Live in Japan (Vader album)

Live in Japan
Cover art by Jacek Wiśniewski
Live album by Vader
Released	December 30, 1998 (See Release history)
Recorded	Club Quattro, Tokyo, 31.08.1998
Genre	Death metal
Label	System Shock/Impact Records, Metal Mind Records, Pavement Music, Avalon/Marquee
Producer	Piotr Wiwczarek[1]
Vader chronology
Black to the Blind (1997) Live in Japan (1998) Litany (2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Chronicles of Chaos	[2]
Blabbermouth.net	[3]
Teraz Rock	[4]

Live in Japan is a live record released by the death metal band Vader. It was released in 1998 by Metal Mind Productions in Poland, System Shock/Impact Records in Europe, and Pavement Music in United States. Japanese edition with two bonus tracks was released by Avalon/Marquee.

Live in Japan was recorded at Club Quattro in Tokyo on August 31, 1998 by Sound Creators Inc.. Mastering took place at Selani Studio in Olsztyn, Poland in September 1998, and was made by Andrzej "Andy" Bomba. The album was produced by Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek, who shared mixing duties with Krzysztof "Docent" Raczkowski, and Tomasz "Tom" Bonarowski.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Damien (intro)" (instrumental)		Jerry Goldsmith	2:45
2.	"Sothis"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:54
3.	"Distant Dream"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:17
4.	"Black to the Blind"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:14
5.	"Silent Empire"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:09
6.	"Blood of Kingu"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:39
7.	"Carnal"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:23
8.	"Red Passage"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:48
9.	"Panzerstoss (intro)" (instrumental)		Piotr Wiwczarek	1:21
10.	"Reborn in Flames"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	5:05
11.	"Fractal Light"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:44
12.	"From Beyond (intro)" (instrumental)		Piotr Wiwczarek	0:59
13.	"Crucified Ones"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:23
14.	"Foetus God"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:00
15.	"Black Sabbath"	Ozzy Osbourne	Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward	6:18
16.	"Raining Blood"	Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King	Jeff Hanneman	3:47
17.	"Omen (intro)" (instrumental)		Jerry Goldsmith	1:40
18.	"Dark Age"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:59

Japanese Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
7.	"Incarnation"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:09
13.	"Dethroned Emperor" (Celtic Frost cover)	Tom Gabriel Fischer	Tom Gabriel Fischer	4:55

Re-release Bonus Track
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
19.	"Kingdom" (music video)	Tomasz Krajewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:02

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Vader Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, production, mixing Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz – rhythm guitar, lead guitar Leszek "Shambo" Rakowski – bass guitar Krzysztof "Docent" Raczkowski – drums, mixing Note Recorded at Club Quattro, Tokyo, 31.08.1998. Mixed at Red Studio, Gdynia, 22.09-30.09.1998. Digital edited at Red Studio, Gdynia, 01.10.1998.

Production Jacek Wiśniewski – cover art and design[5] Tomasz "Tom" Bonarowski – digital editing, mixing Andrzej "Andy" Bomba – mastering Mariusz Kmiolek – mastering Osamu "Tio" Suzuki – live photos Takahisa Okuno – Japanese liner notes Krzysztof Mierzwiński – engineering Shinya Tanaka – mobile recording engineer Mika Furukawa – lighting staff Osamu "Tio" Suzuki – photography Atsuhiro Morishige – mobile recording assistant Naoto Hoshino – mobile recording assistant Tomomi Shimura – mobile recording assistant Yutaka Makido – mobile recording assistant Keisuke Hatsushika – technician Misae Shiroyama – technician

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Poland	December 30, 1998[6]	Metal Mind Productions
USA	February 23, 1999[7]	Pavement Music
Japan	March 23, 2000[8]	Avalon Marquee
Poland	March 30, 2006[9]	Metal Mind Productions

References

1. "Vader - Live in Japan". www.vader.pl. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
2. Schwarz, Paul. "Vader - Live in Japan review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
3. Alisoglu, Scott. "Vader - Live in Japan review". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
4. Kszczotek, Grzegorz. "Vader - Live in Japan review" (in Polish). Teraz Rock. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
5. "Jacek Wiśniewski works". www.artworks.isg.pl. Archived from the original on February 22, 2008. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
6. "Vader - Live in Japan". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
7. "Vader - Live in Japan". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
8. "Vader - Live in Japan" (in Japanese). www.marquee.co.jp. Retrieved 2014-03-03.
9. "Vader - Live in Japan". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2014-03-03.