Sodom - 2 Originals Of Sodom (Persecution Mania + In The Sign Of Evil / Obsessed By Cruelty) [2000]

 

 German four-piece speed/thrash metal band, regarded as very influential to the modern black metal scene.

Sodom's original line-up consisted of Tom Angelripper, Bloody Monster and Aggressor. The band was initially formed 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, Tank, Venom and Accept, they released two demos which led to a record deal with Steamhammer (none of which were recorded with Bloody Monster, who 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 did not last long himself, and left following the recording of "In The Sign Of Evil". A replacement was found in the form of Michael "Destructor" Wulf. They then went and recorded Obsessed by Cruelty, their full length debut. It featured music that was mostly in the same vein of In The Sign of Evil. Wulf did not last long himself, and later went and joined Kreator (this relationship would not last long either, and the man would later die in 1993 after a tragic motorcycle accident).

For the most part, the band was not taken seriously at first, as various press sources stated them as nothing more than "a second rate Venom clone with semi inventive lyrics". One member would change that. This member was Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik, who came in to fill the empty guitar spot Wulf left behind thrash metal. Frank had convinced Tom that thrash metal was moving beyond the realms of the horror/occult/satanic themes of bands like Venom, and that themes such as politics, society, and war were being embraced. Tom was already very interested in various wars, yet viewed them as stupid and outright dumb. This 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 praise (as well as a mascot Knarrenheinz, who appeared for the first time on Persecution Mania's cover), and they soon embarked on a tour of Europe with the Swiss thrash metal outfit Coroner. After touring for the better part of 1987 and 1988, the band returned to the studio to make another album. The final product was titled Agent Orange, and it sold 100,000 copies in Germany alone. This made Sodom famous, giving them world wide critical acclaim, and securing their place alongside Kreator and Destruction as one of the great three teutonic thrash metal bands. To this date, Agent Orange has sold more than any other German thrash metal album all over the world. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 -Tracklist:

 Persecution Mania
1-1. Nuclear Winter    5:23
1-2. Electrocution    3:14
1-3. Iron Fist (Motörhead cover)  2:42
1-4. Persecution Mania    3:38
1-5. Enchanted Land    3:59
1-6. Procession To Golgatha    2:01
1-7. Christ Passion    6:11
1-8. Conjuration    3:42
1-9. Bombenhagel    5:08
1-10. Outbreak Of Evil    3:32
1-11. Sodomy And Lust    5:13
1-12. Conqueror    3:29
1-13. My Atonement    6:04

In The Sign Of Evil
2-1. Intro    0:14
2-2. Outbreak Of Evil    4:34
2-3. Sepulchral Voice    4:31
2-4. Blasphemer    3:05
2-5. Witching Metal    3:13
2-6. Intro    0:38
2-7. Burst Command Til War    2:43
2-8. Outro    0:15

Obsessed By Cruelty
2-9. Intro    1:53
2-10. Deathlike Silence    5:06
2-11. Brandish The Sceptre    2:56
2-12. Proselytism Real    3:31
2-13. Equinox    3:32
2-14. Volcanic Slut    3:21
2-15. Obsessed By Cruelty    5:47
2-16. Fall Of Majesty Town    4:01
2-17. Nuctemeron    3:00
2-18. Pretenders To The Throne    2:39
2-19. Witchhammer    2:02

 

-Lineup: 

Persecution Mania

• Tom Angelripper : Bass, Vocals, Lyrics
• Frank Blackfire : Guitars
• Chris Witchhunter (R.I.P. 2008) : Drums, Percussion.

 In The Sign Of Evil / Obsessed By Cruelty

• Angel Ripper : Bass, Vocals
• Witchhunter (R.I.P. 2008) : Drums
• Grave Violator : Guitars (tracks 1-8)
• Destructor (R.I.P. 1993) : Guitars (tracks 9-19)

 

 

 

Label: Steamhammer. SPV 310-21970

 

CD1 "Persecution Mania"
Recorded at Musiclab Studios, Berlin, October 1987
Published by Ed. Jumar except "Iron Fist".
© & ℗ 1987 Steamhammer, a division of SPV
Marketed & manufactured by Steamhammer, a division of SPV
Made in West-Germany

Kilmister is misspelled Kilminster in the credits and on the disc, inside the booklet it's spelled correctly.

CD2 "In The Sign Of Evil / Obsessed By Cruelty"
℗ 1988 Steamhammer, a division of SPV
Im Vertrieb der SPV GmbH
Made in West-Germany.

 
 

 

 

 

 

Tom Angel Ripper (bass / vocals)

 

 

 

Chris Witchhunter (drums)

 (Dec 18th, 1965 ┼ Sep 7th, 2008)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kreator - Out Of The Dark... Into The Light [ep] (1988) [CD] (1992)

 

Originally named Tyrant and then Tormentor, Kreator were founded in 1982 by vocalist/guitarist Mille Petrozza, bassist Rob Fioretti, and drummer Jürgen Reil (aka Ventor) in the industrial capital of Essen, Germany. They were still known as Tormentor when their first two demo tapes, one fittingly named Blitzkrieg (1983), and the other End of the World (1984), fell into the hands of thousands of heavy metal fans engaging in the era's bustling underground tape-trading network. Positive word of mouth soon attracted the attention of Germany's own metal start-up, Noise Records, which signed the newly re-christened Kreator to a deal and immediately put them to work on their first album. Recorded in just ten days at Berlin's Musiclab Studios, 1985's Endless Pain was a savage debut, but its crude thrashing quickly had the underground metal world abuzz with excitement. A second guitar player, Wulf, was hired for touring purposes, and with Kreator's reputation preceding them, lucky fans within the band's modest touring radius were soon clamoring for tickets.

No sooner had they come off the road than Kreator were heading right back to Musiclab Studios, this time with producer Harris Johns (Helloween, Voivod) to record their second album, Pleasure to Kill. Unleashed in 1986 and still considered the band's first "classic" album, Pleasure to Kill raised the bar with more diversity of tempos and greater attention to technical execution while losing nothing in terms of ferocity or speed. The band closed out the year with the Flag of Hate EP (named after a re-recorded version of their earliest hit), and there seemed to be little doubt that Kreator, along with fellow Germans Helloween and Switzerland's Celtic Frost (with whom they toured the U.K. a year later), were fast becoming Europe's top extreme metal contenders. Recorded at Hanover's Horus Studios with English producer Roy Rowland, 1987's Terrible Certainty did nothing to dent this perception, since, for once, Petrozza and company actually had a little time to work out the songs beforehand. The ensuing tour further established their reputation as dedicated road warriors and saw Kreator beefed up to a quartet once again with the addition of guitarist Jörge Trebziatowski. Profits from these concerts would help finance yet another EP (product being something Noise never stopped asking for) titled Out of the Dark, Into the Light, released in August 1988.

 

N 0200-2

 

 -Tracklist:

 1. Impossible to Cure     02:41
2. Lambs to the Slaughter (Raven cover)     03:34
3. Terrible Certainty (live)     05:19
4. Riot of Violence (live)     05:49
5. Awakening of the Gods (live)     07:13
6. Flag of Hate (live)     04:02
7. Love Us or Hate Us (live)     03:57
8. Behind the Mirror     04:45

37:20

 

-Lineup: 

• Mille Petrozza : Vocals, Guitars
• Roberto Fioretti : Bass
• Ventor : Drums
• Tritze : Guitars.

Label:  Noise Records.

Recorded and mixed at Musiclab in Berlin in May 1988 and live at Dynamo Eindhoven May 31 1988.

 Mixed at Sky Trak Studio in Berlin. 

Mastered at Studio Nord in Bremen.

 Mixed by Harris Johns.

 Produced by Harris Johns & Kreator.

Front cover painting by Phil Lawvere.

 Cover concept by Schubert K.

 Photography by Buffo Schnädelbach & Manfred Eisenblätter.

Tracks 6, 7 & 8 live in East Berlin, 4 March 1990.

 

 

 

 

 

Amok nº1 (2013)

 

 Primer número de revista con entrevistas a Omission, Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult, Obliterator y Machetazo. Incluye reportajes, crónicas y críticas.  32 pag. escritas en castellano (2013)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMKEN + GALLOWS RITES + GRAVEYARD + HIMURA + NUCLEAR WARFARE ┼ 2023.04.28 SWR Barroselas Metal Fest 23 (Por)

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMKEN was formed in 2011 in Athens, Greece. Blood-pumping thrash metal that bridges the gap between old-school and the new- era, crafted by the band's unique style.

 Blood-pumping Bay Area Thrash combined with those notorius in-your-face Teutonic influences are few of the things that craft the Greek quartet's unique style, gaining praise once again through their first full-length album, "Theater of the Absurd" (No Remorse Records, 2017).

With numerous live shows around Greece and abroad, AMKEN has shared the stage with bands like SODOM (DE), SUICIDAL ANGELS (GR), SIX FEET UNDER (US), NERVOSA (BR), SKELETONWITCH (US) and SKULL FIST (CA), following their debut EP "Adrenaline Shot" (2014) which was re-released as a split with Peruvian thrashers MAZE OF TERROR (EBM Records, 2015).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setlist

-Passive Aggression
-I am the One
-Soul's Crypt
-Dead Man's Land
-Shattered Sanity
-Somewhere Past the Burning Sun
-The Li(f)e We Lead

 

 Vanias A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Necromantic Black/Thrash from Portugal formed in 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setlist

-Satanik Night
-Witches Curse
-Gallows Rites
-The Wolves Hunt Tonight
-Unholy Sorcery
-Blasphemer (Sodom cover)
-Witchcraft and Necro Desecration.

 

 

 

 

 

 Devoted to the Ancient Metal of Death, band from Barcelona formed in 2007. 

 In 2007 they released their first Demo CD "Into the Mausoleum". During 2009 they also released two split records together with Terrorist and Deathevokation. In September 1st 2010 they realeased their first full lengtht album called "One with the Dead".

 

 

 SETLIST

 -Winds Like Daggers
-To Earth and Death
-Of Extant Cults and Living Terrors
-Mighty Columns of Irem
-With Fear and Thirst
-Visitations of the Great Old Ones
-The Shrike
-Blood of Vengeance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Formados en 2007, Himura es un grupo zaragozano de grindcore/death metal con influencias que van desde Napalm Death, Rotten Sound o Nasum hasta Fear Factory, Machine Head, los primeros Sepultura... Las letras de sus canciones hablan de la repulsa hacia la raza humana, entre otros temas. Sus discos pueden presumir de contundencia, pero lo visceral de sus directos hace que la especialidad del grupo salte a la vista (y al oído) cuando se suben a un escenario.

 

 

 

 SETLIST

 -PROHIBIDOS
-SOMOS LA ENFERMEDAD
-EXTERMINIO
-BIOTERROR
-CÍRCULO VIOLENTO
-TÓXICO GLOBAL
-TOTALITARIO
-IRREPARABLE
-ALERTA BIOLÓGICA
-CATACLISMO
-LA LUZ DEL ODIO
-MUERTOS
-LA MAQUINARIA
-HORROR
-EVACUACIÓN
-FUEGO

 

 

 DAN COMIENZO LAS HOSTILIDADES,
LA RUTINA DIARIA
SIN PODER SALIR DEL CÍRCULO VIOLENTO
NO HAY FORMA DE ROMPER ESTA ESPIRAL
LO AGRESIVO ESTÁ NORMALIZADO
EN CADA FACETA SOCIAL
LAS CONDUCTAS Y LAS RELACIONES LLENAS DE ODIO Y RENCOR
SIN PODER SALIR DEL CÍRCULO VIOLENTO
SIN PODER SALIR DEL CÍRCULO VIOLENTO.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Founded at the end of the year 2001, Nuclear Warfare is a Thrash Metal band from Germany, in the good old style of the 80th. Sounds like Sodom, Kreator or Destruction. 

 During their four years of experience, Nuclear Warfare found their own typical sound of Thrash Metal. Since the beginning, they are enthusiastic about their songwriting and their lyrics are the bands thoughts and opinions in an aggressive, critical way.

 

 

 

 

 

SETLIST

 -Just Fucking Thrash
-Mutilator
-Lobotomy
-Warlust
-Ich Mag Bier
-Mata com faca
-Let the hate reign
-Greetings Fritz