''Tibi et Igni'' is the tenth studio album by Polish

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band Vader. It was released on 30 May 2014 through

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. The album was recorded by the Wiesławski brothers at Hertz Studio in

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, Poland. The album was preceded by the 7-inch EP '' Go to Hell'', which was released on 18 April 2014. ''Tibi et Igni'' is the first album to feature British drummer James Stewart, who replaced Pawel "Paul" Jaroszewicz in 2011.

Background

During an interview in February 2013, frontman

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announced that Vader had begun working on a new studio album with the working title ''Straight to Hell'', which was set to be released in late 2013. In May 2013, Wiwczarek announced that Vader planned to enter the studio in December to record its upcoming album, which was set to be released in early 2014. On 7 December 2013, it was announced that Vader had entered Hertz Studio in

, Poland and had begun recording a new album, with a new working title, ''Tibi et Igni'', which is a

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phrase that means "For You and Fire". The band had planned to record 14 new songs and 4 bonus tracks, and revealed possible song titles, including "Abandon All Hope", "Bring Them to Me" and "Infernal Poetry". On 29 December, Wiwczarek announced that tracking for the album would be completed by the end of January 2014, and the album would be completed by February. He also announced the album should be released by April or May 2014. On 7 March 2014, Vader announced that the band had finished recording the album, and that it will be released on 30 May 2014, through

. On 27 March, Vader released a teaser for ''Tibi et Igni''. On 16 April, a lyric video for the song "Where Angels Weep" was released.

Release

''Tibi et Igni'' is available as a standard CD, as a digipak CD with 2 bonus tracks, as a colored LP with a bonus 7-inch EP (including 2 bonus tracks), and exclusively through Nuclear Blast mailorder as a limited digipak edition with a signed Vader tourbook. The album features artwork from

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, best known for his artwork for bands including

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and

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. The album reached number 18 on the US Billboard Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers), selling around 1500 copies in two weeks. In Poland, ''Tibi et Igni'' landed at number 16, and dropped out two weeks later. The release also charted in France, Japan, Switzerland, and Germany. To promote the album, Vader released three track by track videos.

Track listing

Personnel

Production and performance credits taken from album liner notes.

Vader

– lead guitar, vocals * Marek "Spider" Pająk – rhythm guitar * Tomasz "Hal" Halicki – bass *James Stewart – drums

Additional musicians

*Marta Gabriel (

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) – female vocals ("Przeklęty na wieki (Cursed Eternally)")

Production

*Wojtek and Sławek Wiesławscy – production, mixing, mastering, recording (at Hertz Recording Studio, Białystok, Poland, December 2013-February 2014) *Piotr Polak – sound engineering assistance *

– cover art *Mariusz Kmiołek – management *Adam Sieklicki, Robert Zembrzycki, Stefano Catalani – photography

"Where Angels Weep"

"Where Angels Weep" is the ninth single by Vader. It was released on 18 April 2014 by

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

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