The following is a comprehensive discography of Sodom, a German thrash metal band. Formed in 1982, they have so far released sixteen studio albums, three live albums, two compilations, a DVD, two EPs, three singles, and two demos.
The band are considered one of the three biggest Teutonic thrash metal acts, the other two being Kreator and Destruction. While the other two bands developed a sound that has influenced death metal, Sodom created a sound that has influenced many black metal bands that formed in the late 1980s and the 1990s.
Albums
Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected details Year Album details Notes 1986 Obsessed by Cruelty Released: May 1986 Label: Steamhammer Formats: LP, CD, cassette Two versions of Obsessed by Cruelty were issued in a short space of time. The original mix was pressed up, but then not found to be satisfactory and so the entire album was remixed. 1987 Persecution Mania Released: December 1987 Label: Steamhammer "A virtual tour de force of blinding speed and blunt force, it is also arguably the best album of Sodom's checkered career." 1989 Agent Orange Released: June 1989 Label: Steamhammer 1990 Better Off Dead Released: October 1990 Label: Steamhammer 1992 Tapping the Vein Released: August 1992 Label: Steamhammer "... Sodom attempted to make the transition from thrash to death themselves with 1992's Tapping the Vein." 1994 Get What You Deserve Released: January 1994 Label: Steamhammer 1995 Masquerade in Blood Released: June 1995 Label: Steamhammer 1997 'Til Death Do Us Unite Released: 24 February 1997 Label: Steamhammer 1999 Code Red Released: 31 May 1999 Label: Drakkar 2001 M-16 Released: 22 October 2001 Label: Steamhammer 2006 Sodom Released: 21 April 2006 Label: Steamhammer "Following the best 3 albums of their career and a five-year hiatus, their self-titled umpteenth album rekindles all the elemental power that won them so many denim-clad followers in the eighties." 2007 The Final Sign of Evil Released: 28 September 2007 Label: Steamhammer The Final Sign of Evil contains a complete re-recording of their 1984 EP In the Sign of Evil and previously unreleased material not included on the EP. 2010 In War and Pieces Released: 19 November 2010 (Germany), 22 November 2010 (Europe), 11 January 2011 (USA) Label: Steamhammer 2013 Epitome of Torture Released: 26 April 2013 (Germany), 7 May 2013 (USA) Label: Steamhammer 2016 Decision Day Released: 26 August 2016 (Germany) Label: Steamhammer 2020 Genesis XIX Released: 27 November 2020 Label: Steamhammer 2025 The Arsonist Released: 27 June 2025 Label: Steamhammer
Live albums Year Album details Notes 1988 Mortal Way of Live Released: October 1988 Label: Steamhammer Sodom toured Europe in 1988 with Whiplash and recorded Mortal Way of Life, the "first ever double live thrash [metal] album". 1994 Marooned Live Released: September 1994 Label: Steamhammer 2003 One Night in Bangkok Released: 28 July 2003 Label: Steamhammer
Compilation albums YearAlbum details Notes 1996 Ten Black Years Released: 2 December 1996 Label: Steamhammer "As was the case with their very uneven career, Sodom's two-disc 'greatest-hits' set, Ten Black Years, is not the sort of collection one can easily appreciate when heard from start to finish." 2012 30 Years Sodomized: 1982-2012 Released: 25 June 2012 Label: Steamhammer 2022 40 Years at War – The Greatest Hell of Sodom Released: 28 October 2022 Label: Steamhammer
Extended plays Year EP details Notes 1985 In the Sign of Evil Released: 1985 Label: Steamhammer Formats: LP, CD, cassette Line-up: Angelripper – vocals, bass Grave Violator – guitars Witchhunter – drums
Re-released in 1988 (and in 2001) with Obsessed by Cruelty on same disc by SPV. 1987 Expurse of Sodomy Released: March 1987 Label: Steamhammer Formats: LP, cassette Was also released as a picture disc.
Line-up: Frank Godsdzik (aka Blackfire) – guitar Christian Dudeck (aka Witchhunter) – drums Thomas Such (aka Tom Angelripper) – bass, vocals 1989 Ausgebombt Released: 11 September 1989 Label: Steamhammer 1991 The Saw Is the Law Released: January 1991 Label: Steamhammer 1993 Aber bitte mit Sahne Released: October 1993 Label: Steamhammer 2014 Sacred Warpath Released: 28 November 2014 Label: Steamhammer 2018 Partisan Released: 23 November 2018 Label: Napalm Records 2019Chosen by the Grace of God Released: 30 October 2019 Label: Legacy Magazine 2019 Out of the Frontline Trench Released: 22 November 2019 Label: SPV/Steamhammer 2020 A Handful of Bullets Released: 18 November 2020 Label: Rock Hard 2023 1982 Released: 10 November 2023 Label: SPV/Steamhammer
Singles Year Song details Notes 1989 "Ausgebombt" Released: 11 September 1989 Label: Steamhammer 1991 "The Saw Is the Law" Released: January 1991 Label: Steamhammer 1993 "Aber bitte mit Sahne" Released: October 1993 Label: Steamhammer2022"1982"
Released: 12 August 2022 Label: Steamhammer
Video albums YearVideo details Notes 1988 Mortal Way of Live Label: Sound & Vision Format: VHS 1994 Live in der Zeche Carl Released: December 1994 Label: Steamhammer Format: VHS 2005 Lords of Depravity, Pt. 1 Released: 18 November 2005 Label: Steamhammer Format: DVD "A mix of biography and live onslaught, Lords of Depravity documents Sodom's career from 1982 to 1995." 2010 Lords of Depravity II Released: 28 June 2010 Label: Steamhammer Format: DVD "Disc 1 features a band documentary, focusing from 1995–2009. Disc 2 includes live footage, video clips and deleted scenes 3 hours in length."
Demo albums
YearAlbum detailsNotes 1982 Witching Metal (fi) (pt) Released: 1982 Label: self-released Formats: cassette Line-up: Aggressor – guitar, vocals Witchhunter – drums Angelripper – bass, vocals 1984 Victims of Death (fi) (pt) Released: 1984 Label: self-released Formats: cassette "Satan's Conjuration" is an early version of the song "Conjuration" off Persecution Mania.
The main riff on the song "Witching Metal" on this demo is a bit different from the version of In the Sign of Evil.
Line-up: Frank Testegen (aka Aggressor) – guitar, vocals Christian Dudeck (aka Witchhunter) – drums Thomas Such (aka Tom Angelripper) – bass, vocals
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