In War And Pieces - Music

Sodom Is A German Thrash Metal Band From Gelsenkirchen NRW Germany. They Formed In 1981. Along With The Bands Kreator Destruction And Tankard Sodom Is Considered One Of The "The Big Four" Of Teutonic Thrash Metal. Traditionally A Three-Piece The Band Expanded To A Four-Piece With The Addition Of Second Guitarist Yorck Segatz In 2018. The Band Was Formed By Tom Angelripper And Aggressor In 1981 In The Western German Industrial Town Of Gelsenkirchen. Initially They Were Mostly Influenced By Bands Like Motörhead Tank Raven And Venom. Sodom's Own Music Style Would Greatly Influence Many Late-1980s And Early-1990s Thrash And Black Metal Bands Among Others. They Soon Found A Drummer Called Bloody Monster Who Was However Quickly Replaced By Chris Witchhunter With Whom They Released Two Demos "Witching Metal" And "Victims Of Death" In 1982 And 1984 Before Signing A Deal With SPV GmbH. After A Gig In Frankfurt In 1984 With Destruction And Tankard Manfred Schütz Of SPV GmbH Came To The Band And Spoke The Legendary Sentence "You Guys Are So Bad You Will Sell A Lot Of Records!". This Led To The Recording Of Their Debut EP "In The Sign Of Evil". Missing Was Aggressor Who Had Meanwhile Left The Band. He Was Replaced By Grave Violator Recommended To The Band By Kreator's Mille Petrozza Who Also Wouldn't Stay Very Long. In His Place Michael Wulf Joined Just To Leave The Band Shortly After The Recordings Of Their First Full-Length Album "Obsessed By Cruelty" In 1986 To Join Kreator Where He Would Last Only One Show . Michael Wulf Died In A Motorcycle Accident In 1993. After "Obsessed By Cruelty" Was Released The Band Abolished Their Satanic Image And Replaced It With The Pacifistic Motivated War Theme That Can Be Found On Most Of Sodom's Records. With Their New Guitarist Frank Blackfire The Most Legendary Sodom Line-Up Recorded Two Albums Plus A Live Album "Mortal Way Of Live" The First Of Various Sodom Releases Which Had A Censored Cover In Germany "Persecution Mania" Wich Was The First Sodom Album Produced By The Band's Long-Time Producer Harris Johns And Also Had The First Cover That Featured The Band's Mascot "Knarrenheinz" And "Agent Orange" Including The Single "Ausgebombt" . This Album Made Sodom The First German Thrash Band To Ever Enter The Charts It Reached Number 36 On The German Media Control Charts . Blackfire Left In 1989 Like Destructor Before He Joined Kreator And Was Replaced By Ex-Assassin Guitarist Michael "Micha" Hoffmann. In 1992 Tom Fired Chris Witchhunter Who Had Alcohol Problems. Atomic Steif Who Would Stay In The Band Until 1996 And Is Like Many Former Sodom Members Still Embittered That Tom Fired Him Became The New Drummer. From 1997 To 2010 Sodom Had A Consistent Lineup Consisting Of Tom Angelripper Konrad "Bobby" Schottkowski Crows And Bernemann. In 2001 Tom Who Meanwhile Also Released Various Solo Albums As Onkel Tom Angelripper Has Been Awarded Double Platinum For More Than 1.000.000 Sold Sodom Albums. Sodom Collaborated With Famous German Schlager Singer/actor Roberto Blanco In 2011 Making A Commercial Intended To Raise Awareness Of Alzheimer's Disease. He Also Joined Them On Stage At Various Gigs Including Wacken 2011 For A Metal Rendition Of His Song 'Ein Bisschen Spaß Muss Sein'. Current Members * Tom Angelripper Thomas Such Onkel Tom - Vocals/Bass Desperados * Frank Blackfire Frank Gosdzik - Guitars Later Mystic And Kreator 1987-1989 Special Appearance In The December 28 2006 Concert In Bochum 2018–present * Yorck Segatz – Guitars 2018–present * Toni Merkel – Drums 2020–present Former Members * Aggressor Frank Testegen - Guitars 1983-1984 * Grave Violator Pepi Dominic - Guitars 1984-1985 * Destructor Michael Wulf - Guitars Later Kreator 1985-1986 R.I.P. In 1993.
* Assator Uwe Christophers - Guitars Ex-Darkness On Tour In 1986 * Uwe Baltrusch - Guitars On Tour In 1989/1990 Also In Mekong Delta Later House Of Spirits * Michael Hoffman - Guitars Ex-Assassin 1990 * Andy Brings - Guitars Later Powergod 1991-1995 * Strahli Dirk Strahlimeier - Guitars 1995-1996 * Chris Witchhunter Christian Dudek - Drums 1983-1992 See Also Destruction And Bathory * Atomic Steif Guido Richter - Drums Later Stahlträger And Assassin Ex-Sacred Chao Ex-Holy Moses Ex-Living Death Ex-Brotós 1992-1996 * Bobby Schottkowski - Drums Ex-Crows Ex-Onkel Tom Angelripper 1997-2010 * Bernemann Bernd Kost - Guitars Ex-Crows 1996–2018 * Markus "Makka" Freiwald – Drums 2010–2018 * Stefan "Husky" Hüskens – Drums 2018–2020 Official Website Www.Sodomized.Info 2 ＳＯＤＯＭ Were An Early-Mid 80's Japanese Punk Group Who Played Mid-Speed Hardcore Punk. Their Style Takes Cues From The SS Discharge Typhus As Well As American Hardcore. They Have One Tape Sodom & Requiem And Were Featured With 7 Songs On The ADK Omnibus Vol.1 Compilation. Fansite Www.Sodom.Hu read less