SODOM – New PARTISAN EP Released November 23rd on SPV
19th October 2018Legendary German Thrash Metallers Sodom, who are currently in the studio working on their 16th album, have lined up the release of a spanking new 3 track āPartisanā EP, as a Digi-CD, 10ā clear vinyl single, download and stream on Steamhammer / SPV on November 23rd. Sodom are then set to storm in to the UK to play live at Londonās Electric Ballroom on 6th December alongside Exodus, Death Angel and Suicidal Angels, when the European MTV Headbangers Ball tour rolls in to town.
Sodom, who became a quartet when they went through a major personnel change in Spring 2018, are patently revitalised and explosively firing on all four cylinders on āPartisanā, the first fruit of the new line-up. āWeāre a real family again,ā enthuses frontman Tom Angelripper, continuing āWe all really enjoy the new line-up consisting of Frank Blackfire (guitar, ex-Sodom, ex-Kreator, Assassin), Yorck Segatz (guitar, Beyondition), Husky (drums, Asphyx, Desaster) and myself. Thereās a real team spirit again, weāre having a great time together, every one of us is interested in everything and ā really important! ā everybody is there for everybody else. Obviously that kind of atmosphere is bound to have a positive effect on the songwriting.ā
āPartisanā contains two ferocious new studio tracks, āPartisanā and Conflagrationā, plus a live version of āTired And Redā (from the bandās seminal āAgent Orangeā album), recorded at this yearās Rock Hard Festival, where the new line-up made its stage debut on May 18th.Ā
āPartisanā is the current Sodom line-upās mission statement, indicating which course they are set to follow from now on. The songās main riff was composed by guitarist Frank Blackfire and defines the future parameters of Sodomās sound. Angelripper explains that āFrank has his very own guitar style, as we all know from our time together on āAgent Orangeā and āPersecution Maniaā. Thatās something thatās very distinct on āPartisanā, the only difference being that the degree of toughness on our new material raises hell even better than our early stuff. And as always with Sodom, the chorus part really gets down to business and is thoroughly catchy.ā The āPartisanā lyrics were penned, as always, by Angelripper himself: āThat unique aura that surrounds a lone warrior in a battle, that unconditional relentlessness against yourself and the enemy, have always fascinated me. Partisans fight uncompromisingly for their goals. In a way, itās the same with Sodom.ā
āConflagrationā, which was written by guitarist Yorck Segatz, is another typical Sodom number that shows just how much positive energy and zest the band currently exudes. āConflagrationā sees Tom Angelripper analyse in his usual unmistakable way that the world is coming apart at the seams; āIāve sketched a pretty apocalyptic scenario, but as often in my lyrics with fantasy elements.ā The two new tracks were produced by Sodomās regular sound engineer Cornelius āCornyā Rambadt, who ensured that the dynamic songwriting is also reflected in the songsā sound. Tom reveals that āWe consciously recorded the drums old-school style and experimented with different sounds to come up with a dynamic and vibrant product, in contrast to the usual sterile productions released by other bands which have unfortunately become the order of the day. The sound of our new EP perfectly fits our aim to combine the compositional class of recordings such as āAgent Orangeā and āPersecution Maniaā with the hardness of, for example, āTapping The Veinā.ā
āTired & Red (Live at the Rock Hard Festival 2018)ā sees Sodom celebrate the return of Frank Blackfire. Tom; āAs you know, the number is off āAgent Orangeā and represents in a way an era which was very much marked by Frank and his guitar style. On stage you get a lot of added adrenalin, of course.ā A digital live clip of the driving āOne Step Over The Lineā, (off āTapping The Veinā), also recorded at the 2018 Rock Hard Festival, will additionally be unveiled prior to the release of āPartisanā, further whetting the appetite for the bandās unmissable MTV Headbangers Ball shows.