There are very few bands that have managed to weave a web of mystery around them. Very few have survived and kept going strong until today. When faced with the question which people tend to mention American death-mongers with the likes of MORBID ANGEL, DEICIDE or CANNIBAL CORPSE ... However, for a few years now in the same breath many have named VADER - perhaps the only band from Europe which has sustained its status for a number of years. Theirs is the cult of musical brutality and the urge to succeed. Few may remember that VADER were the first band ever from behind the Iron Curtain to sign to a Western label while their 1990 demo Morbid Reich is still considered to be the best selling demo tape in the history of death metal.
     
      Now VADER are about to unleash Reign Forever World - their new offering and the second one to be recorded under the banner of Metal Blade. VADER formed in 1986. In 1993 they released their debut album titled The Ultimate Incantation (Earache) which has since become one of the milestones of European death metal. These were also the first brutal ... (More DEATH Biography)