In the summer of 1999, Dross and Scathe met while enrolled
at a recording engineering school
called Los Angeles Recording Workshop. Shortly after meeting, the two
decided
to get together and casually jam together and bounce different musical
ideas off
of each other. In March of 2000, they placed their first ads to begin
forming what
was to ultimately become Sothis. In December of 2000, they found their
first member; a bassist named Zereth. One month later they attained a
keyboardist named Asperia. The members began writing material and
continuing to search for a vocalist and second guitar player. In May of
2001, a second guitarist joined the band but, due to time constraints on
his part, the relationship was short lived. The foursome continued to
battle on by
auditioning many musicians but, unfortunately, none of them ultimately
panned out.
In October of 2001, Zereth departed to pursue his own musical endeavors
and
Scathe, Dross, and Asperia continued on. After two years of persistent
attempts
to find new members, they decided that without the right vocalist, it
simply
wasn’t worth continuing on. The trio placed a modest, quarter page ad
in Pit
Magazine issue #40 in search of a vocalist. In July of 2002, prior to
the Pit
Magazine ad being released, Dross answered an ad posted by Drogoth, the
vocalist of San Diego based Symphonic Black Metal band “Nocturnal
Demise”.
By September of that same year, Drogoth had disbanded Nocturnal Demise
in
order to join both the band and its battle to make Sothis a complete
unit.
In February 2003, the Sothis crew decided to place a 30 second
commercial
on the now defunct " L.A. Metal" T.V. program which aired on a local
cable
television network. While it might have been a noble attempt at
finding a
Bassist and second Guitarist, the effort proved ultimately
fruitless. The four even tried other alternative tactics in order to
complete the
lineup, including a two hundred dollar reward to anyone that referred
someone
to them that would ultimately become a permanent member. While
pursuing a
lead on a possible Bass player who was talking about re-locating to Los
Angeles from the Chicago area, Drogoth was introduced to Guitarist
Nylock. By April of 2003, Nylock had joined Sothis and the battle was on
to find a Bassist. The five members of Sothis decided to go on an all
out campaign to find a Bass player and complete the line up. The
onslaught consisted of constant classified ads, flyering gigs, and the
placement of several ads in local magazines. With very little response to
these efforts, the band realized that it was time to begin recording
their
first demo CD, even though the lineup wasn't quite complete. In March
of
2004, the band began recording their first official release, with
Scathe
handling bass playing duties. Before the recording was finished, Sothis
finally found the bassist they needed to complete the lineup. In the
end, it wasn't until December of 2004 that the Bass player would finally
be found. Ironically, Zereth returned to the fold, some four years
after he had first
joined. The task of completing the recording was an arduous one, with
many
obstacles slowing down the process. During the time that Sothis was
continuing the recording of their demo, they released several full-page
color ads in "Keeper Magazine" to keep the L.A. metal scene aware of
their presence, and their upcoming release.
Now, with a complete line up and a new self titled debut completed,
Sothis has redirected its focus and ambition on bringing their music to
the metal community. Take time to listen to their new release. You too
can join Sothis in its new battle by spreading the news of their
arrival and by e-mailing links or MP3’s to your friends.
SOTHIS
