Sodom

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Product Description ------------------- No synopsis available. About the Artist ---------------- All major classics of German th metal are tanta to a creed: the musicians stand by their musical genre in every respect, breathing its raw stance and sweating its energy from every pore. This scene doesn’t do things by halves, and Sodom hold a very special position in the history of this musical direction. Since the early Eighties, band mastermind Tom Angelripper has sailed his band into the wind of an increasingly difficult market, continuing to take an uncompromising stand in his lyrics. Sodom’s Agent Orange was the first German th metal release to make the official Media Control Charts in 1989 and their 2001 , M 16, is considered one of the most important th albums of the past few years. 2006 finds the arrival of the group’s latest release, featuring the simple and unequivocal title, Sodom. The record sounds the way its succinct moniker suggests: pure, direct, full of energy. Their origins date back to the year 1980. Be it the early demo tapes, the In The Sign Of Evil-EP or the 1986 debut album Obsessed By Cruelty, Sodom intimidated the world at large from the very beginning. In Agent Orange, the band from Gelsenkirchen in the Ruhr area, unleashed a milestone of the genre. Sodom toured all over the world, travelled Europe repeatedly and played a number of successful gigs in Japan and South America. Albums like Better Off Dead (1990) or Tapping The Vein (1992) manifested the success of the band, who, despite a number of personnel changes, managed to maintain their characteristic sound, mainly thanks to bassist and vocalist Tom Angelripper. Throughout the Nineties, Sodom lost none of their authenticity on albums like Masquerade In Blood or ’Til Death Do Us Unite, remaining firmly grounded and never losing touch with their roots. With their 1999 release Code Red, a title that refers to the US Marines’ infamous punishment code, the trio consisting of! Angelripper/Bernemann/Schottkowski proved as politically committed as ever. This tradition was continued in 2001 with a journey to the Far East, namely two shows in Bangkok and Saigon and the explosive subject matter of their album, M 16. Subsequently, Angelripper threw himself into the preparations for Sodom’s first DVD, Lords Of Depravity Part I (the band are already busy working on a successor), before presenting their long-awaited new studio in Sodom. And surprise, Sodom have once again outdone themselves!