De Profundis (Vader album)

De Profundis is the second album by the Polish death metal band Vader. The album was originally released in Poland by Croon Records and in the US by Pavement Music, but with no lyrics and a normal inner CD layout. It was re-released with a bonus track by Metal Mind Productions in 2003 with a cover of the Depeche Mode song "I Feel You". It was also re-released for Japan in 1997 by Avalon Records/Marquee Records with two bonus tracks.

De Profundis
Cover art by Wes Benscoter
Studio album by Vader
Released	5 July 1995
Recorded	Modern Sound Studio, Gdynia, Poland, May 1995
Genre	Death metal
Length	34:01
Label	Croon Records, System Shock/Impact Records, Pavement Music, Conquest Music, Metal Mind Productions, Avalon Marquee
Producer	Adam Toczko, Vader
Vader chronology
The Ultimate Incantation (1992) De Profundis (1995) Future of the Past (1996)
Singles from De Profundis
"An Act of Darkness / I.F.Y." Released: 1995[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Chronicles of Chaos	[3]
Metal.de	9/10[4]

De Profundis was recorded in May 1995 at Modern Sound Studio in Gdynia, Poland, and was produced by Piotr Wiwczarek and Adam Toczko. The album was mastered by Grzegorz Piwkowski.

A live music video was shot for the song "Incarnation" during the Marlboro Sopot Rock Festival in Poland.^[5]

The album sold approximately 17,000 units in two weeks in Poland.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Silent Empire"	Paweł Frelik	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:02
2.	"An Act of Darkness"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	1:55
3.	"Blood of Kingu"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:38
4.	"Incarnation"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:07
5.	"Sothis"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:42
6.	"Revolt"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:35
7.	"Of Moon, Blood, Dream, and Me"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:51
8.	"Vision and the Voice"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:28
9.	"Reborn in Flames"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	5:39
Total length:				34:01

Japanese Bonus Tracks

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"De Profundis" (instrumental)		Piotr Wiwczarek	1:36
2.	"The Wrath"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:53

US Bonus Track

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
10.	"I Feel You" (Depeche Mode cover)	Martin Gore	Martin Gore	4:24

Personnel

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

Vader Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek − rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass guitar,[6] lead vocals, lyrics Leszek "Shambo" Rakowski − bass guitar (credited, did not perform)[6] Jarosław "China" Łabieniec − rhythm guitar, lead guitar Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski − drums

Production Paweł Frelik − lyrics Paweł Wasilewski − lyrics Tomasz Malinowski − photos Mariusz Kmiołek − management Tomasz "Tom" Bonarowski − sound engineering Adam Toczko − sound engineering, production Grzegorz Piwkowski − mastering Wes Benscoter − cover art Note Recorded at Modern Sound Studio, Gdynia, Poland, May 1995.

An Act of Darkness / I.F.Y.

An Act of Darkness / I.F.Y. is the first single by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released in 1995 by Croon Records in Poland, and System Shock/Impact Records in the rest of Europe.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"An Act of Darkness"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	1:55
2.	"I Feel You" (Depeche Mode cover)	Dave Gahan	Dave Gahan	4:24

Charts

Chart performance for De Profundis

Chart (2021)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7]	91
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[8]	3

Release history

Formats	Region	Date	Label
CS, CD	Poland	5 September 1995	Croon Records
CD	Europe	1996[9]	System Shock/Impact Records
CD	USA	1996	Conquest Music
CD	USA	30 June 1998	Pavement Music
CD	Japan	23 March 2000	Avalon Marquee
CD	Poland	30 March 2006	Metal Mind Productions