Formed in 1983, the group was founded by then-bassist Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek and guitarist Zbigniew "Vika" Wróblewski.

Since 2022, the band has comprised Wiwczarek on lead guitar and vocals, rhythm guitarist Marek "Spider" Pająk, bassist Tomasz "Hal" Halicki, and drummer Michał Andrzejczyk.

[1] Lyrical themes include stories by H. P. Lovecraft,[2] World War II, horror, and science fiction.

Vader also recorded the Kingdom EP and a VHS video entitled Vision and Voice around this time; both were released in December.

In June, the band went on another European tour, and the rest of the summer was filled with numerous appearances at festivals in Central Europe.

The release of the album was also supported by live shows, including April's No Mercy Festival 2000, and in June, the band embarked on a 30-date European tour with Vital Remains, Fleshcrawl, and Pandemia.

[5] In 2008, Novy decided to leave Vader after five years; Marcin Rygiel (ex-Decapitated) replaced him on bass for the U.S. Summer Slaughter Tour 2008.

[8] In December 2013, Vader entered the studio to record their then-upcoming tenth album, titled Tibi et Igni, for an early 2014 release.

[16] In March 2022, it was announced drummer James Stewart had departed the band a month prior and was replaced by Michał Andrzejczyk.

[17] Graham Hartmann of Loudwire said, "Until Behemoth’s new millennium rise, Vader served as Poland’s biggest death metal export.

They challenged their contemporaries in the speed department alongside mechanized riffing as frontman Piotr “Peter” Wiwczarek spilled the secrets of the ‘Necronimicon’ and other magical mysteries.

The sewer monster sounds that emanate from his throat have a whirring quality, but he manages to be intelligible in his delivery, perfectly enunciating each word.

When a friend was trying to introduce Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme to the death metal genre, he played Vader's music.