XXV (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = XXV
Type = compilation
Artist = Vader


Released = June 24, 2008
Recorded = January-March, 2008, Hertz Studio, Białystok
Genre = Death metal
Thrash metal
Length = 96:00 / 112:00
Label = Regain
Producer = Wojtek & Sławek Wiesławscy
Reviews =
Last album = "Impressions in Blood"
(2006)
This album = "XXV"
(2008)
Next album =

"XXV" is the 25th anniversary compilation album by Polish death metal band Vader. The album is a collection of re-recorded songs from earlier Vader albums, from "The Ultimate Incantation" up to "The Beast". The Special Edition includes three bonus tracks and a bonus third DVD with old and rare live VHS containing footage throughout the band's career.

Track summary

Disc 1
*Tracks 1-7 from "The Ultimate Incantation"
*Tracks 8-11 from "De Profundis"
*Tracks 12-15 from "Black to the Blind"

Disc 2
*Track 1 from "Kingdom" EP
*Tracks 2-5 from "Litany"
*Track 6 from "Reign Forever World" EP
*Track 7 from "Revelations"
*Track 8 from "The Beast"
*Tracks 9-10 from "Future of the Past"
*Track 11 from "Tyrani Piekieł (Tyrants of Hell)"

Track listing

Disc 1:

# "Invaders" (Intro) − 1:39
# "Chaos" − 4:16
# "Vicious Circle" − 2:37
# "Crucified Ones" − 3:18
# "Dark Age" − 4:32
# "Reign Carrion" − 6:33
# "Silent Empire" − 4:13
# "Sothis" − 3:27
# "Incarnation" − 3:05
# "Reborn in Flames" − 4:52
# "Blood of Kingu" − 4:33
# "Carnal" − 2:09
# "Fractal Light" − 2:42
# "Red Passage" − 2:46
# "Black to the Blind" − 4:03

Disc 2:

# "Kingdom" − 3:22
# "Wings" − 3:06
# "Xeper" − 3:49
# "Cold Demons" − 2:10
# "Final Massacre" − 4:24
# "Reign Forever World" − 3:56
# "Epitaph" − 3:55
# "Dark Transmission" − 4:35
# "Fear of Napalm" − 2:59
# "Wyrocznia" − 3:24
# "Tyrani Piekel" − 4:49

Bonus tracks:
# "Trupi Jad"
# "Dark Transmission" (V.999)
# "Reborn in Flames" (V.Panzer)

DVD tracklist:
# "Gin Psie" (Olsztyn, 1986)
# "Trupi Jad" (Białystok, 1989)
# "Vicious Circle" (Moscow, 1990)
# "Demons Wind/Decapitated Saints" (Białystok, 1992)
# "Intro/Dark Age" (Piekary Śl., 1992)
# "Breath of Centuries" (Warszawa, 1992)
# "Chaos" (Groningen, 1993)
# "Decapitated Saints" (Brooklyn, 1993)
# "Reign-Carrion" (Łódź, 1993)
# "Blood of Kingu" (Torino, 1995)
# "Crucified Ones" (Sopot, 1995)
# "Testimony" (Hamburg, 1996)
# "Black to the Blind/Silent Empire" (Madrid, 1998)
# "Distant Dream" (Stolzenhain, 1998)
# "Forwards to Die/North" (Houston, 2000)
# "Sothis" (Essen, 2001)

Credits

* Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek − guitar, vocals
* Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz − guitar
* Marcin "Novy" Nowak − bass guitar
* Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski − drums