The Darkest Age: Live '93

Cover art by Jacek Wiśniewski

Live album by Vader

Released

July 27, 1994
(See Release history)

Recorded

December 13, 1993

Genre

Death metal

Length

51:07

Language

English, Polish

Label

Baron Records, Arctic Serenades, System Shock/Impact Records, Metal Mind Records, Pavement Music

Producer

Vader & Mariusz Kmiołek^[1]

Vader chronology

Alternative cover
The Ultimate Incantation (1992)	The Darkest Age (1993)	De Profundis (1995)
alternative cover art

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

The Darkest Age: Live '93 is a live album by the death metal band Vader. It was recorded at Corona Hall, Cracow, Poland (13th of December 1993), originally released on Baron Records in 1994 in cassette format.

Track listing 1
Personnel 2
Release history 3
References 4

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Macbeth (Intro)" (instrumental)		Laibach	3:54
2.	"Dark Age"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:43
3.	"Vicious Circle"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:13
4.	"The Crucified Ones"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:11
5.	"Demon's Wind"		Piotr Wiwczarek	5:01
6.	"Decapitated Saints"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	2:31
7.	"From Beyond (Intro)" (instrumental)		Piotr Wiwczarek	1:01
8.	"Chaos"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:57
9.	"Reign-Carrion"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	7:17
10.	"Testimony"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:10
11.	"Breath of Centuries"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:23
12.	"Omen (Intro)" (instrumental)		Jerry Goldsmith	2:08
13.	"Hell Awaits" (Slayer cover)	Kerry King	Jeff Hanneman, Kerry King	4:41

Japanese Bonus Tracks
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
14.	"Hymn to the Ancient Ones"		Piotr Wiwczarek	1:52
15.	"Sothis"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:45
16.	"De Profundis" (instrumental)		Piotr Wiwczarek	1:31
17.	"Vision and the Voice"	Paweł Wasilewski	Piotr Wiwczarek	3:26
18.	"The Wrath"	Piotr Wiwczarek	Piotr Wiwczarek	4:54
19.	"R'Lyeh" (instrumental)		Piotr Wiwczarek	1:53
20.	"Black Sabbath" (Black Sabbath cover)	Ozzy Osbourne	Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward	6:19

Personnel

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

Vader

Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar
Jarosław "China" Łabieniec – rhythm guitar, lead guitar
Jacek "Jackie" Kalisz – bass guitar
Krzysztof "Docent" Raczkowski – drums

Production

Jacek Wiśniewski – cover art
Jan Polakowski – alternative cover art
Marcin Ograbek – engineering
Mariusz Kmiołek – management
A. Belica – photos

Note

Recorded at Corona Hall, Kraków, Poland, December 13, 1993

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Poland	July 27, 1994^[2]	Baron Records
Europe	1996	Arctic Serenades
Europe	March 18, 1998^[3]	System Shock/Impact Records
USA	July 27, 1999^[4]	Pavement Music
Japan	March 23, 2000^[5]	Avalon Marquee
Poland	February 20, 2007^[6]	Metal Mind Productions

References

^ http://www.vader.pl/darkest-e.html
^ ^a ^b The Darkest Age: Live '93 at AllMusic
^ http://www.discogs.com/Vader-The-Darkest-Age-Live-93/release/921103
^ http://www.amazon.com/Darkest-Age-Live-Vader/dp/B00000JLK1/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_23
^ http://www.marquee.co.jp/avalon/catalogue_sz.html
^ http://www.amazon.com/Darkest-Age-Live-93-Vader/dp/B000LE1GY4/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_21

Vader

Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek Marek "Spider" Pająk Tomasz "Hal" Halicki James Stewart Maurycy "Mauser" Stefanowicz Marcin "Martin" Rygiel Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski Konrad "Simon" Karchut Jarosław "China" Labieniec Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski Leszek "Shambo" Rakowski Zbigniew "Vika" Wróblewski Robert "Astaroth" Struczewski Grzegorz "Belial" Jackowski Piotr "Berial" Kuzioła Robert "Czarny" Czarneta Jacek "Jackie" Kalisz Marcin "Novy" Nowak Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka Tomasz "Reyash" Rejek Paweł "Paul" Jaroszewicz

Studio albums	The Ultimate Incantation De Profundis Black to the Blind Litany Revelations The Beast Impressions in Blood Necropolis Welcome to the Morbid Reich Tibi Et Igni

Demo albums	Live in Decay Necrolust Morbid Reich

Live albums	The Darkest Age Live in Japan

Compilations	Reborn in Chaos XXV

Extended plays	Sothis Kingdom Reign Forever World Blood The Art of War Lead Us!!! The Upcoming Chaos Go to Hell

Singles	"An Act of Darkness / I.F.Y." "Carnal / Black to the Blind" "Xeper / North" "Angel of Death" "Beware the Beast" "v.666" "We Are the Horde" "Nile / Vader" "Come and See My Sacrifice" "Where Angels Weep"

Video albums	Vision and Voice More Vision and the Voice Night of the Apocalypse And Blood Was Shed in Warsaw

Tribute albums	Future of the Past

Related articles	Discography Behemoth Crionics Dies Irae Vesania

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