Vader "The Art of War" (Candlelight)
By Eric Chon
Friday. Jan 20, 3:44 PM
As always, anything from these guys will destroy your mind!

Oh Vader! The shortest and death metaliest metal band from Poland, why do you tease us so? Here I sit, listening to four tracks (plus two intros) of pure, uncut face-melting death metal and the only thing I can think is “why is this not a full-length?” I know the first taste is free (or nearly so compared to CD prices these days) just to get me hooked, and it’s worked you fuckers. The Art of War is so goddamn bad ass that everything else just seems weak by comparison!

Atmospheric opener “Para Bellum” calmly leads into the aural onslaught that is “This is the War.” Trademark Swiss-watch precision and diabolic aggression are on full display as Vader tear you a new one in record time. And although the EP relies on a drive and speed that’s fueled their past work, rarely (if at all) does it blend into a single maelstrom of hostility. “Banners on the Wind” is the other intro that actually succeeds as a bridge to the EP’s most tantalizing and salacious song, “What Colour is Your Blood.”

With a potent mixture of full-on speed and groove as fat as your mom’s ass, “Colour” thunders through with a confidence even veterans of the genre fail to muster. While your head whips into a frenzy of banging, the only cognizant thought that grips your mind is “more.” And before you even have a chance to prepare for it, The Art of War ends with “Death in Silence,” a blastbeat bonanza that packs in more furious anger in its short 2:10 lifespan than any metalcore act could in their entire career.

Vader know what they’re doing. You are left wanting and waiting for that full-length with the full knowledge that, if it even comes close to this EP, it will destroy your mind. Fucking Vader, man.
www.vader.pl
www.candlelightrecordsusa.com

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Eric Chon

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