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Sodom discographySodom in 2007
Studio albums 16 EPs 7 Live albums 3 Compilation albums 3 Singles 3 Video albums 3 Demos 2
The following is a comprehensive discography of Sodom , a German thrash metal band. Formed in 1982, they have so far released sixteen studio albums, three live albums, two compilations, a DVD, two EPs, three singles, and two demos.
The band are considered one of the three biggest Teutonic thrash metal acts, the other two being Kreator and Destruction . While the other two bands developed a sound that has influenced death metal , Sodom created a sound that has influenced many black metal bands that formed in the late 1980s and the 1990s.
List of studio albums, with selected details
Year
Album details
Notes
1986
Obsessed by Cruelty
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.[ 1]
1987
Persecution Mania
Released: December 1987
Label: Steamhammer
"A virtual tour de force of blinding speed and blunt force, it is also arguably the best album of Sodom's checkered career."[ 2]
1989
Agent Orange
Released: June 1989
Label: Steamhammer
1990
Better Off Dead
Released: October 1990
Label: Steamhammer
1992
Tapping the Vein
Released: August 1992
Label: Steamhammer
"... Sodom attempted to make the transition from thrash to death themselves with 1992's Tapping the Vein ."[ 3]
1994
Get What You Deserve
Released: January 1994
Label: Steamhammer
1995
Masquerade in Blood
Released: June 1995
Label: Steamhammer
1997
'Til Death Do Us Unite
Released: 24 February 1997
Label: Steamhammer
1999
Code Red
Released: 31 May 1999
Label: Drakkar
2001
M-16
Released: 22 October 2001
Label: Steamhammer
2006
Sodom
Released: 21 April 2006
Label: Steamhammer
"Following the best 3 albums of their career and a five-year hiatus, their self-titled umpteenth album rekindles all the elemental power that won them so many denim-clad followers in the eighties."[ 4]
2007
The Final Sign of Evil
Released: 28 September 2007
Label: Steamhammer
The Final Sign of Evil contains a complete re-recording of their 1984 EP In the Sign of Evil and previously unreleased material not included on the EP.
2010
In War and Pieces
Released: 19 November 2010 (Germany), 22 November 2010 (Europe), 11 January 2011 (USA)
Label: Steamhammer
2013
Epitome of Torture
Released: 26 April 2013 (Germany), 7 May 2013 (USA)
Label: Steamhammer
2016
Decision Day
Released: 26 August 2016 (Germany)
Label: Steamhammer
2020
Genesis XIX
Released: 27 November 2020
Label: Steamhammer
Year
Album details
Notes
1988
Mortal Way of Live
Released: October 1988
Label: Steamhammer
Sodom toured Europe in 1988 with Whiplash and recorded Mortal Way of Life , the "first ever double live thrash [metal] album".[ 5]
1994
Marooned Live
Released: September 1994
Label: Steamhammer
2003
One Night in Bangkok
Released: 28 July 2003
Label: Steamhammer
Year
Album details
Notes
1996
Ten Black Years
Released: 2 December 1996
Label: Steamhammer
"As was the case with their very uneven career, Sodom's two-disc 'greatest-hits' set, Ten Black Years , is not the sort of collection one can easily appreciate when heard from start to finish."[ 6]
2012
30 Years Sodomized: 1982-2012
Released: 25 June 2012
Label: Steamhammer
2022
40 Years at War – The Greatest Hell of Sodom
Released: 28 October 2022
Label: Steamhammer
Year
EP details
Notes
1985
In the Sign of Evil
Released: 1985
Label: Steamhammer
Formats: LP, CD, cassette
Line-up:
Angelripper – vocals, bass
Grave Violator – guitars
Witchhunter – drums
Re-released in 1988 (and in 2001) with Obsessed by Cruelty on same disc by SPV.[ 1]
1987
Expurse of Sodomy
Released: March 1987
Label: Steamhammer
Formats: LP, cassette
Was also released as a picture disc.
Line-up:
Frank Godsdzik (aka Blackfire) – guitar
Christian Dudeck (aka Witchhunter) – drums
Thomas Such (aka Tom Angelripper) – bass, vocals[ 1]
1989
Ausgebombt
Released: 11 September 1989
Label: Steamhammer
1991
The Saw Is the Law
Released: January 1991
Label: Steamhammer
1993
Aber bitte mit Sahne
Released: October 1993
Label: Steamhammer
2014
Sacred Warpath
Released: 28 November 2014
Label: Steamhammer
2018
Partisan
Released: 23 November 2018
Label: Napalm Records
2019
Chosen by the Grace of God
Released: 30 October 2019
Label: Legacy Magazine
2019
Out of the Frontline Trench
Released: 22 November 2019[ 7]
Label: SPV /Steamhammer
2020
A Handful of Bullets
2023
1982
Released: 10 November 2023[ 9]
Label: SPV/Steamhammer
Year
Song details
Notes
1989
"Ausgebombt "
Released: 11 September 1989
Label: Steamhammer
1991
"The Saw Is the Law "
Released: January 1991
Label: Steamhammer
1993
"Aber bitte mit Sahne "
Released: October 1993
Label: Steamhammer
2022
"1982"
Released: 12 August 2022
Label: Steamhammer
Year
Video details
Notes
1988
Mortal Way of Live
Label: Sound & Vision
Format: VHS
1994
Live in der Zeche Carl
Released: December 1994
Label: Steamhammer
Format: VHS
2005
Lords of Depravity, Pt. 1
Released: 18 November 2005
Label: Steamhammer
Format: DVD
"A mix of biography and live onslaught, Lords of Depravity documents Sodom's career from 1982 to 1995."[ 10]
2010
Lords of Depravity II
Released: 28 June 2010
Label: Steamhammer
Format: DVD
"Disc 1 features a band documentary, focusing from 1995–2009. Disc 2 includes live footage, video clips and deleted scenes 3 hours in length."[ 11]
Year
Album details
Notes
1982
Witching Metal (fi ) (pt )
Released: 1982
Label: self-released
Formats: cassette
Line-up:
Aggressor – guitar, vocals
Witchhunter – drums
Angelripper – bass, vocals
1984
Victims of Death (fi ) (pt )
Released: 1984
Label: self-released
Formats: cassette
"Satan's Conjuration" is an early version of the song "Conjuration" off Persecution Mania .
The main riff on the song "Witching Metal" on this demo is a bit different from the version of In the Sign of Evil .
Line-up:
Frank Testegen (aka Aggressor) – guitar, vocals
Christian Dudeck (aka Witchhunter) – drums
Thomas Such (aka Tom Angelripper) – bass, vocals[ 1]
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