Necropolis (album)

Necropolis
Studio album by Vader
Released	21 August 2009
Recorded	Hertz studios in Białystok, Poland
Genre	Death metal
Length	40:51
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Tue Madsen
Vader chronology
Impressions in Blood (2006) Necropolis (2009) Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011)

Necropolis is the eighth studio album by the Polish death metal band Vader. The album was released on Nuclear Blast on August 21, 2009.^[1] A video was shot for the song "Never Say My Name" which is based partially on the book "The Gospel According To Satan" by Patrick Graham.^[2]

On April 8, 2009, Vader released the first part of their studio report for this album.^[3] Subsequently, the second part was released on April 22 and the third part was released on May 27.^[4][5]

Track listing

CD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Devilizer"	Wiwczarek	Wiwczarek	3:19
2.	"Rise of the Undead"	Wiwczarek	Wiwczarek	3:52
3.	"Never Say My Name"	Wiwczarek	Wiwczarek	2:01
4.	"Blast"	Wiwczarek	Wiwczarek	1:50
5.	"The Seal"		Wiwczarek	2:10
6.	"Dark Heart"	Harry Maat	Wiwczarek	2:59
7.	"Impure"	Harry Maat	Wiwczarek	3:40
8.	"Summoning the Futura"		Wiwczarek	1:05
9.	"Anger"	Wiwczarek	Wiwczarek	2:14
10.	"We Are the Horde"	Harry Maat	Wiwczarek	3:10
11.	"When the Sun Drowns in Dark"	Harry Maat	Wiwczarek	4:33
12.	"Black Metal" (Venom cover; bonus track)			3:13
13.	"Fight Fire with Fire" (Metallica cover; bonus track)			4:05
Total length:				40:51

DVD

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Crucified Ones"	Wiwczarek	Wiwczarek	3:57
2.	"Black to the Blind"	Paweł Wasilewski	Wiwczarek	4:38
3.	"The Epitaph"	Łukasz Szurmiński	Wiwczarek	3:56
4.	"Carnal"	Paweł Frelik	Wiwczarek	2:34
5.	"Wings"	Paweł Frelik	Wiwczarek	3:51
6.	"This is the War"	Wiwczarek	Wiwczarek	4:04
7.	"Lead Us!!!"	Wiwczarek	Maurycy Stefanowicz	3:13

Personnel

Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek – guitar, bass, vocals, lyrics (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 9) Paweł "Paul" Jaroszewicz – drums Tomasz "Reyash" Rejek - bass (only on bonus DVD) Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka – guitar (only on bonus DVD) Marek Pająk – guest lead guitar (tracks 3, 9, 11, 13) Tue Madsen - production, mastering

Sławomir Wiesławski - sound engineering Wojciech Wiesławski - sound engineering Harry Maat - lyrics (tracks 6, 7, 10, 11) Jacek Wiśniewski - artwork Bartłomiej Krysiuk - vocals on "Black Metal" Maciej Taff - vocals on "Fight Fire with Fire"

Charts

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[6]
Blabbermouth	[7]

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Polish Albums Chart[8]	5
German Albums Chart[9]	64
French Albums Chart[10]	188
US Billboard Top Heatseekers[11]	36

References

1. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=120990
2. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=127842
3. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgUo24y19zE
4. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YppiJrhCSCo
5. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umQT4W9XuQM
6. ^ Bowar, Chad. "Vader - 'Necropolis'". About.com. http://heavymetal.about.com/od/v/fr/vader-necropolis.htm. Retrieved 28 September 2009. 
7. ^ Alisoglu, Scott. "Vader - Necropolis". Blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=1788. Retrieved 28 September 2009. 
8. ^ http://musicpress.pl/Notowanie-OLIS_-sprzedaz-plyt-w-okresie-31_08---06_09_2009,news,1288
9. ^ http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Vader/longplay
10. ^ http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Vader&titel=Necropolis&cat=a
11. ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/album/vader/necropolis/1281898