Sodom is a German thrash metal band from Gelsenkirchen (NRW), Germany They formed in 1981 Along with the bands Kreator, Destruction and Tankard, Sodom is considered one of the "The Big Four" of Teutonic Thrash Metal Traditionally a three-piece, the band expanded to a four-piece with the addition of second guitarist Yorck Segatz in 2018The band was formed by Tom Angelripper and Aggressor in 1981 in the Western German industrial town of Gelsenkirchen Initially, they were mostly influenced by bands like Motörhead, Tank, Raven, and Venom Sodom's own music style would greatly influence many late-1980s and early-1990s thrash and black metal bands, among othersThey soon found a drummer called Bloody Monster who was, however, quickly replaced by Chris Witchhunter, with whom they released two demos, "Witching Metal" and "Victims of Death" in 1982 and 1984, before signing a deal with SPV GmbH After a gig in Frankfurt in 1984 (with Destruction and Tankard) Manfred Schütz of SPV GmbH came to the band and spoke the legendary sentence "You guys are so bad, you will sell a lot of records!" This led to the recording of their debut EP "In the Sign of Evil"
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