Sodom from Germany
Witching Metal
First EP of the german band "Sodom" formed in 1981 by:
Tom Angelripper - Bass, Vocals
Aggressor - Vocals, Guitars
Chris Witchhunter (R.I.P. 2008) - Drums
In this EP Agressor was replaced by Grave Violator.

They were mostly influenced by bands like Motörhead, Tank, Raven, and Venom.
They soon found a drummer called Bloody Monster who was quickly replaced by Chris Witchhunter, with whom they released two demos, 1982/83's Witching Metal & 1984's Victims of Death, before signing a deal with SPV GmbH. After a 1984 gig in Frankfurt (with Destruction & Tankard), Manfred Schütz of SPV GmbH approached the band & spoke the legendary sentence "You guys are so bad, you will sell a lot of records!" This led to the recording of their debut EP In the Sign of Evil. Missing was Aggressor, who'd left the band. He was replaced by Grave Violator (recommended to the band by Kreator's Mille Petrozza), who also wouldn't stay very long. A full album's worth of material was intended to be recorded for In the Sign of Evil, but problems with the label caused the release to be truncated to an EP.

In the Sign of Evil Tracks:
Side A
1. Outbreak of Evil - 00:00
2. Sepulchral Voice - 04:47
Side B
3. Blasphemer - 09:17
4. Witching Metal - 12:17
5. Burst Command til War - 15:31

Label: Devil's Game / Enigma / Metal Blade Records / Steamhammer / Woodstock Discos / Vinyl Maniacs / Wax Maniax / Valour Music
Year: 1985 / 1986 / 1987 / 1988 / 2005 / 2016 / 2018
Format: 12" vinyl / Cassette / CD (1988)
Additional Notes:
- Issued with inner lyric sleeve.
- The catalog number on the edge and back cover is Mini-LP 60-2120, meanwhile the number on the center labels is DG-Nr. 001.
- Limited edition white label test pressing released in October 1984 exist. The number of copies is however unknown.
Recording information:
- Recorded in October 1984.
- Mastered at Studio-Nord-Bremen, Germany.

Disclaimer: I do not own the material in this video, all copyright belongs to Sodom, Devil's Game, Enigma, Metal Blade Records, Steamhammer, Woodstock Discos, Vinyl Maniacs, Wax Maniax and Valour Music.

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