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Thrash Metal Survives

Azmodi | 05/06/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"While most thrash/speed bands have watered-down their sound into something unrecognizable (Metallica) or begun to gravitate toward nu-metal (Slayer), there are a few that have retained their own identities, still playing the fast, brutal music that made them infamous to begin with. Sodom is one of those bands. The production from Harris Johns is top-notch and most of the songs are truly great, only a few descending into that mindless drum-pounding/guitar-shredding that can sometimes afflict bands that straddle the line between thrash and death or black metal. Are they repeating themselves? Most likely, but I'd far rather listen to this material than any other "metal" being released by "progressive, forward-thinking" bands like Korn; turn up "Addicted to Abstinence" or "Visual Buggery" and forget nu-metal exists."

Contemporary Thrash

konstantinov | USA | 05/06/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"What is there to say about Sodom? This band is infallible. Every album they release is pure Teutonic thrash that calls us back to a time when chaos reigned and only the strong survived. Or something like that. If you're a serious fan of thrash or just want some good head-banging material, pick this up."