Sodom - Discography (1986-2013)

Sodom - Discography (1986-2013)




Sodom

Country of origin: Germany
Location: Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia
Status: Active
Formed in: 1981
Genre: Black/Speed Metal (early), Thrash Metal (later)
Lyrical themes: Satanism, Blasphemy (early); War, Death (later)
Current label: Steamhammer
Years active: 1981-present

Sodom is a German thrash metal band from Gelsenkirchen, formed in 1981.
Along with the bands Kreator, Destruction and Tankard, Sodom is considered one of the "The Big Teutonic Four"
of Teutonic thrash metal. While three bands (except Tankard) created a sound that would influence
death metal and black metal, Sodom's early music style would greatly influence many late-1980s and early-1990s
black metal bands more than others.
To date, Sodom has released fourteen studio albums, three live albums, two compilation albums and six EPs.
They achieved their first commercial success with their third studio album Agent Orange (1989),
which was the first thrash metal album to enter the German album charts, where it reached number 36.
Sodom remains one of the best-selling thrash metal acts of all time, having sold over one million records.

Current line-up

Tom Angelripper (Thomas Such, Onkel Tom) - vocals, bass (Desperados) (1981–present)
Bernd "Bernemann" Kost - guitar (ex-Crows) (1996–present)
Markus "Makka" Freiwald - drums (2010–present)

Former members

Guitar

Frank Testegen - (1983–1984)
Josef "Grave Violator" Dominic - (1984–1985, 2007)
Michael Wulf - (1985–1986) (later Kreator) (deceased)
Uwe Christophers - (on tour in 1986)
Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik - (later Mystic (Bra) and Kreator) (1987–1989, special appearance in the December 28, 2006 concert in Bochum)
Uwe Baltrusch - (on tour in 1989/1990) (also in Mekong Delta, later House of Spirits)
Michael Hoffman - (Assassin (Ger)) (1990)
Andy Brings - (later Powergod) (1991–1995)
Dirk Strahlimeier - (1995–1996) (deceased)

Drums

Christian "Witchhunter" Dudek - (1983–1992, 2007) (deceased) (see also Destruction and Bathory)
Guido Richter - (1993-1996) (later Stahlträger, Assassin, Sacred Chao, Holy Moses, Living Death, Brotós)
Bobby Schottkowski - (1997–2010)

Studio CD
1986-Obsessed By Cruelty (Steamhammer pressing) • 320 kbps

01. Intro (The Rebirth...) (0:56)
02. Deathlike Silence (5:18)
03. Brandish The Sceptre (2:56)
04. Proselytism Real (3:25)
05. Equinox (3:36)
06. After The Deluge (4:54)
07. Obsessed By Cruelty (5:04)
08. Fall Of Majesty Town (4:04)
09. Nuctemeron (3:02)
10. Pretenders To The Thron (2:37)
11. Witchhammer (1:36)
12. Volcanic Slut (2:57)

Total Time: 40:24

Notes:
Two versions of Obsessed by Cruelty were issued in a short space of time.
The original mix was pressed up, but then not found to be satisfactory and so the entire album was remixed.

Personnel:
• Tom Angelripper - Vocals/Bass
• Michael Wulf (Destructor) - Guitar
• Uwe Christophers (Assator) - Guitar
• Chris Witchhunter - Drums

1987-Persecution Mania • 320 kbps

01. Nuclear Winter (5:24)
02. Electrocution (3:13)
03. Iron Fist (2:43)
04. Persecution Mania (3:35)
05. Enchanted Land (3:57)
06. Procession To Golgatha (2:01)
07. Christ Passion (6:11)
08. Conjuration (3:40)
09. Bombenhagel (5:06)
10. Outbreak Of Evil (3:31)
11. Sodomy And Lust (5:12)
12. The Conqueror (3:28)
13. My Atonement (6:04)

Total Time: 54:06

Personnel:
• Tom Angelripper - Vocals/Bass
• Frank Blackfire - Guitars
• Chris Witchhunter - Drums

Notes:
This European CD release (Cat.-No. SPV 85-7509) has a rerecording of "Outbreak of Evil" (track 10)
and the "Expurse of Sodomy" [EP] as bonus (tracks 11, 12, 13).

1988-In the Sign of Evil + Obsessed By Cruelty • 320 kbps

01. In The Sign Of Evil (Intro) (0:14)
02. Outbreak Of Evil (4:31)
03. Sepulchral Voice (4:28)
04. Blasphemer (3:00)
05. Witching Metal (3:11)
06. Intro (0:38)
07. Burst Command Till War (2:43)
08. Outro (0:11)
09. After The Deluge (1:53)
10. Deathlike Silence (5:04)
11. Brandish The Sceptre (2:53)
12. Proselytism Real (3:29)
13. Equinox (3:31)
14. Volcanic Slut (3:19)
15. Obsessed By Cruelty (5:45)
16. Fall Of Majesty Town (3:57)
17. Nuctemeron (2:56)
18. Pretenders To The Throne (2:35)
19. Witchhammer (2:03)

Total Time: 56:20

Personnel:
• Tom Angelripper - Vocals/Bass
• Michael Wulf (Destructor) - Guitar
• Uwe Christophers (Assator) - Guitar
• Chris Witchhunter - Drums

Notes:
"Obsessed by Cruelty" is the 1986 debut album. It was re-released together with "In the Sign of Evil" in 1988.
Though generally unknown, two different versions of this album exist.
They had to record the album twice because their record company was not satisfied with the result.
The first version was recorded in Berlin and the second version in Nuremberg. According to Tom Angelripper,
the second recording is "completely different" and includes a bonus track called "After the Deluge"
because they had a different guitar player.

1989-Agent Orange • 320 kbps

01. Agent Orange (6:04)
02. Tired And Red (5:26)
03. Incest (4:38)
04. Remember The Fallen (4:20)
05. Magic Dragon (6:00)
06. Exhibition Bout (3:35)
07. Ausgebombt (3:04)
08. Baptism Of Fire (4:03)
09. Don't Walk Away (2:56)

Total Time: 40:05

Personnel:
• Tom Angelripper - Vocals/Bass
• Frank Blackfire - Guitars
• Chris Witchhunter - Drums

1989-Agent Orange (2CD, 2010 Reissue) • 320 kbps

CD1:
01. Agent Orange (6:05)
02. Tired And Red (5:28)
03. Incest (4:40)
04. Remember The Fallen (4:21)
05. Magic Dragon (5:59)
06. Exhibition Bout (3:36)
07. Ausgebombt (3:05)
08. Baptism Of Fire (4:05)
09. Don't Walk Away (2:56)

CD2:
10. Incest (Live) (4:19)
11. Agent Orange (Live) (5:27)
12. Tired And Red (Live) (5:02)
13. Remember The Fallen (Live) (4:06)
14. Ausgebombt (Live) (3:47)
15. Ausgebombt (German Version) (3:07)

Total Time: 1:06:03

Notes:
In March of 2010, Agent Orange was re-released in a high class digipak with bonus tracks along with liner
notes filled with lyrics and rare photos.
To this date, Agent Orange has sold more than any other Teutonic thrash metal band's albums.

Personnel:
• Tom Angelripper - Vocals/Bass
• Frank Blackfire - Guitars
• Chris Witchhunter - Drums

1990-Better Off Dead • 320 kbps

01. An Eye For An Eye (4:25)
02. Shellfire Defense (4:21)
03. The Saw Is The Law (4:11)
04. Turn Your Head Around (3:23)
05. Capture The Flag (6:07)
06. Cold Sweat (3:09)
07. Bloodtrails (4:45)
08. Never Healing Wound (2:26)
09. Better Off Dead (3:44)
10. Resurrection (4:50)
11. Tarred And Feathered (3:01)
12. Stalinorgel (4:41)

Total Time: 49:03

Personnel:
• Tom Angelripper - Vocals/Bass
• Michael Hoffman - Guitars
• Chris Witchhunter - Drums

1992-Tapping the Vein • 320 kbps

01. Body Parts (3:03)
02. Skinned Alive (2:27)
03. One Step Over The Line (5:07)
04. Deadline (3:52)
05. Bullet In The Head (3:01)
06. The Crippler (4:09)
07. Watchurm (3:46)
08. Tapping The Vein (5:11)
09. Back To War (3:14)
10. Hunting Season (4:27)
11. Reincarnation (7:49)

Total Time: 46:06

Personnel:
• Tom Angelripper - Vocals, Bass
• Andy Brings - Guitars
• Chris Witchhunter - Drums

1994-Get What You Deserve • 320 kbps

01. Get What You Deserve (3:45)
02. Jabba The Hut (2:30)
03. Jesus Screamer (1:42)
04. Delight In Slaying (2:40)
05. Die Stumme Ursel (3:47)
06. Freaks Of Nature (2:07)
07. Eat Me (3:22)
08. Unbury The Hatched (2:29)
09. Into Perdition (2:46)
10. Sodomized (2:44)
11. Fellows In Misery (2:18)
12. Tribute To Moby Dick (Instrumental) (4:21)
13. Silence Is Consent (2:30)
14. Erwachet! (2:17)
15. Gomorrah (2:19)
16. Angel Dust (2:40)

Total Time: 44:14

Personnel:
• Tom Angelripper - Vocals/Bass
• Andy Brings - Guitars
• Atomic Steif - Drums

1995-Masquerade in Blood • 320 kbps

01. Masquerade In Blood (3:19)
02. Gathering Of Minds (4:16)
03. Fields Of Honour (3:23)
04. Braindead (2:29)
05. Verrecke!! (2:48)
06. Shadow Of Damnation (2:56)
07. Peacemaker's Law (3:23)
08. Murder In My Eyes (2:38)
09. Unwanted Youth (3:33)
10. Mantelmann (2:10)
11. Scum (5:23)
12. Hydrophobia (3:21)
13. Let's Break The Law (2:56)

Total Time: 42:34

Personnel:
• Tom Angelripper - Vocals/Bass
• Strahli - Guitars
• Atomic Steif - Drums

1997-'Til Death Do Us Unite • 320 kbps

01. Frozen Screams (2:55)
02. Fuck The Police (3:26)
03. Gisela (2:38)
04. That's What An Unknown Killer Diarized (4:41)
05. Hanging Judge (2:46)
06. No Way Out (2:47)
07. Polytoximaniac (2:26)
08. 'Til Death Do Us Unite (5:11)
09. Hazy Shade Of Winter (1:58)
10. Suicidal Justice (2:46)
11. Wander In The Valley (3:50)
12. Show The Seeds Of Discord (2:29)
13. Master Of Disguise (3:01)
14. Schwerter Zu Pflugscharen (4:00)
15. Hey, Hey, Hey Rock'n'roll Star (4:19)

Total Time: 49:14

Notes:
The track "Hazy Shade of Winter" was originally written by Paul Simon. Nevertheless,
Sodom intended it to be a cover of the version previously performed by the Bangles.

Personnel:
• Tom Angelripper – vocals, bass
• Bernemann – guitars
• Bobby Schottkowski – drums

1999-Code Red • 320 kbps

01. Intro (0:48)
02. Code Red (3:55)
03. What Hell Can Create (3:30)
04. Tombstone (3:55)
05. Liquidation (2:44)
06. Spiritual Demise (2:51)
07. Warlike Conspriracy (2:48)
08. Cowardice (4:17)
09. The Vice Of Killing (4:20)
10. Visual Buggery (3:13)
11. Book Burning (2:34)
12. The Wolf And The Lamb (3:18)
13. Addicted To Abstinence (2:07)

Total Time: 40:21

Personnel:
• Tom Angelripper – vocals, bass
• Bernemann – guitars
• Bobby Schottkowski – drums

2001-M-16 • 320 kbps

01. Among The Weirdcong (5:09)
02. I Am The War (4:07)
03. Napalm In The Morning (5:57)
04. Minejumper (3:11)
05. Genocide (4:49)
06. Little Boy (4:08)
07. M-16 (4:50)
08. Lead Injection (6:24)
09. Cannon Fodder (3:53)
10. Marines (3:56)
11. Surfin' Bird (2:39)
12. Witching Metal (3:10)
13. Devil's Attack (3:12)

Total Time: 55:25

Notes:
The digipak edition contains two tracks taken from the 1982 "Witching Metal" demo recording.
The intro sample from "Napalm in the Morning" is taken from the movie "Apocalypse Now".
The sample from "Marines" is taken from the movie "Full Metal Jacket".

Personnel:
• Tom Angelripper - Bass/Vocals
• Bernemann - Guitars
• Bobby Schottkowski - Drums

2006-Sodom • 320 kbps

01. Blood On Your Lips (4:43)
02. Wanted Dead (3:56)
03. Buried In The Justice Ground (3:08)
04. City Of God (4:35)
05. Bibles And Guns (3:31)
06. Axis Of Evil (4:35)
07. Lords Of Depravity (2:47)
08. No Captures (4:46)
09. Lay Down The Law (3:56)
10. Nothing To Regret (2:52)
11. The Enemy Inside (4:07)

Total Time: 42:56

Notes:
The first pressing comes in a slipcase and includes a full-colour poster of the artwork.
"The album is self-titled," Angelripper explains, "because every band needs a self-titled album."

Personnel:
• Tom Angelripper - Bass, Vocals
• Bernemann - Guitars
• Bobby Schottkowski - Drums

2007-The Final Sign of Evil • 320 kbps

01. The Sin Of Sodom (5:41)
02. Blasphemer (3:21)
03. Bloody Corpse (3:56)
04. Witching Metal (3:38)
05. Sons Of Hell (4:23)
06. Burst Command 'til War (2:30)
07. Where Angels Die (4:48)
08. Sepulchral Voice (4:36)
09. Hatred Of The Gods (3:15)
10. Ashes To Ashes (4:22)
11. Outbreak Of Evil (3:22)
12. Defloration (3:53)

Total Time: 47:44

Notes:
The album features re-recorded versions of the tracks from "In the Sign of Evil" as well as
seven songs that were originally written for "In the Sign of Evil" but never recorded for
the album due to the label's inability to pay for studio time,
so In the Sign of Evil was released as an EP rather than a full-length LP.

Personnel:
• Tom Angelripper - Bass, Vocals
• Grave Violator (Josef "Peppi" Dominic) - Guitar
• Chris Witchhunter (Christian Dudeck) - Drums

2010-In War And Pieces (2CD Deluxe Edition) • 320 kbps

CD1:
01. In War And Pieces (4:11)
02. Hellfire (3:07)
03. Through Toxic Veins (4:44)
04. Nothing Counts More Than Blood (3:49)
05. Storm Raging Up (5:08)
06. Feigned Death Throes (3:59)
07. Soul Contraband (3:51)
08. God Bless You (5:11)
09. The Art Of Killing Poetry (4:39)
10. Knarrenheinz (3:17)
11. Styptic Parasite (5:14)

CD2 — Live at Wacken, 25th Anniversary show 2007:
12. Blood On Your Lips (Live) (4:55)
13. City Of Cod (Live) (5:22)
14. Proselytism Real (Live) (4:43)
15. Christ Passion (Live) (6:38)
16. One Step Over The Line (Live) (5:15)
17. Abuse (Live) (2:15)
18. Sodomy And Lust (Live) (5:12)
19. Ausgebombt (Live) (3:15)
20. The Saw Is The Law (Live) (5:59)
21. Outbreak Of Evil (Live) (3:29)

Total Time: 1:34:15

Notes:
'In War and Pieces' is the 13th studio release from German Thrash heavy hitters SODOM,
and sees a return to the early sound of SODOM. Don't let that statement fool you, this is no throwback album
by any means, It blends modern production (without feeling overly produced), with the classic SODOM style.
If you want to know what 'In War And Pieces' is all about look no further than the title track
and first song that you can hear at this location. It's clean, and it's definitely mean. Angelripper
and company are at the top of their game, and this may be the strongest SODOM release since 'Agent Orange'.
The album (as stated earlier) kicks things off in full force with the title track 'In War And Pieces'.
After a short "intro" 'I.W.& P.' instantly causes an involentary head bob, and the riff sucks you in and spits you
out, this is SODOM at their very best, and sure to take it's place among SODOM classics like 'Agent Orange',
The Saw Is The Law', and 'M-16'.
This album keeps pounding you with aggression throughout the first 6 tracks,
mixing all out thrash, with some well placed, short, melodic interludes. 'Soul Contraband'
would at first appear to be a bit of a break in it's aggressiveness. Starting off a bit slower,
and with a bit of a chugging riff, but as the song goes on, Angelripper builds into more and more of an angered tone,
so while the pace of the music itself, may be a bit slower than the rest of the album, this might be the 'ugliest'
song on the album. Angelripper is one of those vocalist who has the ability to not just scream, yell or get louder, but convey a feeling, or in this case the festering of rage.
Knarrenheinz is easily, the fastest song on the album. This song is a pit (un)friendly neckbreaker.
The album is rounded out with 'Styptic Parasite', this song has more of a rock n' roll feel to it,
almost like a Carcass tune, it's a rock song with bite.
Overall this may be my favorite release from SODOM...ever.
After what is nearing 30 years and many lineup changes,
SODOM has held up, and stayed true to what they are better than almost all of the peers in the thrash world.
'In War And Pieces' is poised to be the must have metal release of (2010) 2011,
and another in the long line of SODOM classics.

Personnel:
• Tom Angelripper - Bass, Vocals
• Bernemann - Guitars
• Bobby Schottkowski - Drums

• Waldemar Sorychta - Producer
• Eliran Kantor - Artwork

2012-30 Years Sodomized 1982–2012 • 320 kbps

CD1 - 30 Years' War:
01. Burst Command 'Til War (2:45)
02. Brandish The Sceptre (2:55)
03. My Atonement (6:04)
04. Electrocution (3:15)
05. Christ Passion (6:13)
06. Tired And Red (5:27)
07. Baptism Of Fire (4:05)
08. The Saw Is The Law (Splatting Version) (5:51)
09. Shellfire Defense (4:22)
10. Tarred And Feathered (3:03)
11. The Crippler (4:10)
12. Reincarnation (7:50)
13. Sodomized (2:45)
14. Delight In Slaying (2:40)
15. Into Perdition (2:44)

CD2 - 30 Years' War:
01. Gathering Of Minds (4:18)
02. Unwanted Youth (3:33)
03. Scum (5:09)
04. Tombstone (3:56)
05. Warlike Conspiracy (2:50)
06. Spiritual Demise (2:53)
07. Book Burning (2:36)
08. Minejumper (3:12)
09. Genocide (4:49)
10. Where Angels Die (4:48)
11. Hatred Of The Gods (3:14)
12. Lords Of Depravity (2:50)
13. Kamikaze Terrorizer (3:44)
14. In War And Pieces (4:13)
15. Hellfire (3:07)

CD3 - Official Bootleg - The Witchunter Decade:
01. Sepulchral Voice (Rehearsal, 19