Sodom discography

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.

Sodom discography
Sodom in 2007
Studio albums	17
EPs	7
Live albums	3
Compilation albums	3
Singles	3
Video albums	3
Demos	2

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.[1]
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."[2]
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."[3]
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."[4]
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".[5]
1994	Marooned Live Released: September 1994 Label: Steamhammer
2003	One Night in Bangkok Released: 28 July 2003 Label: Steamhammer

Compilation albums

Year	Album 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."[6]
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.[1]
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[1]
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
2019	Chosen by the Grace of God Released: 30 October 2019 Label: Legacy Magazine
2019	Out of the Frontline Trench Released: 22 November 2019[7] Label: SPV/Steamhammer
2020	A Handful of Bullets Released: 18 November 2020[8] Label: Rock Hard
2023	1982 Released: 10 November 2023[9] 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: Steamhammer
2022	"1982" Released: 12 August 2022 Label: Steamhammer

Video albums

Year	Video 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."[10]
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."[11]

Demo albums

Year	Album details	Notes
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[1]