Artist: SODOM
Album: OUT OF THE FRONTLINE TRENCH VINYL (12” EP)

Release date: 25.11.2019
EAN/UPS: 886922895814
Media type: LP

In addition to ‘Genesis 19’, ‘Out Of The Frontline Trench’ features two more new tracks, namely the title song and ‘Down On Your Knees’. Both are about the horrors of World War I. Tom: “Postcards and letters from my granddad, which I discovered among the things he left behind when he died, and some TV documentaries have given me a vague idea of what it must have been like for soldiers back in those days to leave their trenches and face those life-threatening battles.”

‘Out Of The Frontline Trench’ is rounded off by a re-recorded version of the Sodom classic ‘Agent Orange’ (the seminal album celebrating its 30th anniversary this year) and a live version of ‘Bombenhagel’, recorded at Schalke’s Veltins Arena in June 2018, with Angelripper & Co. including a traditional miners’ song as a little gimmick at the end.

‘Out Of The Frontline Trench’ was recorded and co-produced by Klaus Spangenberg. Tom: “Klaus also takes care of our live mix and has made sure that the new songs sound particularly alive and authentic. In addition, there are no trigger signals, no digital profiling amplifiers, just as many analogue machines as possible to capture that inexplicable magic that is created between guitar amps/drums and microphones. Others talk about going back to their roots, we just do it!”

There can be no doubt: The latest Sodom line-up oozes energy and imagination, which they are fortunately happy to share with their fans, making the wait until the release of their next album more bearable thanks to ‘Out Of The Frontline Trench’.


Tracks 1, 2 and 3 are new recorded songs, track 4 is re-recorded with the current line-up and track 5 is a live version from 2018! Track 1 is the title track of their next studio album “Genesis 19” in 2020!

12" Vinyl-EP

Side 1:

1. Genesis 19 6:42
2. Down On Your Knees 5:04
3. Out Of The Frontline Trench 4:36

Side 2:

1. Agent Orange 6:04
2. Bombenhagel  6:17

LINE-UP:

Tom Angelripper – bass, vocals
Frank Blackfire – guitars
Yorck Segatz – guitars
Husky – drums