Sodom discography
| Sodom discography | |
|---|---|
 Sodom in 2007 | |
| Studio albums | 16 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 3 |
| Video albums | 3 |
| EPs | 7 |
| Singles | 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.
Albums[edit]
Studio albums[edit]
| Year | Album details | Notes |
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| 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
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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
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| 1990 | Better Off Dead
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| 1992 | Tapping the Vein
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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
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| 1995 | Masquerade in Blood
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| 1997 | 'Til Death Do Us Unite
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| 1999 | Code Red
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| 2001 | M-16
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| 2006 | Sodom
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"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
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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
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| 2013 | Epitome of Torture
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| 2016 | Decision Day
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| 2020 | Genesis XIX
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Live albums[edit]
| Year | Album details | Notes |
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| 1988 | Mortal Way of Live
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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
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| 2003 | One Night in Bangkok
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Compilation albums[edit]
| Year | Album details | Notes |
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| 1996 | Ten Black Years
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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
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| 2022 | 40 Years at War – The Greatest Hell of Sodom
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Extended plays[edit]
| Year | EP details | Notes |
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| 1985 | In the Sign of Evil
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Line-up:
Re-released in 1988 (and in 2001) with Obsessed by Cruelty on same disc by SPV.[1] |
| 1987 | Expurse of Sodomy
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Was also released as a picture disc.
Line-up:
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| 1989 | Ausgebombt
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| 1991 | The Saw Is the Law
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| 1993 | Aber bitte mit Sahne
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| 2014 | Sacred Warpath
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| 2018 | Partisan
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| 2019 | Chosen by the Grace of God
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| 2019 | Out of the Frontline Trench | |
| 2020 | A Handful of Bullets | |
| 2023 | 1982
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Singles[edit]
| Year | Song details | Notes |
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| 1989 | "Ausgebombt"
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| 1991 | "The Saw Is the Law"
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| 1993 | "Aber bitte mit Sahne"
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| 2022 | "1982"
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Video albums[edit]
| Year | Video details | Notes | |
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| 1988 | Mortal Way of Live
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| 1994 | Live in der Zeche Carl
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| 2005 | Lords of Depravity, Pt. 1
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"A mix of biography and live onslaught, Lords of Depravity documents Sodom's career from 1982 to 1995."[10] | |
| 2010 | Lords of Depravity II
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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."[11] |
Demo albums[edit]
| Year | Album details | Notes |
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| 1982 | Witching Metal (fi) (pt)
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Line-up:
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| 1984 | Victims of Death (fi) (pt)
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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:
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References[edit]
- General
- "Discography of Sodom". Sodomized. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- "Videography of Sodom". Sodomized. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- Specific
- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ O'Connor, Rob (February 2007). "In the Rear, Reviews". Revolver (53). Future US: 108. ISSN 1527-408X. Retrieved 2 August 2009. [dead link]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Sodom to Release 'Out of the Frontline Trench' EP In November". Blabbermouth.net. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ^ Alexandra Michels (6 November 2020). "SODOM - Rock Hard Vol. 402 with exclusive "A Handful Of Bullets" CD available for pre-order now". Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ^ "SODOM To Release '1982' EP In November". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ Wiebe Taylor, Laura (March 2006). "Music DVD Reviews". Exclaim!. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- ^ "Sodom Announces New DVD". Metal Underground. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2011.