Sodom (band)

Sodom
Sodom
	Sodom performing live at Rockharz in 2018
Background information
Origin	Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Genres	Thrash metal; speed metal; black metal (early);
Years active	1981–present
Labels	Steamhammer
Members	Tom Angelripper; Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik; Yorck Segatz; Toni Merkel
Past member(s)	Frank Testegen; Josef Dominic; Michael "Destructor" Wulf (deceased) ; Uwe Christophers; Uwe Baltrusch; Michael Hoffman; Andy Brings; Dirk "Strahli" Strahlmeier (deceased) ; Christian "Witchhunter" Dudek (deceased) ; Atomic Steif ; Bobby Schottkowski; Bernd "Bernemann" Køst; Markus "Makka" Freiwald
Website	www.sodomized.info

Sodom is a thrash metal band from Gelsenkirchen in Germany. The band was formed in 1981.

Members[change | change source]

Current line-up[change | change source]

Tom Angelripper – bass (1981–present), vocals (1984–present)
Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik – guitars, (1987–1989, 2018–present)
Yorck Segatz – guitars (2018–present)
Toni Merkel – drums (2020–present)

Former members[change | change source]

Christian "Witchhunter" Dudek – drums (1981–1992; died 2008)
Frank Testegen – vocals, guitars (1981–1984)
Rainer Focke – drums (1981)
Josef "Grave Violator" Dominic – guitars (1984–1985)
Michael "Destructor" Wulf – guitars (1985–1986; died 1993)
Uwe Christophers – guitars (1986)
Uwe Baltrusch – guitars (1989–1990)
Michael Hoffman – guitars (1990)
Andy Brings – guitars (1991–1995)
Guido Richter – drums (1993–1996)
Dirk Strahlmeier – guitars (1995–1996; died 2011)
Bernd "Bernemann" Kost – guitars (1996–2018)
Bobby Schottkowski – drums (1997–2010)
Markus "Makka" Freiwald – drums (2010–2018)
Stefan "Husky" Hüskens – drums (2018–2020)

Albums[change | change source]

Studio albums[change | change source]

Year	Album details	Notes
1986	Obsessed by Cruelty Released: May 1986 Label: Steamhammer Formats: LP, CD, cassette	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.^[2]
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."^[3]
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."^[4]
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 a series of lackluster releases 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."
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

Live albums[change | change source]

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

Compilation albums[change | change source]

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

References[change | change source]

↑ Jon "Metalion" Kristiansen. "The Saga of True Norwegian Black Metal". Vice. Retrieved on 19 April 2013.
↑ "Biography of Sodom". MusicMight. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Review of Persecution Mania". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Review of Tapping the Vein". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
↑ Larkin, Colin (1995). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Guinness Publishing. p. 3864. ISBN 1-56159-176-9.
↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Review of Ten Black Years: The Best of Sodom". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

Other websites[change | change source]

[kristiansen-1] Jon "Metalion" Kristiansen. "The Saga of True Norwegian Black Metal". Vice. Retrieved on 19 April 2013.

[musicmight.com-2] "Biography of Sodom". MusicMight. Archived from the original on 4 May 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

[3] Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Review of Persecution Mania". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

[4] Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Review of Tapping the Vein". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

[5] Larkin, Colin (1995). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Guinness Publishing. p. 3864. ISBN 1-56159-176-9.

[6] Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Review of Ten Black Years: The Best of Sodom". Allmusic. Macrovision. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

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