Obsessed by Cruelty


Obsessed by Cruelty is the debut full-length studio album and second release by German thrash metal band Sodom, released in 1986. A European and an American version of the album exist, released by Steamhammer and Metal Blade Records.

Release

The band had to record the album twice because the record company was not satisfied with the original result. The first version was recorded in Berlin and released on vinyl by Metal Blade Records in the United States in 1986. The second version was recorded in Nuremberg and released by Steamhammer Records in their home country in the same year. According to Tom Angelripper, the second recording is "completely different" and features a bonus track, "After the Deluge".

Re-releases

Obsessed by Cruelty was re-released together with In the Sign of Evil in 1988, containing the first recorded version, and as a picture vinyl in 2005 by Vinyl Maniacs.

Influence

The album had a major influence on then-developing black metal. Mayhem founder and guitarist Euronymous described the early Sodom and Destruction releases as underrated "masterpieces of black stinking metal". He also named his record label, Deathlike Silence Productions, after the album's second track.

Track listing

All music composed by Sodom.

Personnel

; Sodom
; Production
  • Bobby Bachinger – engineering