Revelations is the fifth album by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released in 2002 by Metal Blade Records. The release was preceded by the single "Angel of Death" which was released on 10 April 2002. The album was nominated for a Fryderyk Award in the category 'Heavy Metal Album of the Year (Album roku - heavy metal)'. The working title of the album was Epitaph.
Revelations was recorded between February and March 2002 at Red Studio in Gdańsk, Poland, and was produced by Piotr Wiwczarek. The album was mastered by Bartłomiej Kuźniak at Studio 333 in Częstochowa, Poland. It features guest appearances from Polish metal musicians Nergal of Behemoth who provides vocals on the track "Whisper", and Ureck of Lux Occulta who plays keyboards on the tracks: "Torch of War" and "Revelation of Black Moses."
A music video was shot for the song "Epitaph".
Track listing
Personnel
Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
Vader
Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass guitar, lead vocals, production Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz – lead guitar Konrad "Saimon" Karchut – bass guitar (credited, did not perform) Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski – drums
Additional musicians
Adam "Nergal" Darski (Behemoth) – guest backing vocals
Jerzy "U.reck" Głód (Lux Occulta) – guest keyboards
Jacek Hiro (Sceptic) – guest lead guitar
Production
Piotr Łukaszewski – sound engineering
Bartłomiej Kuźniak – mastering
Jacek Wiśniewski – cover art, layout
Massive Management – photos
Łukasz Szurmiński – lyrics
Paweł Frelik – lyrics
Note
Recorded and mixed at Red Studio, Gdańsk, February/March 2002. Premastered & mastered at Studio 333, Częstochowa
"Angel of Death"
"Angel of Death" is the fourth single by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released only in Poland on 10 April 2002 by Empire Records. The release features two songs "When Darkness Calls", Thin Lizzy cover "Angel of Death", studio report, and multimedia presentation with 44 photos.
Main part of studio report shows drums recording, and equipment setup by Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski. The video consists also introduction by engineer Piotr Łukaszewski, interview with Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek, Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz guitar warming up, with addition of guest appearance by keyboardist Jerzy "U.reck" Głód from Lux Occulta.