The long time great thrashers,
Sodom, unveil an explosion of live, raw, and primal energy on this monster 2 disc live recording. 23 blistering tracks of German Thrash at it's best. They weave through their discography without a miss.
If you've not heard of
Sodom before, then shame on you, but to give you an idea of what to expect I'll throw out a couple of newer thrash bands to you. If you've listened to the thunder of Haunted or
Dew Scented then you will have a good idea of what is going here with
Sodom. The aforementioned bands having gone through a thrash bone marrow transplant that contained more than a few
Sodom cells in the mix!
As
Sodom travels through all their recorded material you realize that they have remained the same throughout their long history in Thrash. As we say here in America, "if it ain't broke, then don't fix it." That is
Sodom in a nutshell. Quality Thrash through and through.
I won't waste a lot of your time with a long drawn out review here. I will say that the most attractive thing about this live album is that they play stuff from all their albums, as well as some odd but cool covers, and it gives a sameness to them because we are hearing each song played the same, sound wise. So the older albums may not be as clear as what can be achieved today but by doing old songs and new songs live you get to hear what they would've sounded like had the technology been as good back then. Hence the sameness I was talking about.
Sooooo, long review ditched, this album just plain out rocks....no duds, no fluff, no disappointments. You like Thrash? You like
Sodom? Then by all means pick up this bad boy.....it is a fitting way to sum up a great career thus far and look ahead to what they have to offer us in the future. If you haven't heard of
Sodom before then this is the best place to start to get to know them. Then work your way back to the older albums which have stood the test of time. Cheers to
Sodom! They have still got it! All of it! All you gotta do is pop that dude into your computer and check out the live video from the show in Bangkok to know I'm right :)
Written by
David Monday, August 18, 2003
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