Sothis (EP) explained

Sothis
Type:	EP
Artist:	Vader
Cover:	SothisVader.jpg
Caption:	Cover art by Krzysztof Lutostański
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]
Prev Title:	The Darkest Age
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	De Profundis
Next Year:	1995

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.

Personnel

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

Vader Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass guitar^[4] Jarosław "China" Łabieniec – rhythm guitar, lead guitar Krzysztof "Doc/Docent" Raczkowski – drums Session musician: Grzegorz Skawiński – guitar (Black Sabbath) Other Leszek "Shambo" Rakowski – bass guitar (credited, did not perform)

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^[5] Zbigniew Bielak – layout (re-release) 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	29 August 2006^[6]	Metal Mind Productions
LP	Italy	23 June 2012^[7]	Night of the Vinyl Dead Records
CD	Poland	27 November 2012^[8]	Witching Hour Productions

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sothis . Vader.pl. 2 January 2022.
2. Web site: Vader - Sothis CD Album. Cduniverse.com. 2 January 2022.
3. Web site: VADER - the Official Website [Sothis] . 17 June 2008 . 8 June 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080608185639/http://www.vader.pl/sothis-e.html . dead .
4. Web site: Piotr Peter Wiwczarek (Vader). Walewski. Jacek . Magazyngitarzysta.pl. Polish. 27 December 2011.
5. Web site: Hertz Studio | Dwa legendarne albumy VADER są już dostępne!!! . 16 February 2014 . dead . https://archive.today/20140227194944/http://www.hertzrecording.com/index.php/pl/news1/284-podjelismy-dwa-legendarne-albumy-vader-sa-juz-dostepne-z-davidem-laboga-www-davidlaboga-com-2.html . 27 February 2014 .
6. Web site: Sothis. 2 January 2022. Amazon.com.
7. Web site: Vader – Sothis (2012, Red, Vinyl). 2 January 2022. Discogs.com.
8. Web site: CD,DIGI PACK,CDR - VADER - "Sothis" DIGI PACK - WITCHINGHOUR PRODUCTIONS. 12 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130312232319/http://www.witchinghour.pl/webshop/vader-sothis-digi-pack-p-3428.html. 2 January 2022. 12 March 2013.