### Vader: Black to the blind

#### 15/04/11 || InquisitorGeneralis

IG’s Note: It’s been a while since I’ve written a tune for a review, so here you go. I figured a cheery little jingle would go alone nicely with an album as brutal as “Black to the Blind”.

Peter, Mauser, Shambo, and Doc Where a foursome of dudes who really could rock, They’d piss on Ralph Nader And fight off Christ’s crusaders They were the best version of Vader!

In 1997 They wanted to burn Heaven, They’d had enough of that fucker Jesus, the ass-plucker It was time to take it to that mothersucker!

They made “Black to the Blind” It was death, but kinda grind, Not the band’s best But better than most of the rest “Litany” is their creative crest!

The title track rules “Beast raping” is cool, “Distant Dream” makes me cream The breakdown’s obscene It’s groovy deluxe in the extreme!

There are drawbacks Some short songs are whack, The production is good The kicks give me wood Doc’s an OG in heaven’s drumming ‘hood!

I didn’t know God’s a foetus So what’s that make Jeebus? Vader’s not a fan Blasting’s the plan Peter, we need more groove man!

What on the cover? Smalley’s gay lover! Nah, just a Demon Gulping the world’s semen It’s all ending soon, I’m believin’

The record’s a beast An aggressive, brutal feast, But more variety would be good Slower Vader gives me wood Recommend this? I know I should!

“BTTB” is worth grabbing And for all my bullshit blabbing, It’s a good death metal disc and worth a few dollars risk It hits harder than my man, Carlton ‘Fucken’ Fisk

I hope you enjoyed my floetry poetry. “Black to the Blind” is pretty good, but far from Vader’s best. If the entire album sounded like the title track, it would be a different story. It’s fast, brutal, and aggressive and you get solid performances (as expected) from the band, especially drummer Doc who seriously could do no wrong. This is not the first Vader album I would recommend for a Vader n00b to own, but it’s definitely worth having in ye old collection of Polideath.

- Information
- Released: 1997
- Label: Pavement
- Website: www.vader.pl/glowna-e.html
- Band
- Piotr “Peter” Wiwczarek: vocals, guitars
- Leszek “Shambo” Rakowski: bass
- Maurycy “Mauser” Stafanowicz: guitars
- Krzysztof “Doc” Raczkowski: drums

- Tracklist
- 01. Heading for Internal Darkness
- 02. The Innermost Ambience
- 03. Carnal
- 04. Fractal Light
- 05. True Names
- 06. Beast Raping
- 07. Foetus God
- 08. The Red Passage
- 09. Distant Dream
- 10. Black to the Blind