One of the earliest death metal bands (and first to hail from Poland) is Vader.
Although their debut album, The Ultimate Incantation, didn't reach U.S.
soil until 1990, Vader had been riffin' and growlin' in their native land since 1986.
One of their earliest releases was Sothis, which has been in and out of print since its original release in 1994.
Come 1998, the folks at Metal Mind Records dusted off the seven-track set and gave it a proper reissue.
As with all Vader albums, you know what you're in for as soon as the little laser light hits the shiny disc -- metronome-perfect drum work, horror movie-worthy lyrics, etc.
And as evidenced by such tracks as the title track and "Vision and Voice," Sothis is certainly no different.
Lastly, Vader prove once and for all that Black Sabbath have influenced just about every heavy metal band since 1970, as they hand in an album-closing cover of "Black Sabbath.".
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hymn to the Ancient Ones | Vader | Play | 01:51 | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| 2 | SothisPiotr "Peter" Wiwczarek | Vader | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 3 | De Profundis | Vader | Play | 01:39 | 3 MB | 7 MB |
| 4 | Vision and the VoicePiotr "Peter" Wiwczarek | Vader | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 26 MB |
| 5 | The WrathPiotr "Peter" Wiwczarek | Vader | Play | 04:53 | 11 MB | 36 MB |
| 6 | R'lyeh | Vader | Play | 01:53 | 4 MB | 7 MB |
| 7 | Black Sabbath | Vader | Play | 06:24 | 14 MB | 43 MB |
| 23 mins | 54 MB | |||||
| 23 mins | 159 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Bonarowski | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 2 | China | Guitar, Member of Attributed Artist |
| 3 | Doc | Drums, Member of Attributed Artist |
| 4 | Peter | Guitar, Member of Attributed Artist, Vocals |
| 5 | Shambo | Guitar (Bass), Member of Attributed Artist |
| 6 | Grzegorz Skawinski | Guitar, Soloist |
| 7 | Sothis | Primary Artist |
| 8 | Vader | Audio Production, Primary Artist |
| 9 | Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek | Composer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |