Sothis (EP)

Sothis
Cover art by Krzysztof Lutostański
EP by Vader
Released 1994
Recorded March 1994 at Modern Sound Studio in Gdynia and
March 1994 at W. Świech Studio in Olsztyn for tracks 1, 3, and 6[1]
Genre Death metal
Length 23:43
Label Baron Records, Repulse Records, Metal Mind Productions, Night Of The Vinyl Dead Records, Witching Hour Productions[2]
Producer Tomasz Bonarowski, Vader, Mariusz Kmiołek[3]
Vader chronology
The Darkest Age
(1994)The Darkest Age1994		 Sothis
(1994)		 De Profundis
(1995)De Profundis1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]
Chronicles of Chaos[5]

Sothis is an EP by the Polish death metal band Vader. It was released in 1994 by Baron Records. Tracks 2 and 4 appear on their next release, De Profundis, and track 7 appears on Vader's tribute album Future of the Past.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Hymn to the Ancient Ones" Piotr Wiwczarek1:52
2."Sothis"Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek3:45
3."De Profundis" (instrumental) Piotr Wiwczarek1:31
4."Vision and the Voice"Paweł WasilewskiPiotr Wiwczarek3:26
5."The Wrath"Piotr WiwczarekPiotr Wiwczarek4:54
6."R'Lyeh" (instrumental) Piotr Wiwczarek1:53
7."Black Sabbath" (Black Sabbath cover)Ozzy OsbourneOzzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward6:19
Total length:23:43

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Vader
Session musician
Other
  • Leszek "Shambo" Rakowski – bass guitar (credited, did not perform)[6]
Production
  • Tomasz "Tom" Bonarowski – sound engineering, mixing, producer
  • Krzysztof Lutostański – cover painting
  • Jan Polakowski – computer design
  • Mariusz Kmiołek – executive producer, management
  • Marcin Ograbek – sound engineering assistant
  • Wojtek & Sławek Wiesławscy – remastering[7]
  • Zbigniew Bielak – layout (re-release)[7]
Note
  • Tracks 2, 4, 5, 7 recorded and mixed at Modern Sound Studio, Gdynia, March 1994.
  • Tracks 1, 3, 6 recorded and mixed at W. Świech Studio, Olsztyn, March 1994.

Release history

Formats Region Date Label
CS, CD Poland 1994 Baron Records
CD Spain 1995 Repulse Records
CS, CD Poland 1998 Metal Mind Productions
CD Poland August 29, 2006[8] Metal Mind Productions
LP Italy June 23, 2012[9] Night Of The Vinyl Dead Records
CD Poland November 27, 2012[10] Witching Hour Productions

References

  1. ↑ Sothis @ Vader official website
  2. ↑ Sothis @ cduniverse
  3. ↑ http://www.vader.pl/sothis-e.html
  4. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/sothis-mw0000977460
  5. ↑ http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-218
  6. 1 2 Walewski, Jacek. "Piotr Peter Wiwczarek (Vader)" (in Polish). www.magazyngitarzysta.pl. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  7. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  8. ↑ https://www.amazon.com/Sothis-Vader/dp/B000H0MNHG
  9. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Vader-Sothis/release/3806617
  10. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130312232319/http://www.witchinghour.pl/webshop/vader-sothis-digi-pack-p-3428.html
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