Written by Fat & Sassy! on 27.08.2011 at 21:46

Written by Big-Al on 18.08.2011 at 15:12

Anyone else think Peter'd been playing bioshock when they did the artwork?

welcome to Rapture anyone?

Is a man not entitled to the metal of his choice? 'No!' says the man in the mountains, 'It must be folk metal.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It must be Christian Metal.' 'No!' says the man in Mordor, 'It must be power metal.' I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the death metal. I chose... Vader.

One of my favorite comments ever. Good work.

Written by strade on 30.08.2011 at 01:58

Written by Fat & Sassy! on 27.08.2011 at 21:46

Written by Big-Al on 18.08.2011 at 15:12

Anyone else think Peter'd been playing bioshock when they did the artwork?

welcome to Rapture anyone?

Is a man not entitled to the metal of his choice? 'No!' says the man in the mountains, 'It must be folk metal.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It must be Christian Metal.' 'No!' says the man in Mordor, 'It must be power metal.' I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the death metal. I chose... Vader.

One of my favorite comments ever. Good work.

Why, thank you kind sir. :3

Hehe still, it is a great album, and bioshocks artwork was brilliant too

Good album! not great as the older ones

Fuckin' brutal, and so efficient! A great album, I can't wait to see the result on stage!

In my opinion this release is as strong as Litany , in that level

Written by Vikcen on 05.10.2011 at 21:57

In my opinion this release is as strong as Litany , in that level

I agree, perhaps even better than Litany!

VADER = indestructible tank commanded by one man.

How can any one rate this album less than a 9?

Written by Big-Al on 09.12.2011 at 20:23
How can any one rate this album less than a 9?

It's easy if you don't think it's worth that high a rating.

Maybe I should try this again. I thought it was kinda bland with the first run-through.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 10.12.2011 at 00:35

Written by Big-Al on 09.12.2011 at 20:23
How can any one rate this album less than a 9?

It's easy if you don't think it's worth that high a rating.

so what'd you give it?

Written by Big-Al on 12.12.2011 at 19:17
so what'd you give it?

A high 6.

Written by Troy Killjoy on 12.12.2011 at 19:19

Written by Big-Al on 12.12.2011 at 19:17
so what'd you give it?

A high 6.

not much of a Vader fan?

Written by Big-Al on 14.12.2011 at 11:41
not much of a Vader fan?

Actually up until this release I've always thought of them as one of the most consistent death metal bands, up there with Immolation. The Art of War is probably my favorite EP (kind of a 1-a/1-b thing with DSO's Kenose).

Written by Troy Killjoy on 14.12.2011 at 21:49

Written by Big-Al on 14.12.2011 at 11:41
not much of a Vader fan?

Actually up until this release I've always thought of them as one of the most consistent death metal bands, up there with Immolation. The Art of War is probably my favorite EP (kind of a 1-a/1-b thing with DSO's Kenose).

probably my favourite EP I own too.. but you never vote on any albums do you?

Written by Big-Al on 14.12.2011 at 23:59
probably my favourite EP I own too.. but you never vote on any albums do you?

I've voted and deleted my votes at least a dozen times. I'll probably get the urge to cast my votes again... I like having 1200 or so ratings for people to bicker about.

A very good album

Awesome... the Decapitated Saints re-do might be my favourite track this year!

What this album does really nice is take everything thats good from the spectrum of various death metal genres and consolidate them into a single well made package. Sure nothings all that new but nothing needs to be. I swear Vader's been listening to some Behemoth, Fleshgod Apocalypse AND Septic Flesh (I know Vader is older than all of these bands ). The drum work seems at times very reminiscent of the two first bands and the occasional foray with symphonic elements makes me think they are referencing what are the new big things in death metal. Its not done in a bad way and its not like any riffs are stolen. If anything I feel like I'm at some death metal amusement parks where all of thee styles intermesh with each other while being distinct experiences from each other like some kind of death metal roller coaster. This is my first Vader album and although I've listened to this twice I see this album turning into a grower over time.

Written by Paradox0 on 15.01.2012 at 14:14

What this album does really nice is take everything thats good from the spectrum of various death metal genres and consolidate them into a single well made package. Sure nothings all that new but nothing needs to be. I swear Vader's been listening to some Behemoth, Fleshgod Apocalypse AND Septic Flesh (I know Vader is older than all of these bands ). The drum work seems at times very reminiscent of the two first bands and the occasional foray with symphonic elements makes me think they are referencing what are the new big things in death metal. Its not done in a bad way and its not like any riffs are stolen. If anything I feel like I'm at some death metal amusement parks where all of thee styles intermesh with each other while being distinct experiences from each other like some kind of death metal roller coaster. This is my first Vader album and although I've listened to this twice I see this album turning into a grower over time.

i cant imagine vader taking influence from FA or SF... maybe i am wrong but they always had some symphonic elements on their albums i think...

After some deliberation and a few more listens I've figured out for myself that I'm perhaps not as much a fan of this album as I should be. While it is very good in terms of production and being a complete album more or less - more than just a few decent tracks, I still find trouble with it being over-produced and having too many studio-related tricks that detracts from what would otherwise be a fairly straightforward set of quality death metal. I'm not a huge fan of the vocals, but I'm not saying their poor by any means - just not my favorite.

Overall, it's a good album that I find too many distractions on and that helps cause me to not return to it very often. If an album in my collection doesn't get a lot of listens, I take note of that. They hype around this album is great and perhaps the album is, too, for some or many, but the bottom line is that I don't play it very often. I think it suffers from trying to be 'too great' or 'too perfect' and that makes it awfully contrived.

Written by Deadmeat on 15.01.2012 at 15:30

Written by Paradox0 on 15.01.2012 at 14:14

What this album does really nice is take everything thats good from the spectrum of various death metal genres and consolidate them into a single well made package. Sure nothings all that new but nothing needs to be. I swear Vader's been listening to some Behemoth, Fleshgod Apocalypse AND Septic Flesh (I know Vader is older than all of these bands ). The drum work seems at times very reminiscent of the two first bands and the occasional foray with symphonic elements makes me think they are referencing what are the new big things in death metal. Its not done in a bad way and its not like any riffs are stolen. If anything I feel like I'm at some death metal amusement parks where all of thee styles intermesh with each other while being distinct experiences from each other like some kind of death metal roller coaster. This is my first Vader album and although I've listened to this twice I see this album turning into a grower over time.

i cant imagine vader taking influence from FA or SF... maybe i am wrong but they always had some symphonic elements on their albums i think...

As I said this is my first Vader album and I figured that symphonic death metal is becoming a new fad of sorts but this album has gotten me intrigued wi the band.

Written by Paradox0 on 15.01.2012 at 21:24

Written by Deadmeat on 15.01.2012 at 15:30

Written by Paradox0 on 15.01.2012 at 14:14

What this album does really nice is take everything thats good from the spectrum of various death metal genres and consolidate them into a single well made package. Sure nothings all that new but nothing needs to be. I swear Vader's been listening to some Behemoth, Fleshgod Apocalypse AND Septic Flesh (I know Vader is older than all of these bands ). The drum work seems at times very reminiscent of the two first bands and the occasional foray with symphonic elements makes me think they are referencing what are the new big things in death metal. Its not done in a bad way and its not like any riffs are stolen. If anything I feel like I'm at some death metal amusement parks where all of thee styles intermesh with each other while being distinct experiences from each other like some kind of death metal roller coaster. This is my first Vader album and although I've listened to this twice I see this album turning into a grower over time.

i cant imagine vader taking influence from FA or SF... maybe i am wrong but they always had some symphonic elements on their albums i think...

As I said this is my first Vader album and I figured that symphonic death metal is becoming a new fad of sorts but this album has gotten me intrigued wi the band.

ok i know! thats why i didnt "charged" you. haha! go back to back and you'll surely like this band a lot. Litany, Black to the Blind, Revelations, Impressions in Blood and the awesome EP The Art Of War will surely get you stoked.

Not my favourite Vader album by any means but still a pretty good record. Or maybe my expectations are always too high when it comes to this band?
I get the impression that this album is more solid than previous ones as there aren't any standout tracks but, at the same time, there isn't a single track that's out of place.
And, honestly, I don't see any inspirations taken from Fleshgod Apocalypse or Septic Flesh here. The usage of some epic-sounding keyboards isn't unusual for Vader and guitar riffs are in the vein of their early works.

Great guitar work on this album for vader. i hope for a better songwriting on the next album so that we can talk for one of their best albums. the drumming is SICK. listen to "only hell knows", AWESOME! fav songs are "the black eye" and "only hell nows"...

This album feels a lot like 'The Ultimate Incantation' to me, only more technical.

This is probably the one Vader album that most people love and I cannot get down with. Something about it just does not connect with me. I vastly prefer Tibi Et Igni.

Written by flightoficarus on 30.01.2015 at 00:20

This is probably the one Vader album that most people love and I cannot get down with. Something about it just does not connect with me. I vastly prefer Tibi Et Igni.

I re listened this today its more album like if you don't like dm , you still might listen this album and band seems has a touch to make good albums, how many they are, many and each are equally good,