012. 
Vader

Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek · Marek "Spider" Pająk · Tomasz "Hal" Halicki · James Stewart


Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz · Marcin "Martin" Rygiel  · Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski  · Konrad "Simon" Karchut · Jarosław "China" Labieniec · Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski · Leszek "Shambo" Rakowski · Zbigniew "Vika" Wróblewski · Robert "Astaroth" Struczewski · Grzegorz "Belial" Jackowski · Piotr "Berial" Kuzioła · Robert "Czarny" Czarneta · Jacek "Jackie" Kalisz · Marcin "Novy" Nowak · Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka · Tomasz "Reyash" Rejek · Paweł "Paul" Jaroszewicz
Studio albums
Demo albums
Live in Decay · Necrolust · Morbid Reich
Live albums
Compilations
Reborn in Chaos · Armageddon · XXV
Extended plays
Sothis · Kingdom · Reign Forever World · Blood · The Art of War · Lead Us!!! · The Upcoming Chaos
Singles
An Act of Darkness/I.F.Y. · Carnal/Back to the Blind · Xeper/North · Angel of Death · Beware the Beast · V.666
Video albums
Vision and Voice · More Vision and the Voice · Night of the Apocalypse · And Blood Was Shed in Warsaw
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