Facts: - website: www.vader.pl - years active: 1983 -- present - landscape: yes - caption: vader playing in rostock -lrb- 2011 -rrb- - origin: olsztyn , poland - label: mystic nuclear blast metal mind earache impact hammerheart metal blade regain - name: vader - image size: 250 - background: group_or_band - image: vader 2011 in rostock.jpg - associated acts: behemoth sweet noise decapitated dies irae vesania Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of vader -lrb- band -rrb- .
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vader is a polish death metal band from olsztyn .formed in 1983 , the group was founded by then-bassist piotr '' peter '' wiwczarek and guitarist zbigniew '' vika '' wroblewski .vader went through several lineup changes over the years , and since 2011 comprises wiwczarek on guitars and vocals , guitarist marek '' spider '' pajak , bassist tomasz '' hal '' halicki , and british drummer james stewart .starting as a heavy metal group , vader eventually went to thrash , speed , and then in the late 1980s became a death metal band .the band 's name was inspired by darth vader from the '' star wars '' film series .lyrical themes include stories by h. p. lovecraft , world war ii , horror , and anti-religious messages .according to '' billboard '' magazine , by 2002 vader sold approximately 500,000 releases around the world .