Conjuration (Sodom Tribute)

Sodom's original line-up consisted of Tom Angelripper, Bloody Monster, and Aggressor. The band was initiated by Tom as a desperate attempt to get out of having to work in coal mines in his home town of Gelsenkirchen. Taking inspiration from bands such as Motörhead, Saxon, Tank, Venom and Accept, the group released two demos which led to a record deal with Steamhammer (which were not recorded with Bloody Monster, who by this time was replaced by Chris Witchunter). Aggressor left the band shortly before releasing the In the Sign of Evil EP (generally regarded as an important early black metal release), and was replaced by Grave Violator, who himself did not last long, and left following the recording of In the Sign of Evil. Michael "Destructor" Wulf was found as a replacement, after which the band went and recorded Obsessed by Cruelty, their full-length debut featuring music that was mostly in the vein of In The Sign of Evil. Wulf did not last in the band long, and later went and joined Kreator (he would not last long there either, and he died in 1993 after a tragic motorcycle accident).

For the most part, Sodom was at first not taken seriously, with various press sources describing them as "a second-rate Venom clone with semi-inventive lyrics". One member would change that. Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik came in to fill the guitar spot Wulf had left behind. Frank convinced Tom that thrash metal was moving beyond horror/occult/satanic themes of bands like Venom to embrace political, societal, and war themes. Tom was already interested in various wars yet remained a peacenik. New inspiration culminated into Frank's full-length debut with the band, Persecution Mania. The new lyrical approach and increased musicianship on the part of Frank gave the band great acclaim (as well as a gas-masked mascot Knarrenheinz, who appeared for the first time on Persecution Mania's cover). They soon embarked on a tour of Europe with the Swiss thrash metal band Coroner. After touring for the better part of 1987 and 1988, the band returned to the studio to make another album. The final product, Agent Orange, sold 100,000 copies in Germany alone. This made Sodom famous, giving them worldwide critical acclaim, and secured their place alongside Kreator and Destruction as one of the great Teutonic thrash metal bands. To this date, Agent Orange has sold more than any other German thrash-metal album in the world.

In 2007, Tom was asked by the record label Steamhammer for any tracks to be released on the In The Sign Of Evil EP. Tom believed there were, and the label floated the idea to Tom to get ex-members Chris Witchhunter and Grave Violator (real name: Franz Josef Peppi) to re-record the EP with the bonus tracks. The result became The Final Sign of Evil. Chris "Witchhunter" Dudek died on 7 September 2008 from liver failure after a long battle with illness. Around that time Tom has also revealed that he, Bernd, and Bobby were making a new album, which the band expected to release in 2009. There is no name for the album as of now.

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• conjuration
• persecution
• mania
• thrash
• metal
• kreator
• slayer

[SuperWolf3d]

Hey slaytanic megaoforce i unfortunatly did a tribute to sodom

with this song but i thought that urs was blasphemer so i idi it ok

sorrry for my english i'm brazilian

[SlaytanicMegaforce]

@SuperWolf3d Hey man, no problem. We're all Sodom fans here.

[BlackSabbath0198]

Sodom >>>>>>>>>> Destruction

[zcs0511]

Persecution Mania -> the best Sodom album!

[HardTouchWet]

Obsessed By Cruelty -> Best Sodom album!

[BathorysGraveland]

SUCKS!

[Tweenythepriest]

@BlackSabbath0198 No way... Destruction is without a doubt the best german speed metal-band.

[TMalltheway]

Why was I born in 91? why couldnt I have been born in 66 or 67? In Velbert Germany,or San Francisco,The two biggest Metal Headquarters\m/

[mephisto666toty]

hey SlaytanicMegaforce do a SARCOFAGO TRIBUTE,You choose the song

(let me help you,desecration of a virgin) hails!

[warnpassion]

The days when Sodom's music used to kick ass. :)

[SuperWolf3d]

watch?v=oit_DQBiwdc&feature=re­lated

[ThrashOrc81]

@BlackSabbath0198 actually every single band>>>>>>>>destruction, destruction think themselve fucking rockstars, they dont deserve to be called thrashers anymore i know it because i have seen it