Sodom discography
Sodom discography |
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Studio albums |
15 |
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Live albums |
3 |
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Compilation albums |
2 |
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Video albums |
3 |
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EPs |
6 |
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Singles |
3 |
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Demos |
2 |
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The following is a comprehensive discography of Sodom, a German thrash metal band. Formed in 1982, they have so far released fifteen 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.
Albums
Studio albums
Year |
Album details |
Notes |
1986 |
Obsessed by Cruelty
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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
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"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
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1990 |
Better Off Dead
- Released: October 1990
- Label: Steamhammer
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1992 |
Tapping the Vein
- Released: August 1992
- Label: Steamhammer
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"... 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
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1995 |
Masquerade in Blood
- Released: June 1995
- Label: Steamhammer
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1997 |
'Til Death Do Us Unite
- Released: 24 February 1997
- Label: Steamhammer
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1999 |
Code Red
- Released: 31 May 1999
- Label: Drakkar
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2001 |
M-16
- Released: 22 October 2001
- Label: Steamhammer
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2006 |
Sodom
- Released: 21 April 2006
- Label: Steamhammer
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"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."[4] |
2007 |
The Final Sign of Evil
- Released: 28 September 2007
- Label: Steamhammer
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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
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2013 |
Epitome of Torture
- Released: 26 April 2013 (Germany),7 May 2013 (United States)
- Label: Steamhammer
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2016 |
Decision Day
- Released: 26 August 2016 (Germany)
- Label: Steamhammer
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Live albums
Year |
Album details |
Notes |
1988 |
Mortal Way of Live
- Released: October 1988
- Label: Steamhammer
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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
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2003 |
One Night in Bangkok
- Released: 28 July 2003
- Label: Steamhammer
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Compilation albums
Year |
Album details |
Notes |
1996 |
Ten Black Years
- Released: 2 December 1996
- Label: Steamhammer
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"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
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Extended plays
Year |
EP details |
Notes |
1984 |
In the Sign of Evil
- Released: May 1984
- Label: Steamhammer
- Formats: LP, CD, cassette
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Line-up:
- Angel Ripper – 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
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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]
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1989 |
Ausgebombt
- Released: 11 September 1989
- Label: Steamhammer
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1991 |
The Saw Is the Law
- Released: January 1991
- Label: Steamhammer
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1993 |
Aber Bitte mit Sahne
- Released: October 1993
- Label: Steamhammer
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2014 |
Sacred Warpath
- Released: 28 November 2014
- Label: Steamhammer
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Singles
Video albums
Year |
Video details |
Notes |
1988 |
Mortal Way of Live
- Label: Sound & Vision
- Format: VHS
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1994 |
Live in der Zeche Carl
- Released: December 1994
- Label: Steamhammer
- Format: VHS
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2005 |
Lords of Depravity, Pt. 1
- Released: 18 November 2005
- Label: Steamhammer
- Format: DVD
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"A mix of biography and live onslaught, Lords of Depravity documents Sodom's career from 1982 to 1995."[7] |
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2010 |
Lords of Depravity II
- Released: 28 June 2010
- Label: Steamhammer
- Format: DVD
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"Disc 1 features a band documentary, focusing from 1995–2009. Disc 2 includes live footage, video clips and deleted scenes 3 hours in length."[8] |
Demo albums
Year |
Album details |
Notes |
1983 |
Witching Metal (fi) (pt)
- Released: 1983
- Label: self-released
- Formats: cassette
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Line-up:
- Aggressor – guitar, vocals
- Witchhunter – drums
- Angelripper – bass, vocals
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1984 |
Victims of Death (fi) (pt)
- Released: 1984
- Label: self-released
- Formats: cassette
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"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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