In the Sign of Evil
1985 EP by Sodom
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EP by Sodom | ||||
Released | January 1985[1] | |||
Recorded | October 1984 | |||
Studio | Caet Studio, Berlin | |||
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Length | 19:12 | |||
Label | Devil's Game | |||
Producer | Wolfgang Eichholz | |||
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In the Sign of Evil is the first EP and the debut release by German thrash metal band Sodom, released in 1985 by Devil's Game independent label. The record is considered part of the first wave of black metal.[3]
The tracks from In the Sign of Evil were re-recorded in 2007 and released as The Final Sign of Evil.[4]
Release
The EP is widely available as the bonus tracks in the CD version of their debut album Obsessed by Cruelty (1986). Tracks from this EP have appeared on all three live Sodom albums: Mortal Way of Live (1988),[5] Marooned - Live (1994)[6] and One Night in Bangkok (2003).[7]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Tom Angelripper, except "Witching Metal", by Aggressor
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Outbreak of Evil" | 4:49 |
2. | "Sepulchral Voice" | 4:31 |
3. | "Blasphemer" | 3:05 |
4. | "Witching Metal" | 3:13 |
5. | "Burst Command ‘til War" | 3:36 |
Total length: | 19:12 |
Personnel
Sodom
- Tom Angelripper – vocals, bass
- Grave Violator (Josef "Peppi" Dominik) – guitar
- Witchhunter (Christian Dudek) – drums
Production
- Detleft Schmidt – sleeve design
- Horst Müller – engineering
- Sven Clasen – band management
- Joachim Pieczulski – album cover painting
- Wolfgang Eicholz – production
References
- ^ "Metal Archives". 29 March 2023.
- ^ Dome, Malcolm (4 April 1985). "Sodom 'In the Sign of Evil'". Kerrang!. Vol. 91. London, UK: Morgan Grampian. p. 12.
- ^ "Black Metal Foundations Top 20: The First Wave". Terrorizer (128): 42–43. 2005.
- ^ Henderson, Alex. "Final Sign of Evil - Sodom". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Mortal Way of Live - Sodom". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Marooned - Sodom". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "One Night in Bangkok - Sodom". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
External links
- In the Sign of Evil at Discogs (list of releases)
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Sodom
- Tom Angelripper
- Frank Blackfire
- Yorck Segatz
- Toni Merkel
- Christian "Witchhunter" Dudek
- Frank Testegen
- Rainer Focke
- Josef "Grave Violator" Dominic
- Michael "Destructor" Wulf
- Uwe Christophers
- Uwe Baltrusch
- Michael Hoffmann
- Andy Brings
- Guido Richter
- Dirk Strahlimeier
- Bernd "Bernemann" Kost
- Bobby Schottkowski
- Markus "Makka" Freiwald
- "Husky"
- Obsessed by Cruelty
- Persecution Mania
- Agent Orange
- Better Off Dead
- Tapping the Vein
- Get What You Deserve
- Masquerade in Blood
- 'Til Death Do Us Unite
- Code Red
- M-16
- Sodom
- The Final Sign of Evil
- In War and Pieces
- Epitome of Torture
- Decision Day
- Genesis XIX
- In the Sign of Evil
- Expurse of Sodomy
- The Saw Is the Law
- Aber bitte mit Sahne
- Sacred Warpath
- Ten Black Years
- 30 Years Sodomized: 1982–2012
- Mortal Way of Live
- Marooned Live
- One Night in Bangkok
- Lords of Depravity Part I