Vader

Vader is a Pols daith metal baund frae Olsztyn, formit in 1983. Accordin tae Piotr Wiwczarek, the baund's foondin sangster an guitar player, the baund's name wis inspired bi Darth Vader frae the Star Wars film series.^[1] Leerical themes include stories bi H. P. Lovecraft,^[2] WW2, horror an anti-releegious messages. Accordin tae Billboard magazine, frae 2003 Vader sauld ower 500,000 releases aroond the warld.^[3]

Vader
Vader playing in Rostock (2011)
Background information
Oreigin	Olsztyn, Poland
Genres	Daith metal, thrash metal
Years active	1983–present
Labels	Mystic Productions, Earache, Impact, Hammerheart, Metal Blade, Regain, Nuclear Blast Records
Associate acts	Behemoth, Dies Irae, Spinal Cord, Vesania, Neolithic, UnSun, Crionics, Decapitated
Wabsteid	www.vader.pl
Members	Piotr Wiwczarek Marek Pająk James Stewart Tomasz Halicki
Past members	For full listing see: Vader member history

Piotr Wiwczarek, 2023

Marek Pająk, 2023

Tomasz Halicki, 2023

Baund members

Main airticle: Vader member history

Current members

• Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek – guitar, vocals (1983–present)
• Marek "Spider" Pająk – guitar (2010–present)
• James Stewart - drums (2011–present)
• Tomasz "Hal" Halicki – bass guitar (2011–present)

Discography

Main airticle: Vader discography

Studio albums

• The Ultimate Incantation (1992)
• De Profundis (1995)
• Black to the Blind (1997)
• Litany (2000)
• Revelations (2002)
• The Beast (2004)
• Impressions in Blood (2006)
• Necropolis (2009)
• Welcome to the Morbid Reich (2011)^[4]
• Tibi et Igni (2014)
• The Empire (2016)
• Solitude in Madness (2020)

Awairds

Fryderyk Awards
Year	Category	Nominated work	Note
1997	Hard & Heavy Album of the Year (Album roku - hard & heavy)	Black to the Blind	Nominated[5]
2000	Hard & Heavy Album of the Year (Album roku - hard & heavy)	Litany	Nominated[6]
2002	Heavy Metal Album of the Year (Album roku - heavy metal)	Revelations	Nominated[7]
2004	Metal Album of the Year (Album roku metal)	The Beast	Nominated[8]
2006	Rock/Metal Album of the Year (Album roku rock/ metal)	Impressions in Blood	Nominated[9]
2009	Heavy Metal Album of the Year (Album roku heavy metal)	Necropolis	Nominated[10]
2012	Heavy Metal Album of the Year (Album roku heavy metal)	Welcome to the Morbid Reich	Won[11]