Vader - _Litany_
(Metal Blade, 2000)
by: Paul Schwarz (9.5 out of 10)
Vader seem to have tapped into whatever supply of drugs or collection of mystical forces Slayer once sold their (proverbial or otherwise) souls to to produce the incredible _Reign in Blood_ back in 1986; they have delivered the essence of their brutal death metal sound distilled into a concentrated twenty-six minutes. Yes, you read that right, -twenty-six minutes-: that's all you get (though a reworking of "The Final Massacre" rounds the CD out to thirty-odd). However, there is hardly a second's let up in the stellar quality of the material during that entire time. From the thumping, classically Vader, death metal pound of "Wings" to the Terrorizer-inspired blasting precision of "The One Made of Dreams" and on to the more leisurely tempo but brilliantly structured riffing of "Xeper", Vader appear frighteningly driven and, I find, are impossible to stop spinning, and spinning, and spinning. In a year or so perhaps the immediacy of _Litany_ will leave it with nothing left to offer, but I seriously doubt it. I really think Vader have hit a writing vein as rich and unweatherable as that of _Reign in Blood_ or _Pleasure to Kill_. Time will tell; for the present I'm willing to bet that this year won't produce enough class-A records to deny _Litany_ a spot in my 2000 top ten.

(article published 25/5/2000)


CHATS
25/5/2000 P Schwarz Vader: The Cold Demons of Death Metal
12/10/1999 P Schwarz /
D Rocher
Vader: Cutline
16/10/1997 P Schwarz Vader: Within the Dark Lord'S Silent Empire
ALBUMS
1/11/2011 A McKay 9.5 Vader - Welcome to the Morbid Reich
8/9/2009 J Smit 7 Vader - Necropolis
5/10/2006 J Smit 8 Vader - Impressions in Blood
2/1/2006 J Smit 8 Vader - The Art of War
31/10/2004 J Smit 7 Vader - The Beast
11/4/2003 M Noll 9 Vader - Revelations
13/3/2001 M Noll 6 Vader - Reign Forever World
16/1/1999 P Schwarz 9 Vader - Live in Japan
8/7/1998 P Schwarz 8.5 Vader - Kingdom
1/1/1998 P Schwarz 9 Vader - Black To The Blind
4/2/1997 A Gaudrault 10 Vader - De Profundis
12/8/1996 G Filicetti 4 Vader - Sothis
GIGS
11/5/2008 J Smit Vader / Septic Flesh / Devian Pedigree Butchery
31/5/2005 A McKay Kreator / Vader Kreationism
13/5/2001 M Noll Marduk / Mortician / Vader / God Dethroned / Amon Amarth / Mystic Circle / Sinister / ...And Oceans / Bal Sagoth Baptized by Fire and Beer
12/8/2000 P Schwarz Vader / Vital Remains / Fleshcrawl / Rebaelliun Invadering From Across the Seas
12/8/2000 M Noll Deicide / Immortal / Cannibal Corpse / Marduk / Vader / Dark Funeral / Hate Eternal / Vomitory There's No Mercy in Satan's Oven
12/8/1999 D Rocher Six Feet Under / Mayhem / Vader / Enslaved / Cryptopsy / Nile / Thyrfing / Darkseid Facing the Breton Storm Season
12/8/1999 M Noll Six Feet Under / Vader / Enslaved / Cryptopsy / Nile / Thyrfing Pig's Feet and All Things Yummy
7/6/1998 P Azevedo Morbid Angel / Vader / Entwined Morbid Mayhem
16/10/1997 P Schwarz Malevolent Creation / Vital Remains / Infernal Majesty / Vader Something Old, Something New, and All Things Death Metal
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