Obsessed By Cruelty is a Metal album by Sodom, originally released in 1986. On Gatefold: 35 pressings tracked.
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Obsessed by Cruelty is the debut studio album by German thrash metal band Sodom, released in 1986. Two different versions of this album exist, the European and the American, which were released by Steamhammer and Metal Blade Records, respectively. Two different versions of this album exist. The band had to record the album twice because their record company was not satisfied with the original result. The first version was recorded in Berlin, and was released on vinyl by Metal Blade Records in the United States in 1986. The second version was recorded in Nuremberg, and was released by Steamhammer Records in their home country of Germany in the same year. According to Tom Angelripper, the second recording is "completely different" and features a bonus track named "After the Deluge". Obsessed by Cruelty was re-released together with In the Sign of Evil in 1988, containing the first recorded version, and as a picture vinyl in 2005 by Vinyl Maniacs. The album had a major influence on then-developing black metal. Mayhem founder and guitarist Euronymous described the early Sodom and Destruction releases as underrated "masterpieces of black stinking metal". He also named his record label, Deathlike Silence Productions, after the album's second track.
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Sound DNA
- Metal
- Thrash Metal
- raw
- aggressive
- occult
This album was recorded twice. The first recording was turned down by the record label and they sent the band to re-record it.
The Metal Blade LP, the Banzai LP, and all CD versions contain the first recording, The Steamhammer LP contains the second recording which features the extra song "After the Deluge". The guitars on this song were played by their then-new guitarist Ahäthoor. The second recording has also never been officially released on CD and most of the CD releases mention an incorrect tracklist.
The Woodstock version contains the first recording in its entirety, but also includes the song "Volcanic Slut" again from the second recording.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Chris WitchhunterDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION DRUMS, PERCUSSION, MUSIC BY
- DestructorGUITAR
- Tom AngelripperBASS, VOCALS VOCALS, BASS VOCALS, BASS, LYRICS BY, DESIGN
- AhäthoorGUITAR
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 35 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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