De Profundis (Vader album)

De Profundis

Cover art by Wes Benscoter
Studio album by Vader
Released September 5, 1995
(See Release history)
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
Vader chronology

The Ultimate Incantation
(1992)		 De Profundis
(1995)		 Future of the Past
(1996)
Alternative cover
studio cover of the bonus track version
Singles from De Profundis
  1. "An Act of Darkness / I.F.Y."
    Released: 1995[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Chronicles of Chaos [3]

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 Depeche Mode cover of the 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.[4]

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

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Silent Empire"  Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek 4:02
2. "An Act of Darkness"  Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek 1:55
3. "Blood of Kingu"  Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek 4:38
4. "Incarnation"  Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek 3:07
5. "Sothis"  Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek 3:42
6. "Revolt"  Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek 3:35
7. "Of Moon, Blood, Dream, and Me"  Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek 3:51
8. "Vision and the Voice"  Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek 3:28
9. "Reborn in Flames"  Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek 5:39
Total length:
 34:01
Japanese Bonus Tracks
No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "De Profundis" (instrumental) Piotr Wiwczarek 1:36
2. "The Wrath"  Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek 4:53

Personnel

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

Vader
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."
Single by Vader
from the album De Profundis
Released May, 1995
Format CD
Genre Death metal
Length 06:19
Label Croon Records, System Shock/Impact Records
Producer(s) Vader
Vader singles chronology
An Act of Darkness / I.F.Y
(1995)		 Carnal / Black to the Blind
(1997)

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

No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "An Act of Darkness"  Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek 1:55
2. "I Feel You" (Depeche Mode cover)Dave GahanDave Gahan 4:24

Release history

Formats Region Date Label
CS, CD Poland September 5, 1995[6] Croon Records
CD Europe 1996[7] System Shock/Impact Records
CD USA 1996[8] Conquest Music
CD USA June 30, 1998[9] Pavement Music
CD Japan March 23, 2000[10] Avalon Marquee
CD Poland March 30, 2006[11] Metal Mind Productions

References