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The first time I heard of the german thrash band Sodom, was in some American metal magazine. They referred to Sodom as the most disgusting metal band in existence in their review of Sodom’s live album “Mortal Way Of Live”. With a review like that, I had to go out and buy one of their albums. I did what any self-respecting metal head would do and hunted down a copy of this album. If you know your metal history, you will remember that the cartoon orgy that made up the original cover was banned. I listened to this album several times and liked it. Sodom never became one of my favorite bands, but I still respected what they did and how extreme they were for the time.

Sodom kind of fell of the face of the United States after the release of the excellent Agent Orange. I don’t know if they just didn’t get good distribution or record company backing, but I can’t remember hearing much about this band until the release of the equally excellent Code Red a few years ago. When I picked up this album, I did some research on Sodom and found out that they never stopped recording or releasing CDs.

I just picked up Sodom’s new DVD Lord’s of Depravity Part 1. This double DVD contains a mammoth 3 hour documentary about the band and a shit load of live performances. The documentary was very well done. Even if you are not a huge Sodom fan, you will most likely still enjoy it if you are into the thrash scene. You really get an appreciation of how hard it is to be in a band with a revolving door. It was also cool to see how big metal is in Europe. A band like Sodom would rarely be able to attain that sort of following in the US of A. My only complaint with this DVD is that the subtitles were off sometimes. They should have gotten someone to proofread the subs.

Overall, I give this DVD a 5 out of 5.

and remember…THE SAW IS THE LAW!