Future of the Past is a compilation album by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released in 1996 by System Shock/Impact Records in Europe, and in Poland by Koch International. The CD consists entirely of covers by various bands.
| Future of the Past | ||||
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 Cover art by Krzysztof Iwin | ||||
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| Released | December 3, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Mar 1994-Sep 1996 | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 36:15 | |||
| Label | Koch International, System Shock/Impact Records, Pavement Music, Marquee / Avalon | |||
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Future of the Past was recorded between March and September 1996 at Selani Studio in Olsztyn in Poland produced by Vader. The album was mastered by Grzegorz Piwkowski at Modern Sound Studio in Gdynia in Poland. Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek commented on Chronicles of Chaos magazine about recording album:
It is like a tribute album to the years and the bands who inspired us in the beginning. Apart from the Possessed, Kreator, Terrorizer, and Celtic Frost songs, we also put all the cover songs we'd done, so you can see the Sabbath and the Depeche Mode covers. [This was] because those songs only appear on promo versions, singles or whatever, and we wanted to put everything we'd made, or all the covers, onto one CD and forget about the covers for a couple of years.[1]
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Outbreak of Evil" (Sodom cover) | Chris Witchhunter, Frank Blackfire, Tom Angelripper | 2:05 |
| 2. | "Flag of Hate" (Kreator cover; featuring Cezary "Cezar" Augustynowicz) | Mille Petrozza, Rob Fioretti, Jürgen Reil | 3:11 |
| 3. | "Storm of Stress" (Terrorizer cover) | Oscar Garcia, Jesse Pintado, David Vincent, Pete Sandoval | 1:15 |
| 4. | "Death Metal" (Possessed cover) | Jeff Becerra, Mike Torrao | 2:38 |
| 5. | "Fear of Napalm" (Terrorizer cover) | Oscar Garcia, Jesse Pintado, David Vincent, Pete Sandoval | 2:45 |
| 6. | "Merciless Death" (Dark Angel cover) | Don Doty, Eric Meyer, Jim Durkin, Rob Yahn, Jack Schwartz | 4:05 |
| 7. | "Dethroned Emperor (Warrior)" (Celtic Frost cover) | Tom Gabriel Fischer | 4:06 |
| 8. | "Silent Scream" (Slayer cover) | Tom Araya, Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King | 2:56 |
| 9. | "We Are the League" (Anti-Nowhere League cover) | Nick Culmer, Chris Exall | 2:35 |
| 10. | "I.F.Y." (Depeche Mode cover) | Martin Gore | 4:20 |
| 11. | "Black Sabbath" (Black Sabbath cover; featuring Grzegorz Skawiński) | Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward | 6:19 |
| Total length: | 36:15 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 12. | "Oracle" (KAT cover) | Tomasz Jaguś, Piotr Luczyk, Wojciech Mrowiec, Roman Kostrzewski, Ireneusz Loth | 3:25 |
Personnel edit
Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.
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Release history edit
| Region | Date | Label |
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| Europe/Poland | December 3, 1996[3][4] | System Shock/Impact Records, Koch International Poland |
| USA | June 30, 1998[5] | Pavement Music |
| Japan | March 23, 2000[6] | Avalon Marquee |
References edit
- ^ Schwarz, Paul. "Within the Dark Lord'S Silent Empire CoC chats with Peter Wiwczarek from Vader". www.chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
- ^ a b Walewski, Jacek. "Piotr Peter Wiwczarek (Vader)" (in Polish). www.magazyngitarzysta.pl. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ^ "Vader – Future Of The Past". rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Vader – Future Of The Past". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Vader – Future Of The Past". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
- ^ "Vader - "Reign Forever World"" (in Japanese). www.marquee.co.jp. Retrieved 2014-02-16.