Black to the Blind

Black to the Blind is the third album by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released on 13 October 1997 in Europe and Poland by System Shock/Impact Records and Koch International Poland, respectively. Japanese edition with one bonus track was released by Avalon/Marquee. The album was nominated for a Fryderyk Award in the category 'Hard & Heavy Album of the Year (Album roku - hard & heavy)'.^[4]

Black to the Blind
Cover art by Jacek Wiśniewski
Studio album by Vader
Released	13 October 1997
Recorded	1997, Selani Studio, Olsztyn, Poland
Genre	Death metal
Length	28:47
Label	System Shock/Impact Records, Koch International Poland, Pavement Music, Witching Hour Productions, Avalon Marquee
Producer	Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek, Andrzej Bomba
Vader chronology
De Profundis (1995) Black to the Blind (1997) Litany (2000)
Alternative cover
studio cover of 2012 re-release
Singles from Black to the Blind
"Carnal / Black to the Blind" Released: 1997

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Chronicles of Chaos	[2]
Teraz Rock	favorable[3]

Black to the Blind was recorded between July and August 1997 at Selani Studio in Olsztyn, Poland, and was produced by Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek and Andrzej Bomba. The album was mastered by Julita Emanuiłow. The album features cover art by Jacek Wiśniewski. Song "Carnal" from the album was used in Polish action movie Gniew (Anger) from 1998, directed by Marcin Ziębiński. It was also released by Koch International as part of soundtrack for this movie.

In 2012 Witching Hour Productions released remastered edition of Black to the Blind with new cover art, and layout by Zbigniew Bielak. Remastering was made by Wiesławscy Brothers, and it took place at Hertz Studio, Białystok in Poland.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Heading for Internal Darkness"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:46
2.	"The Innermost Ambience"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	1:32
3.	"Carnal"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:09
4.	"Fractal Light"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:42
5.	"True Names"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:36
6.	"Beast Raping"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:42
7.	"Foetus God"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:43
8.	"The Red Passage"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:01
9.	"Distant Dream"	Tomasz Krajewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:25
10.	"Black to the Blind"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:08
Total length:				28:47

Japanese Bonus Track

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
11.	"Anamnesis"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:08

Personnel

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

Vader Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek – vocals, guitars, bass,[5] production[6] Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz – rhythm guitar (credited, did not perform) Leszek "Shambo" Rakowski – bass (credited, did not perform)[5] Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski – drums

Production Paweł Frelik – lyrics Tomasz Krajewski – lyrics Paweł Wasilewski – lyrics Andrzej Bomba – sound engineering, production[6] Julita Emanuiłow – mastering Jacek Wiśniewski – cover art[7] Michał Pasich – photos Takahisa Okuno – Japanese liner notes Wojtek & Sławek Wiesławscy – remastering[8] Zbigniew Bielak – cover art, layout (re-release)[8] Note Recorded & mixed at Selani Studio, Olsztyn, July & August 1997

Charts

Chart performance for Black to the Blind

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[9]	86

Carnal / Black to the Blind

Carnal / Black to the Blind is the second single by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released only in Poland in 1997 with special edition of Thrash'em All magazine entitled Super Poster" #1. Apart from promo single insert includes interview with Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek, Polish translation of lyrics from Black to the Blind, and additional information about the band.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Carnal"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:09
2.	"Black to the Blind"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:08

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Europe, Poland	13 October 1997[10][11]	System Shock/Impact Records, Koch International Poland
USA	21 April 1998[12]	Pavement Music
Japan	23 March 2000[13]	Avalon Marquee
Poland	27 November 2012[14]	Witching Hour Productions