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01. Intro
02. Shadow Fear
03. As Heavens Collide
04. Helleluyah!!! (God Is Dead)
05. Field Of Heads
06. Predator
07. Warlords
08. Red Code
09. Amongst The Ruins
10. They Live III
11. The Book
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Alright, get that adrenaline fueled fist in the air and scream it like you mean it: ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY VADER! You simply cannot argue with the sheer power and consistency of the godfathers of Polish Death Metal. Tenacious doesn't even begin to cover it - this band has more proven mettle to their Metal than 99% of every other band in the entire world. There is no such thing as a bad VADER album, and there sure as hell aren't any entries in the Death Metal dictionary of bad live shows under the listing for VADER; for if there's one thing VADER does better than pummel your ever loving eardrums into pulp with their studio releases, it's pummeling your entire freakin' body every time they take to the stage. And with "Impressions In Blood", there's a whole new case of whoop ass cracked and ready to be opened on the concert starved Metal masses.
"ShadowFear", "Helleluyah!!! (God Is Dead)", "Field Of Heads" - virtually every monstrous track on this album is a ripe choice to be implemented into one of the most intense, high energy stage assaults in the known Metal world. There's nothing particularly new to the mosh inducing anthems of anarchy here on "Impressions In Blood", but that also means there's not a single bad tune to be found in the bunch. VADER pack so much of a punch with Peter's gut busting aggressive vocals and his dual death riffing rampages with counterpart Mauser that after 20 years you have to wonder: What the hell is in their Wheaties?
It doesn't matter what incarnation (and there have been many), they always find the right musicians to bring the brutality in true Polish Death fashion. Granted, many were concerned about the effect the loss of "Doc" Raczkowski would have on the band's musical supremacy, and his passing was one of the greatest losses the Metal world has ever sustained, but drummer Daray has truly stepped up and filled some impossibly large shoes with truly adept mastery. And picking up Novy from BEHEMOTH to bring the bottom end bass barrages was like discovering 20 years later that VADER had a twin brother separated at birth, and the resulting reunion is an exquisite exercise in eviscerating evil.
I think it's safe to say that I'm not the only one who could take a VADER album and tour every year and be happier than the proverbial pig in shit, because when it comes down to it and you filter through the hit and miss Extreme Metal noodlers that dilute the waters of today's Metal scene, there just aren't many bands that can hang with the almighty VADER. They're Extreme Metal incarnate, they're tried and true veterans and masters of their art, and the result is that we the listeners get to reap all the bloody benefits. When all is said and done, "Impressions In Blood" leaves two very literal impressions: this is a definitive, must have album for 2006, and the resultant massacre from the pending live rampage for this album is going to leave so much blood and mangled Metal mulch that the pit will be a sea of crimson gore. Step aside Moses, this particular red sea is going to flood the land. VADER will see to that.
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