VADER Frontman Honored By Mayor Of Poland's Warmia And Mazury Region

Polish extreme-metal veterans VADER will enter Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland in March 2011 to begin recording their new album, tentatively titled "Return To The Morbid Reich". According to guitarist/vocalist Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek, "some music, words [and] also designs are already initiated." The CD will be released in August/September 2011 via Nuclear Blast Records. In other news, Wiwczarek was recently honored by the mayor of the Warmia and Mazury region of Poland for Piotr's promotion and support of the area — which is called the land of one thousand lakes — throughout the world for more than 25 years. VADER recently celebrated the 15th anniversary of its classic second album, "De Profundis", by performing the LP in its entirety. Piotr states, "[The fans'] response for this idea was more than great so we decided to repeat this in the future with other VADER titles, too." VADER's latest album, "Necropolis", sold around 1,130 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD landed at position No. 19 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200. "Necropolis" was recorded at Hertz studios in Bialystok, Poland with the Wieslawski Bros.. Tue Madsen, who previously worked with such bands as MOONSPELL, CATARACT, HEAVEN SHALL BURN and many more, mixed the CD at his Antfarm Studios in Denmark.