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As was the case with their very uneven career, Sodom's two-disc greatest-hitsset, Ten Black Years: The Best of Sodom, is not the sort of collection one can easily appreciate when heard from start to finish. Strewn across its whopping 36 tracks and two-hour-plus running time, are equal amounts of Teutonic speed metal landmarks ("Outbreak of Evil," "Nuclear Winter," "Agent Orange," "Sodomy and Lust," etc.), and well-intentioned, but generally failed stabs at modern death metal ("Masquerade in Blood," "Unwanted Youth," etc.). The embarrassing commercial sellout that was career low "Resurrection" has no place in this, or any other anthology, and whether or not Sodom's spirited Motörhead and Venom covers should have made the cut is also subject to debate. But, most disappointing of all is the collection's distinct and ill-advised lean toward Sodom's hit-and-miss latter-day material (particularly the excessive submissions from 1994's poorly produced Get What You Deserve LP) at the expense of those rough-necked, but twice as seminal early favorites. Including only "Outbreak of Evil" from the debut EP is almost excusable, but picking not a single submission from first album Obsessed by Cruelty is just unforgivable. Purists may also take issue with the fact that a number of tracks ("Remember the Fallen," "Bombenhagel," the aforementioned "Sodomy and Lust") come in the shape of live versions, rather than studio originals. But at least in the latter's case, the alternate is too damn good to complain about -- plus, you should own the original album, Persecution Mania, anyway. Finally, the absence of any liner notes to explain the various premiere tracks on offer here -- not to mention the mislabeled song list on the inlay -- leaves little doubt that Steamhammer were mostly looking to screw their former charges for splitting to another label with this set. Now that's class! In the end, although Ten Black Years visits virtually every facet of Sodom's long run, one is probably better-served with individual studio albums like Persecution Mania or Agent Orange.
© Eduardo Rivadavia /TiVo
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Sodom, Composer, MainArtist - Frank Blackfire, Composer - Chris Witchhunter, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist - Thomas Such, Composer, Writer - Michael Hoffmann, Composer - Christian Johannes Dudek, Composer - Angelripper, Composer - Chris Witchhunter, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist - Blackfire, Composer, Lyricist - Frank Blackfire, Composer - Witchhunter, Composer, Lyricist - Chris Witchhunter, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, MainArtist - Frank Blackfire, Composer - Angelripper, Composer - Chris Witchhunter, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist - Thomas Such, Writer - Frank Blackfire, Composer - Frank Gosdzik, Composer - Christian Johannes Dudek, Composer - Chris Witchhunter, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, MainArtist - Thomas Such, Composer, Writer - Josef Dominik, Composer - Christian Johannes Dudek, Composer - Angelripper, Composer - Grave Violator, Composer - Chris Witchhunter, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist - Thomas Such, Composer, Writer - Frank Gosdzik, Composer - Christian Johannes Dudek, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Tom Angelripper, Composer - Sodom, MainArtist - Thomas Such, Composer, Writer - Guido Richter, Composer - Atomic Steif, Composer - Dirk Strahlmeier, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist - Michael Hoffmann, Composer - Frank Blackfire, Composer - Angelripper, Composer - Chris Witchhunter, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, MainArtist - Peter Brabbs, Composer - Mark Brabbs, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Jeffrey Dunn, Composer - Anthony Bray, Composer - Sodom, MainArtist - Conrad Lant, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
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Sodom, Composer, MainArtist
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Sodom, Composer, MainArtist
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Jeffrey Dunn, Composer - Anthony Bray, Composer - Sodom, MainArtist - Conrad Lant, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1994 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Tom Angelripper, Composer - Sodom, Composer, MainArtist - Atomic Steif, Composer - Dirk Strahlmeier, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, MainArtist - Angelripper, Composer - Grave Violator, Composer - Chris Witchhunter, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, MainArtist - Eddie Clarke, Composer - Phil Taylor, Composer - Ian Kilmister, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1994 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist - Frank Blackfire, Composer - Chris Witchhunter, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist - Michael Hoffmann, Composer - Angelripper, Composer - Chris Witchhunter, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Tom Angelripper, Composer - Sodom, Composer, MainArtist - Atomic Steif, Composer - Dirk Strahlmeier, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist - Frank Blackfire, Composer - Angelripper, Composer - Chris Witchhunter, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist - Thomas Such, Composer, Writer - Andreas Brings, Composer - Guido Richter, Composer - Angelripper, Composer - Andi Brings, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1994 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, MainArtist - E. Hachfeld, Composer - W.Spahr, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Sodom, Composer, MainArtist - Guido Richter, Composer - Angelripper, Composer - Andi Brings, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1994 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Tom Angelripper, Composer - Sodom, Composer, MainArtist - Atomic Steif, Composer - Dirk Strahlmeier, Composer
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
Album review
As was the case with their very uneven career, Sodom's two-disc greatest-hitsset, Ten Black Years: The Best of Sodom, is not the sort of collection one can easily appreciate when heard from start to finish. Strewn across its whopping 36 tracks and two-hour-plus running time, are equal amounts of Teutonic speed metal landmarks ("Outbreak of Evil," "Nuclear Winter," "Agent Orange," "Sodomy and Lust," etc.), and well-intentioned, but generally failed stabs at modern death metal ("Masquerade in Blood," "Unwanted Youth," etc.). The embarrassing commercial sellout that was career low "Resurrection" has no place in this, or any other anthology, and whether or not Sodom's spirited Motörhead and Venom covers should have made the cut is also subject to debate. But, most disappointing of all is the collection's distinct and ill-advised lean toward Sodom's hit-and-miss latter-day material (particularly the excessive submissions from 1994's poorly produced Get What You Deserve LP) at the expense of those rough-necked, but twice as seminal early favorites. Including only "Outbreak of Evil" from the debut EP is almost excusable, but picking not a single submission from first album Obsessed by Cruelty is just unforgivable. Purists may also take issue with the fact that a number of tracks ("Remember the Fallen," "Bombenhagel," the aforementioned "Sodomy and Lust") come in the shape of live versions, rather than studio originals. But at least in the latter's case, the alternate is too damn good to complain about -- plus, you should own the original album, Persecution Mania, anyway. Finally, the absence of any liner notes to explain the various premiere tracks on offer here -- not to mention the mislabeled song list on the inlay -- leaves little doubt that Steamhammer were mostly looking to screw their former charges for splitting to another label with this set. Now that's class! In the end, although Ten Black Years visits virtually every facet of Sodom's long run, one is probably better-served with individual studio albums like Persecution Mania or Agent Orange.
© Eduardo Rivadavia /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 36 track(s)
- Total length: 02:21:10
- Main artists: Sodom
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: SPV
- Genre: Metal
© 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH ℗ 1996 BMG Rights Management GmbH
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