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A video clip for the new song "Stigmatized" in support of Epitome Of Torture together with director Ronald Matthes and the ROAX Team (Sodom: Lords of Depravity Vol 1+2, Volbeat, The BossHoss, W:O:A – to name but a few), was shot over the last weekend in Berlin. “Sodom haven’t had an official video clip for some time, so it’s about time we did one,” Tom Angelripper confesses. “That’s why the mini film will be uncompromising, a shocking clip which our fans can look forward to!”
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“The devil is in
the detail,” as the old saying goes. Translated to Sodom vocalist/bassist
Tom Angelripper’s sharp-tongued and highly critical powers of
observation, you might also say: the worst perversions often hide behind
seemingly harmless terms. What are we referring to? For example to
‘Katjuscha’, one of twelve hard-as-nails songs which Sodom present on
their latest studio album, Epitome Of Torture. After all, Sodom’s
‘Katjuscha’ has little to do with the same-named folk song by Mikhail
Isakovsky, but is about the Russian rocket launcher which has been
responsible for death and destruction thousandfold. “The Katjuscha has been
produced since World War II and is still used today,” the Sodom frontman
explains. “It’s been responsible for the death of more people than Stalin’s
organ. To name such a deadly weapon after a girl is as grotesque as giving the
atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima the code name ‘Little Boy’.” It’s obvious
that Sodom 2013 haven’t changed their scornful view of the world,
presenting an album in Epitome Of Torture that is as
uncompromising as ever in musical as well as lyrical terms. “Unfortunately
there’s still plenty of inspiration for angry lyrics around,” says
Angelripper.
The bitter thrash
metal attack ‘Waterboarding’, which deals with torture methods, fits
perfectly into this context. “It always surprises me how inventive – in the
most negative sense of the word – people can be when it comes to torturing
others,” states the vocalist, who recorded Epitome Of Torture
together with guitarist Bernemann and new drummer Markus “Makka”
Freiwald. “At the same time, Epitome Of Torture features not only typical
Sodom numbers, like the title track, our new hit ‘S.O.D.O.M.’ and ‘Stigmatized’,
the toughest Sodom number in ages, but also two or three recordings which are
slightly more moderate and melodic than what people have come to expect from
us,” Tom Angelripper points out. He is referring to songs such as
‘Cannibal’ and ‘Tracing The Victim’, which allow guitarist
Bernemann to present his impressive musical skills, as well as ‘Into The
Skies Of War’, on which Angelripper allowed himself to be inspired by icons
such as Motörhead and Tank: “Luckily, it’s impossible to hide my influences.”
Epitome Of
Torture was produced by Waldemar
Sorychta, whose expertise as a sound engineer and audio magician thoroughly
benefitted Sodom’s 2010 release In War And Pieces. Tom Angelripper:
“Waldemar is an exceptional producer, who always succeeds in evening out an
artist´s weak spot and promoting his strengths. He doesn’t let you get away with
anything, he knows all our weak spots. Which occasionally makes working at the
studio a little demanding, but at the end of the day it’s all worthwhile, as the
result shows.” The Sodom frontman describes the sound on Epitome Of
Torture as “hard-as-nails and contemporary, without ignoring our
tried-and-tested old-school attitude.”
The new album will be available
worldwide through SPV/Steamhammer in four different formats: as a
limited-edition DigiPak including two bonus tracks and a poster, in a regular
jewel case, as a double gatefold colored vinyl with three bonus tracks and for
download. The cover artwork featuring Sodom‘s popular
“Knarrenheinz” logo was developed by
graphic designer Meran Karanitant, who has caused a stir
with his work for Six Feet Under, Hatebreed and Dimmu Borgir, among
others.
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