Ranking the Albums: Sodom

Join Pete Pardo, Ryan Skow, and Ralph Tamborra as they rank the albums of seminal German thrash titans Sodom.
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[@jbrewerize]

Perfect trio for this show.

[@louderthanlife]

Such an iconic, legendary thrash band. I loved them then and I love them now. Overall, a pretty consistent catalog. 01) Agent Orange 02) Better Off Dead 03) Persecution Mania 04) Code Red 05) Epitome Of Torture 06) Tapping The Vein 07) Genesis XIX 08) In War & Pieces 09) Decision Day 10) Masquerade In Blood 11) Get What You Deserve 12) M-16 13) Sodom 14) Til Death Do Us Unite 15) In The Sign Of Evil/Obsessed By Cruelty 16) The Final Sign Of Evil

[@joesantiago9062]

Sodom is always a band I’ve meant to dig deeper into. I’m a few albums in and man I’ve been missing out. Great video and recommendations as always!

[@kevinm5957]

Thanks for doing this. Always appreciate the more extreme metal content. Just bought Decision Day. Great album. I also like 40 Years at War where they re-recorded one song from each album as a new compilation.

[@oldschoolmetal9905]

Thank You 3 great guys for this awesome vid. Beeing from Germany, SODOM have a special place in my heart. Love my Slayer, old Metallica, Overkill, Testament, Exodus, etc.... ....but German Thrash Metal matters ; )

[@darrensutherland4399]

Awesome show guys🔥🔥

[@chrissteiner4941]

Sodom mascot is called "Knarrenheinz". Great show again guys.

[@joerocks7381]

Definitely the right guys to do this ranking 🤘

[@jasonb328]

Their recent 40 Years at War re-recording is really good. Awesome cover with their 2 mascots fighting each other. They didn’t go for the “hits” and went with more unexpected song choices. However, I’m glad the chose to re-record Better Off Dead (title track) since that song absolutely rules. Thanks for doing this, guys! BTW, I stumbled across Ralph’s name on Encyclopedia Metallium when going through Incantation albums. I said, “Hey, I know that guy! He’s awesome!”

[@countralfus6408]

😅 🤘🤘

[@darrylamaki2470]

Great show definitely gonna pick up some Sodom cds today.. Always liked the earlier Sodom cds.

[@patrickmurphy4297]

...I knew this one was coming...it's cool to finally see it. Good job. A truly amazing band...and I echo everyone below with the choice of your co-hosts for this one. I missed Ryan on the latest "Review Crew," by the way...I wish he were a "constant."

[@hansgraichen8051]

Doing a Motörhead ranking would be an impossible task for me. My ranking would be 1. Motörhead discography. Done.

[@markfurru3368]

I listened to each of their albums for the first time a couple of years ago. I know that my favorites are Persecution Mania and Agent Orange. Oh, and Ryan, the mascot's name is Knarrenheinz.

[@tosse2011]

Fantastic video... Great talk... Love you Pete... My favorite album is M-16

[@griefforest1870]

Sodom´s mascot actually has a name: "Knarrenheinz". "Knarre" is german slang for a gun, and "Heinz" is a typical german name, with its variation "Hinz" being used in the same way americans use the term "average joe" - in this context it´s "Hinz und Kunz". So basically the name just means dude with a gun. FIrst of all, compared to their peers Kreator and Destruction, they don´t have an "Endorama" or even "Least successful human cannonball". Even the two or three albums at the bottom I still enjoy. Oh and on the topic of a new album: Tom was interviewed in january, and he said we can expect a new album around december or so. 16. The Final Sign of Evil 15. Sodom 14. Til Death do us unite 13. Masquerade in Blood 12. In War and PIeces 11. Better off dead 10. Tapping the vein 9. Epitome of Torture 8. Code Red 7. Decision Day 6. Get what you deserve 5. M16 4. Genesis XIX 3. Obsessed by Cruelty / In the Sign of Evil 2. Agent Orange 1. Persecution Mania

[@oldschoolmetal9905]

Weise Worte...Grüße

[@martymartin2894]

Haven't listened to all their albums but from what i sampled i like agent orange the best i love the crisp production on that plus great songs.

[@briansf7012]

Never heard Sodom. But had to watch since Ryan is always interesting.

[@irishspagetti6565]

The only real German thrash I've gotten into is kreator, I never listened to Sodom but ill watch because you guys are entertaining plus educational

[@jimmypage2843]

Can't wait to see what the Proppet master has in store for us. 🤘🏼

[@JDJD666JD]

Killer episode and great lists. I agree Sodom is the most consistent german thrashband, out of the more known at least. My top ten, including EPs is: 1. Obsessed by Cruelty 2. In the Sign of Evil 3. Expurse of Sodomy 4. Percecution Mania 5. Agent Orange 6. Tapping the Vein 7. M-16 8. Better of Dead 9. Sodom 10. The Final sign of evil

[@gordy3714]

Paradox only have 8 albums not a weak one amongst them.

[@petebrad2971]

Great video as always, I’d love to hear your thoughts on Tankard’s discography one day. All of their albums hover between a 6-8/10 for me, so it would probably be a nightmare to rank! 1. M-16 2. Code Red 3. Tapping the Vein 4. Agent Orange 5. Persecution Mania 6. Genesis XIX 7. In War and Pieces 8. Epitome of Torture 9. Better Off Dead 10. Sodom 11. Decision Day 12. Obsessed By Cruelty 13. ‘Til Death Do Us Unite 14. Get What You Deserve 15. Masquerade in Blood 16. The Final Sign of Evil

[@paradoxofepicurus]

01) Persecution Mania 02) Code Red 03) Sodom 04) Epitome Of Torture 05) M-16 06) Agent Orange 07) Tapping The Vein 08) Genesis XIX 09) Decision Day 10) Til Death Do Us Unite 11) Obsessed By Cruelty 12) In War & Pieces 13) Masquerade In Blood 14) Get What You Deserve 15) Better Off Dead 16) The Final Sign Of Evil

[@takodabostwick8507]

1. Agent Orange 2. Tapping the Vein 3. Code Red 4. Persecution Mania 5. M-16 6. Decision Day 7. In War and Pieces 8. Get What You Deserve 9. Genesis XIX 10. Better Off Dead 11. Sodom 12. Obsessed by Cruelty 13. Til Death Do Us Unite 14. Masquerade in Blood 15. Epitome of Torture 16. The Final Sign of Evil

[@Arutha_Con_Doin]

That's an easy ranking for me: 1. Persecution Mania (anything else would be borderline crazy!!!) 2. Agent Orange (a close second) 3. Tapping The Vain (the last really great album for a long time) 4. M-16 (what a way to bring their music into the new millennium) 5. Code Red (a return to form after some real lackluster performances) 6. Obsessed By Cruelty (my first ever Sodom album, therefore holds a special place in my heart) 7. Better Off Dead (the saw is the law!) 8. Decision Day (even after 35 years in the business they are still going strong) 9. Geneses XIX (the return of the lost son, Blackfire is back) 10. Sodom (not a lot to say about the rest of the albums. they kinda lack personality) 11. In War And Pieces 12. 'Til Death Do Us Unite 13. Epitome Of Torture 14. Get What You Deserve 15. Masquerade In Blood 16. The FInal Sign Of Evil (by far Sodom's worst output)

[@d-hell]

About time taking on Sodom! Crazy good discography, with B.O.D. as my favourite, which was the time I got into them. But could someone treat the count Ralfus to a microphone, a camera and maybe throw in an internet connection as well, so he doesn't have to record himself on a Nokia 3310?

[@MarcoReusel]

One of that bands i love every day agent orange m16 persecution mania killer stuff

[@damienfoyer]

Very cool ranking gents, thank you. PS I see "Seltic" Frost gets a mention 😏. Come on, how hard is it to look up how Tom G Warrior says it, or how the people of the Celtic culture say it in UK/Ireland.

[@yokerecords803]

1. In The Sign Of Evil 2, Obsessed By Cruelty (despite poor production) 3. Persecution Mania 4. Agent Orange 5. Better Off Dead

[@damianczarnecki4204]

My rank: 1 Agent Orange 2 Persecution Mania 3 Tapping the Vein 4 Genesis XIX 5 M-16 6 In War and Pieces 7 Decision Day 8 Sodom 9 Better Off Dead 10 Code Red 11 Obsessed by Cruelty 12 Epitome of Torture 13 The Final Sign of Evil 14 Masquerade In Blood 15 Til Death Do Us Unite 16 Get What You Deserve

[@oliverl.5834]

Destruction Comeback was "All Hell Breaks Loose". Followed by "The Antichrist".

[@gordy3714]

1,M16 2,Agent Orange 3,Better off Dead 4,Persecution Mania 5,In War and Pieces.

[@Cernunnos358]

M16 is my favorite too. Nice top 5

[@gordy3714]

@@Cernunnos358 Sometimes I rate Persecution Mania over Agent Orange, Better off Dead is a very underrated album.

[@AlexDizzys]

1. Better Off Dead 2. Agent Orange 3. Persecution Mania 4. In the Sign of Evil/Obsessed by Cruelty I don't really care about their other albums.

[@nukritik2933]

1. Persecution Mania 2. Get What You Deserve 3. Code Red 4. Agent Orange 5. Sodom 6. Tapping The Vein 7. Better Off Dead 8. Decision Day 9. In War And Pieces 10. Epitome Of Torture 11. M-16 12. Masquerade In Blood 13. Till Death Do Us Unite 14. Genesis X1X 15. The Final Sign Of Evil 16. Obsessed By Cruelty

[@lening9]

1) Agent Orange 2) Persecution Mania 3) Obsessed by Cruelty 4) Tapping the Vein 5) Better Off Dead 6) M-16 7) Code Red 8) Sodom 9) Genesis XIX 10) The Final Sign of Evil 11) Decision Day 12) In War and Pieces 13) Epitome of Torture 14) Get What You Deserve 15) Masquerade in Blood 16) 'Til Death Do Us Unite

[@mazeoftorment805]

Well like you guys said they dont have a bad album, ranking them all would be impossible so here is my top 6 in order from 1-6. Tapping the Vein Agent Orange Persecution Mania M-16 Get What You Deserve Epitome of Torture

[@kowalsolosolo]

I will never understand why so many people put Voivod in a thrash metal category.

[@countralfus6408]

Have you listened to their first 3 albums?

[@kowalsolosolo]

@@countralfus6408 War and Pain is actually closer to punk or hardcore .RROOAARRRR is a pure hardcore /punk album. And the third album is a typical Voivod style progressive metal. Compare their first three albums to the first three albums by Anthrax,Slayer,Testament,Overkill or Metallica. Thrash metal has a specific song structure which you will not find in anything Voivod ever recorded.

[@billconway4860]

Mine is agent orange M16 code red

[@KSBC6499]

The Sodom mascot name is Knarrenheinz... dont know what it means tho

[@ErikCuddles]

do you think they ever thought of putting a y at the end of their name in order to sell more records ? it worked for pantera...

[@MrSweenie]

Love SoT, some guests could use some decent cam/mic equipment though. Ralphs video and sound are absolutely terrible, like a 10 year old smartphone. 50 bucks gets you some decent stuff. Volume level is also all over the place due to this

[@countralfus6408]

I actually ordered a $50 mic immediately after watching the episode this morning, I tried using a laptop once and I kept freezing up , I use a crappy android phone and will upgrade as soon as I can, $ is tight right now but hopefully the new mic will help, I was very disappointed on how this episode turned out for me.

[@MrSweenie]

@@countralfus6408 Cheers 👍 Should be much clearer then

[@hellojimmypage]

Tapping is my #1, totally crushing death/thrash, the antithesis of the Black Album, The Ritual and so forth. Also love the 2 ones everybody else hates: Get What You Deserve is so punkish and fun - Masquerade In Blood is doomier and darker, both featuring Atomic Steif's outstanding drumming. Contrarian opinion on the highly-regarded 00s stuff, I find Bernemann and Bobby to be very generic players, and the war themes become tiring. Blackfire made a welcome return to the band on the latest album.

[@AlexDizzys]

Ralf putting Better Off Dead as the last one is disgraceful. You don't get Sodom. Sorry to say that. Pete are you sure you've heard Better Off Dead? This album is 50 minutes long so it means it's longer than any that came out before. Two cover tunes, but still 10 original songs. Capture the Flag is 6 minutes long.

[@countralfus6408]

I still said it was a great album, but to me after Persecution and Agent Orange, I felt it was a step down, I was getting into more extreme metal at the time so I felt disappointed at the time, but they are one of my all time favorite bands and one has to be last, and for me it was Better off Dead.

[@countralfus6408]

I was also very disappointed that Backfire left the band before this album came out.

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Of course I’ve heard Better off Dead…

[@AlexDizzys]

@@countralfus6408 but really the last one? Even that overcompressed Epitome of S**t is higher. Seriously? You prefer Til Death Do Us Unite or Masquerade in Blood rather than the classic thrash sound? For us Sodom after Tappin the Vein was done. I even didn't like that one. Get What You Deserve is even better.

[@AlexDizzys]

@@countralfus6408 Frank Blackfire had nothing to say on those two classic albums. Why do you think he left the band? He said he practiced his arse off while the other two guys were drinking beer and doing nothing. What do you like about his playing on those albums? Wanna hear Blackfire doing great job? Listen to Extreme Aggression or Coma of Souls. It's more complex and precise thrash. Want brutality? Frank is not for that. Actually when he left Sodom they hired Mekong Delta guitarist for the tour. He was also a killer axeman. But Sodom didn't need virtuosos.

[@infernicide666]

Totally agree with Pete on Get What You Deserve! It’s not terrible but yeah the crossover thing doesn’t do much for me. That 84-92 era is the best after that it was never quite as good. M-16 was also a pretty boring album imo. I need to hear more of these more recent albums though. I’ve only heard parts of them.