Epitome of Torture
Appearance
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Recorded | Waldstreet, Germany, October- December, 2012 | |||
Genre | Thrash metal | |||
Length | 39:51 49:32 (with Bonus Tracks) | |||
Label | SPV | |||
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Epitome of Torture is the fourteenth album by the German thrash metal band Sodom. The album debuted on the Billboard Heatseakers Chart at 25, their highest Billboard Debut ever.[4]
The song "Katjuscha" contains melody from song "Katyusha", a World War II Soviet Russian folk song originally composed by Matvei Blanter in 1938.[5] A music video was made for the song "Stigmatized."[6]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Tom Angelripper, except where noted
No. | Title | Writers | Length |
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1. | "My Final Bullet" | 4:39 | |
2. | "S.O.D.O.M." | 3:46 | |
3. | "Epitome of Torture" | 3:31 | |
4. | "Stigmatized" | 2:56 | |
5. | "Cannibal" | 4:19 | |
6. | "Shoot Today - Kill Tomorrow" | 4:00 | |
7. | "Invocating the Demons" | 4:25 | |
8. | "Katjuscha" | 3:42 | |
9. | "Into the Skies of War" | 3:50 | |
10. | "Tracing the Victim" | Angelripper, Nadja Herten | 4:46 |
Total length: | 39:51 |
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "Waterboarding" | 5:06 |
12. | "Splitting the Atom" | 4:28 |
Total length: | 49:32 |
Credits
- Tom Angelripper - vocals & bass guitar
- Bernd "Bernemann" Kost - lead and rhythm guitar
- Markus "Makka" Freiwald - drums
Charts
Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] | 32 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[8] | 87 |
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[9] | 25 |
References
- ^ "Epitome of Torture - SODOM". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
- ^ Mustein, Dave. "Epitome of Torture is the Epitome of Modern Sodom". Retrieved April 26, 2013.
- ^ "Review: Sodom - Epitome Of Torture". Metal Hammer (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-21.
- ^ "Sodom Epitome Of Torture Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
- ^ "Sodom - Epitome of Torture - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved 2018-07-21.
- ^ Steamhammer (2013-04-19), Sodom - Stigmatized, retrieved 2018-07-21
- ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Sodom – {{{album}}}". Hung Medien.
- ^ "Sodom Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2018.