Tag Archives: Sodom

Metal By Numbers 1/6: Welcome to 2021, enjoy your stay (hopefully)

Posted by on January 6, 2021

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Hello and welcome to 2021, or, as some like to call it, 2020 New Game Plus. Yes, the outlook, for this year is a mix of “let’s hope this year is better” […]

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Metal Insider’s Zenae Zukowski’s Top 50 Albums of 2020

Posted by on December 24, 2020

    2020 kicked off with a bang. Beginning with another successful year at 70000tons of Metal to seeing Heilung, Vader, and Opeth live, what could go wrong? The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the music industry to the point that I don’t know where things will stand in a post-pandemic world. This year felt like […]

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Metal By Numbers 12/16: Merry Christmas 2020, ya filthy animal

Posted by on December 16, 2020

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   This will in all likelihood be the final edition of Metal By Numbers for 2020. I want to thank you all for reading, putting up with my little soapbox rants, and for […]

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Metal By Numbers 12/9: Hatebreed bear the weight

Posted by on December 9, 2020

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   This is usually the time of year where I’m listening to album after album, searching for any gems from the year that I might have missed (and believe me I miss a few) […]

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Sodom unleash “Friendly Fire” video

Posted by on November 24, 2020

 

 

German thrash legends Sodom’s new album, Genesis XIX, will finally arrive this Friday (27th) via eOne (North America)/ steamhammer/SPV (Europe). The band has unleashed a video of one last single before the album’s arrival for the song “Friendly Fire.” 

 

Bandleader Tom Angelripper comments:

 “So, here it is … my favorite on this album. I can hardly believe or indeed describe how much I love this song. I’m pretty sure it sets the direction for our next album. And in the meantime, I’m convinced that it’s the clever sequence and combination of notes in our twelve equal system that makes music (generally) so diverse. Lord, I wish we’d known that back then. Often in a war situation, soldiers find themselves having to direct their weapons against their own comrades who are holed up close to enemy positions. These victims were accepted as part and parcel of the overall victory. Large numbers of supposed enemy planes were also shot down…”

 

Watch the clip below and pre-order the album here:

 

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Sodom to release ‘Genesis XIX’ in November

Posted by on September 21, 2020

  German thrashers Sodom have announced their new album, Genesis XIX, will be released on November 27th via eOne in North America and Steamhammer/SPV in Europe. The follow-up to 2016’s Decision Day was recorded by Siggi Bemm and mastered by Patrick W. Engel. You can pre-order the LP at this location.    Check out the […]

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Bernd “Bernemann” Kost (ex-Sodom) talks forming Bonded with debut album ‘Rest In Violence’

Posted by on February 11, 2020

  Back in 2018, German thrash titans, Sodom announced a significant lineup change when founding member/frontman/bassist Tom Angelripper essentially kicked everyone out of the group. This didn’t take guitarist Bernd “Bernemann” Kost and drummer Markus “Makka” Freiwald long to pick up where they left off as they immediately formed Bonded. After spending time finding the […]

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Metal By Numbers 1/29: Sales of Apollo

Posted by on January 29, 2020

  Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   It’s easy to dismiss supergroups as gimmicky one-offs, but it looks like Sons of Apollo have done well for themselves in their 3 year run. Seems like all you need for a […]

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Sodom reveal new drummer Toni Merkel

Posted by on January 23, 2020

  Stefan “Husky” Hüskens has recently announced his departure from Sodom. Today (23rd) these German thrashers revealed his replacement by welcoming Toni Merkel to sit behind the kit.   The group shared the following on social media: “HAIL SODOMANIACS! Get ready for our new recruit: Toni! Flying under the radar for a long time, it’s […]

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Stefan “Husky” Hüskens leaves Sodom

Posted by on January 13, 2020

Sodom have announced the departure of drummer Stefan “Husky” Hüskens. The drummer joined the band back in 2018 after Markus “Makka” Freiwald left. In his statement, Husky mentioned changes to his full-time job being a factor in his departure: Unfortunately I have to tell you that I have to leave Sodom. Due to some changes at my […]

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