HardTimes.ca conducted an interview with guitarist/vocalist
Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek of Polish extreme metallers
VADER when the band played in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on November 8, 2009. Watch the chat below.
VADER's new album,
"Necropolis", sold around 1,130 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to
Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No. 19 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.
"Necropolis" was recorded at
Hertz studios in Bialystok, Poland with the
Wieslawski Bros..
Tue Madsen, who previously worked with such bands as
MOONSPELL,
CATARACT,
HEAVEN SHALL BURN and many more, mixed the CD at his
Antfarm Studios in Denmark.
"Never Say My Name", the new video from
VADER, was inspired by
Patrick Graham's bestselling book
"L'Évangile Selon Satan" (translation: "The Gospel According to Satan"). The clip tells an alternate story of the death of a messiah who curses humanity before his death on the cross and chooses life in Hell instead of Heaven. Perhaps because of its "controversial" title and content, this book is not available in the U.S. in English, but a French version can be ordered from Canada.