VADER: Blood CD EP, Enhanced 27 minutes of Killer Death Metal. Great Thin Lizzy cover.

Description

Blood is an EP by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released on September 22, 2003 in Europe via Metal Blade

It is something of a tradition for Vader to release a mini-album between each studio album proper. Its easy to feel a little cynical about how they arrived at the tracklisting for Blood, as out of the 7 songs 2 have previously been issued elsewhere, 3 were recorded during the Revelations sessions so could easily have appeared on that album, leaving only 2 genuine ‘new’ tracks. Of the 2 new songs opener Shape-Shifting is the better, being a ferociously paced track, while We Wait is a little more of a mid-tempo plodder. Son of Fire (no, not a Slayer cover) was issued as the bonus track on the digipak release of Revelations, whilst When Darkness Calls is simply lifted straight off of the album. The 3 remaining tracks are 2 blastbeat orientated originals, and a cover of Angel of Death (again, not the expected Slayer, but a Thin Lizzy cover). Its easy to think of this as a cynical way for the band to earn a quick buck, but its impossible to fault the quality of the music – this is great solid death metal in the Vader style.
(NB – Beware the import version thats coupled with Reign Forever World – it looks like a bargain but is missing the Angel of Death track.)

Line-up:
Piotr “Peter” Wiwczarek – Guitar and Vocals
Marcin “Novy” Nowak – Bbass
Maurycy “Mauser” Stafanowicz – Guitar
Krzysztof “Doc” Raczkowski – Drums

1. Shape-Shifting 04:49
2. We Wait 03:54
3. As the Fallen Rise 02:12
4. Son of Fire 02:09     Track #4 was a bonus to the limited edition of “Revelations”.
5. Traveler 02:06
6. When Darkness Calls 05:17      Track #6 is from “Revelations”.
7. Angel of Death (Thin Lizzy cover) 06:29
Track #6-7 comes from the “Angel of Death” single.
Total playing time 26:56