Welcome to the Morbid Reich

Welcome to the Morbid Reich
Cover art by Zbigniew Bielak
Studio album by Vader
Released	August 12, 2011 (See Release history)
Recorded	2011, Hertz Studio, Białystok, Poland
Genre	Death metal
Length	37:37
Label	Nuclear Blast, Avalon Marquee
Producer	Wojtek & Sławek Wiesławscy[1]
Vader chronology
Necropolis (2009) Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011) Go to Hell (2014) Singles from Welcome to the Morbid Reich "Come And See My Sacrifice" Released: July 26, 2011

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Blistering	[2]
Blabbermouth	[3]
Chronicles of Chaos	[4]
Revolver	[5]
About.com	[6]
Teraz Rock	[7]
Sputnikmusic	[8]
Exclaim!	favorable[9]

Welcome to the Morbid Reich is the ninth studio album by the Polish death metal band Vader. The album was released on August 12, 2011 by Nuclear Blast.^[10] The release was preceded by a digital download single for the song "Come And See My Sacrifice", which was released on July 26, 2011. The album has won a Fryderyk Award in the category 'Heavy Metal Album of the Year (Album roku heavy metal)', ^[11] and reached number 17 on the Billboard Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers), and number 25 on the Hard Rock Albums. In Poland, Welcome to the Morbid Reich landed at number 6, and dropped out four weeks later. The release also charted in France, Japan, Switzerland, and Germany.

On April 5, 2011, Vader released the first part of their studio report for the album.^[12] Subsequently, the second part was released on April 14, the third part was released on April 30, the fourth part was released on May 11, the fifth part was released on May 24, and the sixth part was released on June 7.^{[13][14][15][16][17]}

Welcome to the Morbid Reich was recorded between March and April 2011 at Hertz Studio in Białystok, Poland, and was produced by the Wiesławscy Brothers, and features cover artwork by Zbigniew Bielak. The album is the final Vader release to feature drummer Paweł "Paul" Jaroszewicz, and the first to feature guitarist Marek "Spider" Pająk as band member. Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek described work on the album, saying:

“

In all, we spent about 4 weeks in the studio between March and June. We worked a bit differently as in previous sessions, because we made breaks between each part of recordings. I mean for the drums we took about 10 days, and then we made a week’s break, so we could think and work the guitar lines for the drums. And after the guitars we had a break to think about the vocal lines and all we had already done. And then a break before mixing, so we wanted to give a little bit of a rest for ears and mind, and to take the song recordings with the fresh ears.[18]

”

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Ultima Thule" (instrumental)		Krzysztof Oloś	0:48
2.	"Return to the Morbid Reich"	Harry Maat, Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:26
3.	"The Black Eye"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:12
4.	"Come and See My Sacrifice"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Marek Pająk	4:44
5.	"Only Hell Knows"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:13
6.	"I Am Who Feasts Upon Your Soul"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Marek Pająk	4:50
7.	"Don't Rip the Beast's Heart Out"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:58
8.	"I Had a Dream…"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Marek Pająk	3:02
9.	"Lord of Thorns"	Harry Maat, Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:38
10.	"Decapitated Saints" (Rerecorded from The Ultimate Incantation)	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:41
11.	"They're Coming…" (instrumental)		Marek Pająk	1:46
12.	"Black Velvet and Skulls of Steel"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:19
Total length:				37:37

Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
13.	"Troops of Tomorrow" (The Exploited cover)	Ian Carnochan	Ian Carnochan	4:56
14.	"Raping the Earth" (Extreme Noise Terror cover)	Dean Jones, Phil Vane	Pete Hurley	1:54

Personnel

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

Vader Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass guitar, lyrics Marek "Spider" Pająk – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass guitar[19] Tomasz "Hal" Halicki – bass guitar (credited, did not perform)[19] Paweł "Paul" Jaroszewicz – drums Additional musicians Krzysztof "Siegmar" Oloś – guest keyboards Harry Maat – guest backing vocals, lyrics

Production Wojtek & Sławek Wiesławscy – production, sound engineering, mixing, mastering MK (Optimal Media Production) – mastering (LP Edition) Rafał Konopka – sound engineering assistant Zbigniew M. Bielak – cover art, layout[20] Mariusz Kmiołek – management Takahisa Okuno – Japanese liner notes Note Recorded, mixed & mastered at Hertz Recording Studio, Białystok, Poland, March-April 2011.

Come and See My Sacrifice

"Come and See My Sacrifice"
Single by Vader
from the album Welcome to the Morbid Reich
Released	July 26, 2011
Format	digital download
Genre	Death metal
Length	09:27
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer(s)	Wojtek & Sławek Wiesławscy
Vader singles chronology
We Are the Horde (2009) Come And See My Sacrifice (2011) Where Angels Weep (2014)

Come and See My Sacrifice is the eight single by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released on July 26, 2011 by Nuclear Blast.^[21]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Come and See My Sacrifice"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Marek Pająk	4:44
2.	"Come and See My Sacrifice" (demo version)	Piotr Wiwczarek	Marek Pająk	4:43

Charts

Weekly

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Polish Albums Chart[22]	6
German Albums Chart[23]	73
Swiss Albums Chart[24]	94
French Albums Chart[25]	154
Japanese Albums Chart[26]	233
US Billboard Top Heatseekers[27]	17
US Billboard Hard Rock Albums[27]	25

Monthly

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Poland (ZPAV Top 100)	18[28]

Release history

Formats	Region	Date	Label
CD, LP	Europe	August 12, 2011[29]	Nuclear Blast
CD	Russia		Nuclear Blast/Irond Records
CD, LP	Poland	August 15, 2011[30]	Nuclear Blast/Warner Music Poland
CD	Japan	August 24, 2011[31]	Avalon Marquee
	North America	September 13, 2011	Nuclear Blast
CD	Mexico		Nuclear Blast/Scarecrow Records[32]

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