Sodom

Rank:
81
1115 fans

Country:	Germany
Label:	Steamhammer

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Formed in:	1980

1980-	Teutonic thrash metal

Line-up

1980–	Tom Angelripper - vocals, bass
1987–1990	Frank Blackfire - guitars

2018–	-//-
2018–	Yorck Segatz - guitars
2020–	Toni Merkel - drums

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2017	Andy Brings - guitars
2017	Frank Blackfire - guitars
2017	Josef Dominic - guitars

1997	Alex Kraft - guitars
2007	Thorsten Hain - guitars

1980–1992	Chris Dudek - drums
1983–1984	Frank "Aggressor" Testegen - guitars
1984–1985	Josef Dominic - guitars

2007	-//-
1985–1986	Michael "Destructor" Wulf - guitars
1986	Ahäthoor - guitars
1990–1991	Michael Hoffmann - guitars
1991–1995	Andy Brings - guitars
1992–1997	Guido "Atomic Steif" Richter - drums
1995–1997	Dirk Strahlmeier - guitars
1996–2018	Bernemann - guitars
1997–2010	Konrad "Bobby" Schottkowski - drums
2010–2018	Markus "Makka" Freiwald - drums
2018–2020	Husky - drums

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1980–	Tom Angelripper - vocals, bass
1987–1990	Frank Blackfire - guitars

2018–	-//-
2018–	Yorck Segatz - guitars
2020–	Toni Merkel - drums

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2017	Andy Brings - guitars
2017	Frank Blackfire - guitars
2017	Josef Dominic - guitars

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1997	Alex Kraft - guitars
2007	Thorsten Hain - guitars

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1980–1992	Chris Dudek - drums
1983–1984	Frank "Aggressor" Testegen - guitars
1984–1985	Josef Dominic - guitars

2007	-//-
1985–1986	Michael "Destructor" Wulf - guitars
1986	Ahäthoor - guitars
1990–1991	Michael Hoffmann - guitars
1991–1995	Andy Brings - guitars
1992–1997	Guido "Atomic Steif" Richter - drums
1995–1997	Dirk Strahlmeier - guitars
1996–2018	Bernemann - guitars
1997–2010	Konrad "Bobby" Schottkowski - drums
2010–2018	Markus "Makka" Freiwald - drums
2018–2020	Husky - drums

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Discography

1986	Obsessed By Cruelty 1986	6.9	6.9
1987	Persecution Mania 1987	8.5	8.5
1989	Agent Orange 1989	8.8	8.8
1990	Better Off Dead 1990	7.9	7.9
1992	Tapping The Vein 1992	8.1	8.1
1994	Get What You Deserve 1994	6.7	6.7
1995	Masquerade In Blood 1995	6.5	6.5
1997	'Til Death Do Us Unite 1997	6.9	6.9
1999	Code Red 1999	8.0	8.0
2001	M-16 2001	8.5	8.5
2006	Sodom 2006	8.0	8.0
2007	The Final Sign Of Evil 2007	7.0	7.0
2010	In War And Pieces 2010	8.1	8.1
2013	Epitome Of Torture 2013	7.3	7.3
2016	Decision Day 2016	7.9	7.9
2020	Genesis XIX 2020	7.6	7.6
2022	40 Years At War - The Greatest Hell Of Sodom 2022	7.6	7.6
2025	The Arsonist 2025	7.4	7.4

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1985	In The Sign Of Evil 1985	7.9	7.9
1987	Expurse Of Sodomy 1987	8.5	8.5
1993	Aber Bitte Mit Sahne 1993	6.9	6.9
2014	Sacred Warpath 2014	7.5	7.5
2016	Days Of Retribution 2016	7.9	7.9
2018	Partisan 2018	7.9	7.9
2019	Chosen By The Grace Of God 2019	7.1	7.1
2019	Out Of The Frontline Trench 2019	7.7	7.7
2020	A Handful Of Bullets 2020	7.0	7.0
2021	Bombenhagel 2021	7.6	7.6
2023	1982 2023	7.5	7.5

Detailed discography ››

1982	Witching Metal [Demo] 1982	5.2	5.2
1984	Victims Of Death [Demo] 1984	5.5	5.5
1985	Speed Kills Vol. II [VA] 1985	8.5	8.5
1988	Mortal Way Of Live [Live] 1988	8.1	8.1
1988	In The Sign Of Evil / Obsessed By Cruelty [Compilation] 1988	7.8	7.8
1988	Mortal Way Of Live [DVD] 1988	8.0	8.0
1989	Ausgebombt [Single] 1989	7.9	7.9
1991	The Saw Is The Law [Single] 1991	8.3	8.3
1991	Sodomania [Compilation] 1991
1991	Live Στο Ρόδον [Live] 1991
1991	The Saw Is The Law + Ausgebombt [Compilation] 1991	7.0	7.0
1993	Get What You Deserve (Promo) [Single] 1993	8.0	8.0
1994	Marooned Live [Live] 1994	7.8	7.8
1994	Live In Der Zeche Carl [DVD] 1994	8.0	8.0
1994	In The Name Of Satan: A Tribute To Venom [VA] 1994	7.7	7.7
1996	Ten Black Years - Best Of [Compilation] 1996	8.4	8.4
1997	'Til Death Do Us Unite [Single] 1997	7.0	7.0
1999	Metal Or Die - A Tribute To Accept Vol. 1 [VA] 1999	7.8	7.8
1999	Endorama / Code Red [Split] 1999	7.7	7.7
2000	2 Originals Of Sodom (Persecution Mania / In The Sign Of Evil / Obsessed By Cruelty) [Boxset] 2000	8.0	8.0
2002	Metal Hammer Collection [Compilation] 2002	8.0	8.0
2003	One Night In Bangkok [Live] 2003	8.6	8.6
2004	Fenriz Presents: The Best Of Old School Black Metal [VA] 2004	8.3	8.3
2005	Sodom [Boxset] 2005	8.0	8.0
2005	Lords Of Depravity, Part I [DVD] 2005	9.0	9.0
2007	A Spanking Good Song Collection [VA] 2007	6.0	6.0
2010	Lords Of Depravity, Part II [DVD] 2010	9.1	9.1
2010	The Art Of Killing Poetry [Compilation] 2010	7.2	7.2
2011	A Tribute To The Black Album [VA] 2011	7.9	7.9
2012	Official Bootleg - The Witchhunter Decade [Compilation] 2012
2012	30 Years Sodomized: 1982-2012 [Boxset] 2012	9.0	9.0
2012	The Big Teutonic 4 [Split] 2012	8.9	8.9
2013	5 Original Albums In 1 Box [Boxset] 2013	9.0	9.0
2014	Hellion Rising / Water Boarding [Split] 2014	7.0	7.0
2014	5 Original Albums In 1 Box, Vol. II [Boxset] 2014	8.0	8.0
2015	Big Teutonic 4 - Part 2 [Split] 2015	6.7	6.7
2016	Inside My Crosshairs / Warmongers [Split] 2016	7.0	7.0
2017	Shrill Cries, Angel Dies [Boxset] 2017	8.0	8.0
2017	Demonized [Compilation] 2017	7.0	7.0
2020	Sodom & Gomorrah [Single] 2020	8.0	8.0
2020	Indoctrination [Single] 2020	7.4	7.4
2020	Friendly Fire [Single] 2020	8.0	8.0
2022	1982 [Single] 2022	6.8	6.8
2022	After The Deluge [Single] 2022	6.5	6.5
2023	1982 (Remix) [Single] 2023	8.0	8.0
2024	Bullet In The Head (2024 Redux) [Single] 2024	8.0	8.0
2024	Wachturm [Single] 2024	8.5	8.5
2025	Trigger Discipline [Single] 2025	6.5	6.5
2025	Witchhunter [Single] 2025	8.0	8.0
2025	Taphephobia [Single] 2025	6.0	6.0
2026	Jabba The Hutt [Single] 2026

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1989	Ausgebombt	8.6	8.6
1994	Silence Is Consent	9.0	9.0
1994	Die Stumme Ursel	7.5	7.5
1997	Fuck The Police	8.5	8.5
2006	City Of God	8.5	8.5
2013	Stigmatized	8.0	8.0
2016	Caligula [Lyric video] [Lyric video]
2018	One Step Over The Line
2019	Down On Your Knees [Lyric video] [Lyric video]
2020	Sodom & Gomorrha [Lyric video] [Lyric video]	7.5	7.5
2020	Indoctrination [Lyric video] [Lyric video]	6.5	6.5
2020	Friendly Fire	9.0	9.0
2021	Bombenhagel [Lyric video] [Lyric video]
2021	Napalm In The Morning [Lyric video] [Lyric video]
2022	1982 [Lyric video] [Lyric video]
2022	After The Deluge [Lyric video] [Lyric video]
2023	1982 (Remix)
2024	Bullet In The Head
2024	Wachturm
2024	Body Parts
2025	Trigger Discipline [Lyric video] [Lyric video]
2025	Witchhunter	7.0	7.0
2025	Taphephobia [Lyric video] [Lyric video]
2025	Sodomized (Schweinskopf Remix)
2026	Jabba The Hutt (Blitzkrieg Remix)

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1986	Obsessed By Cruelty 1986	6.9	6.9
1987	Persecution Mania 1987	8.5	8.5
1989	Agent Orange 1989	8.8	8.8
1990	Better Off Dead 1990	7.9	7.9
1992	Tapping The Vein 1992	8.1	8.1
1994	Get What You Deserve 1994	6.7	6.7
1995	Masquerade In Blood 1995	6.5	6.5
1997	'Til Death Do Us Unite 1997	6.9	6.9
1999	Code Red 1999	8.0	8.0
2001	M-16 2001	8.5	8.5
2006	Sodom 2006	8.0	8.0
2007	The Final Sign Of Evil 2007	7.0	7.0
2010	In War And Pieces 2010	8.1	8.1
2013	Epitome Of Torture 2013	7.3	7.3
2016	Decision Day 2016	7.9	7.9
2020	Genesis XIX 2020	7.6	7.6
2022	40 Years At War - The Greatest Hell Of Sodom 2022	7.6	7.6
2025	The Arsonist 2025	7.4	7.4

Detailed discography ››

1985	In The Sign Of Evil 1985	7.9	7.9
1987	Expurse Of Sodomy 1987	8.5	8.5
1993	Aber Bitte Mit Sahne 1993	6.9	6.9
2014	Sacred Warpath 2014	7.5	7.5
2016	Days Of Retribution 2016	7.9	7.9
2018	Partisan 2018	7.9	7.9
2019	Chosen By The Grace Of God 2019	7.1	7.1
2019	Out Of The Frontline Trench 2019	7.7	7.7
2020	A Handful Of Bullets 2020	7.0	7.0
2021	Bombenhagel 2021	7.6	7.6
2023	1982 2023	7.5	7.5

Detailed discography ››

1982	Witching Metal [Demo] 1982	5.2	5.2
1984	Victims Of Death [Demo] 1984	5.5	5.5
1985	Speed Kills Vol. II [VA] 1985	8.5	8.5
1988	Mortal Way Of Live [Live] 1988	8.1	8.1
1988	In The Sign Of Evil / Obsessed By Cruelty [Compilation] 1988	7.8	7.8
1988	Mortal Way Of Live [DVD] 1988	8.0	8.0
1989	Ausgebombt [Single] 1989	7.9	7.9
1991	The Saw Is The Law [Single] 1991	8.3	8.3
1991	Sodomania [Compilation] 1991
1991	Live Στο Ρόδον [Live] 1991
1991	The Saw Is The Law + Ausgebombt [Compilation] 1991	7.0	7.0
1993	Get What You Deserve (Promo) [Single] 1993	8.0	8.0
1994	Marooned Live [Live] 1994	7.8	7.8
1994	Live In Der Zeche Carl [DVD] 1994	8.0	8.0
1994	In The Name Of Satan: A Tribute To Venom [VA] 1994	7.7	7.7
1996	Ten Black Years - Best Of [Compilation] 1996	8.4	8.4
1997	'Til Death Do Us Unite [Single] 1997	7.0	7.0
1999	Metal Or Die - A Tribute To Accept Vol. 1 [VA] 1999	7.8	7.8
1999	Endorama / Code Red [Split] 1999	7.7	7.7
2000	2 Originals Of Sodom (Persecution Mania / In The Sign Of Evil / Obsessed By Cruelty) [Boxset] 2000	8.0	8.0
2002	Metal Hammer Collection [Compilation] 2002	8.0	8.0
2003	One Night In Bangkok [Live] 2003	8.6	8.6
2004	Fenriz Presents: The Best Of Old School Black Metal [VA] 2004	8.3	8.3
2005	Sodom [Boxset] 2005	8.0	8.0
2005	Lords Of Depravity, Part I [DVD] 2005	9.0	9.0
2007	A Spanking Good Song Collection [VA] 2007	6.0	6.0
2010	Lords Of Depravity, Part II [DVD] 2010	9.1	9.1
2010	The Art Of Killing Poetry [Compilation] 2010	7.2	7.2
2011	A Tribute To The Black Album [VA] 2011	7.9	7.9
2012	Official Bootleg - The Witchhunter Decade [Compilation] 2012
2012	30 Years Sodomized: 1982-2012 [Boxset] 2012	9.0	9.0
2012	The Big Teutonic 4 [Split] 2012	8.9	8.9
2013	5 Original Albums In 1 Box [Boxset] 2013	9.0	9.0
2014	Hellion Rising / Water Boarding [Split] 2014	7.0	7.0
2014	5 Original Albums In 1 Box, Vol. II [Boxset] 2014	8.0	8.0
2015	Big Teutonic 4 - Part 2 [Split] 2015	6.7	6.7
2016	Inside My Crosshairs / Warmongers [Split] 2016	7.0	7.0
2017	Shrill Cries, Angel Dies [Boxset] 2017	8.0	8.0
2017	Demonized [Compilation] 2017	7.0	7.0
2020	Sodom & Gomorrah [Single] 2020	8.0	8.0
2020	Indoctrination [Single] 2020	7.4	7.4
2020	Friendly Fire [Single] 2020	8.0	8.0
2022	1982 [Single] 2022	6.8	6.8
2022	After The Deluge [Single] 2022	6.5	6.5
2023	1982 (Remix) [Single] 2023	8.0	8.0
2024	Bullet In The Head (2024 Redux) [Single] 2024	8.0	8.0
2024	Wachturm [Single] 2024	8.5	8.5
2025	Trigger Discipline [Single] 2025	6.5	6.5
2025	Witchhunter [Single] 2025	8.0	8.0
2025	Taphephobia [Single] 2025	6.0	6.0
2026	Jabba The Hutt [Single] 2026

Detailed discography ››

1989	Ausgebombt	8.6	8.6
1994	Silence Is Consent	9.0	9.0
1994	Die Stumme Ursel	7.5	7.5
1997	Fuck The Police	8.5	8.5
2006	City Of God	8.5	8.5
2013	Stigmatized	8.0	8.0
2016	Caligula [Lyric video] [Lyric video]
2018	One Step Over The Line
2019	Down On Your Knees [Lyric video] [Lyric video]
2020	Sodom & Gomorrha [Lyric video] [Lyric video]	7.5	7.5
2020	Indoctrination [Lyric video] [Lyric video]	6.5	6.5
2020	Friendly Fire	9.0	9.0
2021	Bombenhagel [Lyric video] [Lyric video]
2021	Napalm In The Morning [Lyric video] [Lyric video]
2022	1982 [Lyric video] [Lyric video]
2022	After The Deluge [Lyric video] [Lyric video]
2023	1982 (Remix)
2024	Bullet In The Head
2024	Wachturm
2024	Body Parts
2025	Trigger Discipline [Lyric video] [Lyric video]
2025	Witchhunter	7.0	7.0
2025	Taphephobia [Lyric video] [Lyric video]
2025	Sodomized (Schweinskopf Remix)
2026	Jabba The Hutt (Blitzkrieg Remix)

Detailed discography ››

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Sodom 8.7 Sodom is like a big, ugly rock in the middle of a river. The currents change, the seasons change, hell - even the flora and fauna changes? but Sodom is still in the same place as before. Well, at least till now! For the first time ever these legendary... Review by jupitreas ››

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28.02.2026	Sodom - Begin Writing New Material
30.11.2025	Sodom - Premiere New Video Clip
08.09.2025	Sodom - Former Drummer Died
05.06.2025	Sodom - New Single Disclosed
08.05.2025	Sodom - 'Witchhunter' Single Unveiled
09.04.2025	Sodom - Drop 'Trigger Discipline' Single

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26.10.2019	70000 Tons Of Metal 2019 - Days Two And Three: Round And Round We Go
23.10.2019	70000 Tons Of Metal 2019 - Day One: Oh , The Memories
12.12.2012	Barge To Hell Cruise 2012 - Day One: We Set Sail

28.02.2026	Sodom - Begin Writing New Material
30.11.2025	Sodom - Premiere New Video Clip
08.09.2025	Sodom - Former Drummer Died
05.06.2025	Sodom - New Single Disclosed
08.05.2025	Sodom - 'Witchhunter' Single Unveiled
09.04.2025	Sodom - Drop 'Trigger Discipline' Single

26.10.2019	70000 Tons Of Metal 2019 - Days Two And Three: Round And Round We Go
23.10.2019	70000 Tons Of Metal 2019 - Day One: Oh , The Memories
12.12.2012	Barge To Hell Cruise 2012 - Day One: We Set Sail

Concerts

21.06.2025	DEN - Copenhagen Copenhell 2025	1
30.12.2024	GER - Erfurt Sodom: Evil Obsession German Tour 2024
29.12.2024	GER - Regensburg Sodom: Evil Obsession German Tour 2024
28.12.2024	GER - Heidelberg Sodom: Evil Obsession German Tour 2024
27.12.2024	GER - Oberhausen Sodom: Evil Obsession German Tour 2024
07.12.2024	GER - Markneukirchen Sodom Meets Tankard - Live In Markneukirchen
09.11.2024	GER - Berlin Sodom: Teutonic Thrash Invasion - Live In Berlin
10.11.2024	BEL - Kortrijk Hell's Balls Festival 2024
27.10.2024	AUT - Salzburg Wildstyle & Tattoo Messe 2024 - Live In Salzburg
20.10.2024	AUT - Linz Wildstyle & Tattoo Messe 2024 - Live In Linz

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Forum topics

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29.12.2025	Sodom - Tapping The Vein in Albums	11
15.10.2025	Sodom - Decision Day in Albums	5
15.10.2025	Sodom - Epitome Of Torture in Albums	27
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15.10.2025	Sodom - 'Til Death Do Us Unite in Albums	7
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14.10.2025	Sodom - Persecution Mania in Albums	27
14.10.2025	Sodom - Obsessed By Cruelty in Albums	9

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