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VADER Members Issue Post-Winterfest 2009 Tour Update

By jason

Polish death metallers VADER have issued the following:

Vader's mainman Peter has commented on the recently completed Winterfest 2009 tour and some other things. You can read it below:

Peter (vocals/guitar): "Welcome in the Year 2009 !!!! As I promised - You will see news more often on the Site, which itself will evolve soon as well... We're gonna add more new stuff (so the brand new Vader song will be available in days) also upgrade the general info on www.vader.pl . The real revolution in look will come with the new album in autumn.

What happened in last few weeks? Of course, Winterfest with our Dudes from DEICIDE, SAMAEL or DEVIAN was total success indeed!!!! Great tour and awesome start in New year for Vader!!! Every evening we played for plenty of Metal Freaks (average 550 Fans) and Vader were welcomed like kings. THANX SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOU INDEED!!!!! This is only a part of what we plan for the upcoming album and tours in late months 2009. We have spend great January with the whole Massive Music Team - who were working pretty hard every night to make every show in quality. The Winter Offensive destroyed everything totally!!!!!... Those who were know that well. Special greetings for all Fans in Slovakia and Poland , where 800 throats raised Hell every evening !!!!

Below You'll find some lines about the tour written by my Dudes from the band."

Vogg (guitar): "Winterfest 2009 was in my opinion tremendous. Great organization, good promotion and no problem at all... Deicide was destroying every evening!!! It was for me, Peter, Paul and Reyash just a second tour together but I saw all fans really satisfied from how we performed. I'd like to thank to Massive Music ,Peter, Fabricio, Wsciekly, Jurgen, and all "gypsies" for professional job and awesome atmosphere every night hehehe. Till next time!!!!"

Reyash (bass): "...after so successful tour in November in Scandinavia/Baltic Lands we all were waiting for Winterfest 2009- next tour organized by Massive Music... We met on 6th January in Progresja Club in Warsaw to prepare the set. Every one relaxed and filled with energy , ready for war... After 3 hours rehearsal (with Riverside practicing just behind the wall...)we spend time in a restaurant next door, having pizza and some good beers. Buzzi (our Friend carrying about the merch)showed up soon and the rest of our team fallowed him: "gypsies" from Krakov January/Vacek and Diabel,. The guys took our gear pretty fast to the trailer and in deep frost (minus 25 degrees) we took direction Massive Music HQ. Mario, Eva and Darek (tour manager) , Piotr and both Crisses (drivers) were awaiting us. Fast supper, cigarette, beer and we all moved to the nightliner... We drove somewhere in Germany to pick up Samael and the rest of Swiss crew.... I woke up at noon in Amsterdam , where the second nightliner was waiting with Australians from Amentia, Americans from Order Of Ennead and our sound master Fabricio. Devian dudes appeared just in next minutes...We were waiting just for Deicide. Ralf Santolla showed up soon after fallowed by Jack Owen and Steve Asheim, who came up from darkness in lather suit... After while Mr. Glen Benton showed up as well ! with a smile big like Hell... All was completed (two buses and 35 persons) and we start to Tillburg. So was the TEAM. Everything went well since the very beginning of the tour: professional bands-playing like Hell every evening - good venues, great number of Fans, awesome crew and organization, good food. Vader were more and more aggressive every next show. For a first time I was playing on Fender Precision Bass and it was so great feeling banging head with musicians like Peter, Vogg and Paul indeed. Tremendous fourteen shows, last three sold out... Bratislava killed and Poland was probably the best on tour! Every night crazy afterparty with cool friends... and so on every evening. Thanx so much for Massive Music for professionalism!!! Metal on!!!"

Paul (drums): Winterfest is just over and I can already say, that it was on of the best - if not the best - tour I ever took part at!!! All was so much professional prepared. Great atmosphere and cool company let everyone spend great time indeed. Of course - concerts were the most important and -to be honest -I felt little stress in Polish part of the tour. It were the first shows in Poland in this line up and I was not sure, how the response gonna be like. So the applause for Vader and great numbers of Fans was nice surprise for me. THANX SO MUCH for support !!! It was really important for me indeed. This is noting but big motivation for next Vader album and giving 200% more on next shows for Vader!!!"