Reign Forever World is an EP by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released on 16 December 2000 in Japan by Avalon Marquee, in Europe and Poland the EP was released via Metal Mind and Metal Blade on 22 January 2001.

Reign Forever World
Cover art by Jacek Wiśniewski
EP by
Released16 December 2000
RecordedRed Studio, Gdynia, August 2000; Thrash'em All Festival, Olsztyn, August 2000
GenreDeath metal
Length32:20
LabelMetal Blade, Metal Mind, Avalon Marquee
ProducerPiotr Wiwczarek
Vader chronology
Litany
(2000)
Reign Forever World
(2000)
Revelations
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chronicles of Chaos[2]
Metal Hammer (PL)favorable[4]
Teraz Rock[3]

Reign Forever World was recorded, and mixed in August 2000 at Red Studio in Gdynia with Piotr Łukaszewski as audio engineer. The album was mastered in September 2000 by Bartłomiej Kuźniak at Studio 333 in Częstochowa. Live tracks were recorded in August 2000 at Thrash'em All Festival in Olsztyn.

Track listing edit

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Reign Forever World"Lukasz SzurmińskiPiotr Wiwczarek4:01
2."Frozen Paths"Lukasz SzurmińskiPiotr Wiwczarek2:13
3."Privilege of the Gods"Lukasz SzurmińskiPiotr Wiwczarek4:54
4."Total Desaster" (Destruction cover)Marcel Schirmer, Mike Sifringer, Thomas SandmannMarcel Schirmer, Mike Sifringer, Thomas Sandmann3:10
5."Rapid Fire" (Judas Priest cover)Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford, K.K. DowningGlenn Tipton, Rob Halford, K.K. Downing3:20
6."Freezing Moon" (Mayhem cover)Per Yngve OhlinØystein Aarseth5:42
7."Creatures of Light and Darkness" (live)Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek3:10
8."Carnal" (live)Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek2:33
9."Red Dunes" (instrumental) Piotr Wiwczarek1:12
10."Lord Of Desert"Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek2:00
Total length:32:20
Japanese edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Reign Forever World"Lukasz SzurmińskiPiotr Wiwczarek4:01
2."Frozen Paths"Lukasz SzurmińskiPiotr Wiwczarek2:13
3."Privilege of the Gods"Lukasz SzurmińskiPiotr Wiwczarek4:54
4."Total Desaster" (Destruction cover)Marcel Schirmer, Mike Sifringer, Thomas SandmannMarcel Schirmer, Mike Sifringer, Thomas Sandmann3:10
5."Rapid Fire" (Judas Priest cover)Glenn Tipton, Rob Halford, K.K. DowningGlenn Tipton, Rob Halford, K.K. Downing3:20
6."Freezing Moon" (Mayhem cover)Per Yngve OhlinØystein Aarseth5:42
7."North" (live)Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek2:13
8."Forwards to Die!" (live)Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek2:11
9."Creatures of Light and Darkness" (live)Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek3:09
10."Carnal" (live)Paweł FrelikPiotr Wiwczarek2:33

Personnel edit

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

Charts edit

Weekly edit

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Polish Albums Chart[5] 45

Monthly edit

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Poland (ZPAV Top 100) 8[6]

Release history edit

Region Date Label
Japan 16 December 2000[7] Avalon Marquee
Europe/Poland 22 January 2001 Metal Mind Productions/Metal Blade Records

References edit

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Vader – "Reign Forever World" review". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. ^ Noll, Matthias. "Vader – "Reign Forever World" review". chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  3. ^ Gajewski, Marek. "Vader – "Reign Forever World" review" (in Polish). terazrock.pl. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  4. ^ Lerch, Arkadiusz. "Vader – "Reign Forever World" review" (in Polish). Onet.pl. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  5. ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS – Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. 29 January 2001. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Top 100 – lista miesięczna Styczeń 2001" (in Polish). www.zpav.pl. Archived from the original on 5 March 2001. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Vader – "Reign Forever World"" (in Japanese). www.marquee.co.jp. Retrieved 16 February 2014.