Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: Unknown (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: German, English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Steamhammer Us
• DVD Release Date: February 21, 2006
• Run Time: 315 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000AQBAL2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,892 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Gelsenkirchen. Germany’s most picturesque municipality – if you’re into heavy industry, mining and soccer, that is. But next to its main exports (formerly coal, nowadays redundant miners), this quiet little town in the heart of the Ruhr area has another successful export that may be less well-known among the general public but is nonetheless extremely popular on the international metal scene: Sodom.

Here, bang in the middle of this industrial Babylon, three ambitious devotees of canned beer and heavy metal got together some 27 years ago, donning the trust-inspiring aliases of Angelripper, Grave Violator and Witchhunter to rise from the morbid working-class Moloch and delight the world with their musical creations. Although their musical talent in the ideological wake of the likes of Motörhead, Venom and German crooner Harald Juhnke was more or less limited to consuming a crate of beer before turning the amps on full blast, the "concept" of torturing their instruments as fast as possible, as loudly as possible and with as little complexity as possible worked. The sound of these three forerunners of the cultural apocalypse, more than just a little unconventional at the time, went down extremely well with all those who considered Iron Maiden too musically advanced and Venom too slow.

Sodom the way they were and will continue to be: loud, raw, brutal, unadulterated and full on. From the very first to the last note, from opener to encore, all fucking night long.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ausgebombt!, March 1, 2006

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Devon J. Berube (Salem, NH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sodom: Lords of Depravity, Pt. 1 (DVD)

Sodom have always been an enigma for me. Being an American fan, I have never seen them live nor seen any video/film/moving pictures of them of any kind, until now. All I ever had were their albums, which until recently, were very tough to come by.

This DVD is great. A lot of the 'mystery' is solved. The only tough part is that the 3 hour documentary is entirely in German (with subtitles), so its a bit tough to sit through. (Some of the subtitles flash by very quickly so you'll wear out your 'back' button on the DVD remote.)

But, overall, you get the story: Living through the 80's and the early thrash metal scene, Tom 'Angelripper' Such rising from a mine worker to playing music in front of tens of thousands of fans, the revolving door and cast of characters of ex members giving their insight into this landmark metal band....

The concert disc is top notch. Great sound, great camera work, great performance...

We await Part 2. And we await the promise that Sodom will finally do a major tour of the USA!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars About time we get this DVD!, January 19, 2006

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N. Kukushkin "slayerizer" (Bensalem, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sodom: Lords of Depravity, Pt. 1 (DVD)

Sodom is back with their first ever double DVD titled "Lords of Depravity: Part 1"! After releasing their much successful M-16 album back in 2001, fans around the world have been hungry for some new Sodom material to hit the streets. Now just in time right before Sodom's release of their next studio masterpiece, currently due later this year, we get this monster of a DVD! Tom Angelripper (bass, vocals) have put blood, sweat and tears to compile the enormous amount of material for the DVD, and this is only just part 1!

The first disc of the package contains over 3 hours of documentary material spanning Sodom's career from 1982 up to 1995. After having seen it, I am still amazed just how much detailed it is. Pretty much all the previous members of the band are back to tell their side of the story. You will see now just interviews with previous Sodom members but also rare live and on the road footage from the 80's and 90's with many rare never-before-seen photos and the impact Sodom had on the thrash scene not just in Germany but also around the world.

Second disc of the package contains over 2 hours of live material with the present Sodom line-up. A lot of Sodom classics captured during the band's return to Bulgaria as well as from the biggest metal festivals in Germany.

Tracklist:

INTRO
AMONG THE WEIRDCONG (MIXCLIP)
VICE OF KILLING (SOFIA)
OUTBREAK OF EVIL (SOFIA)
MASQUERADE IN BLOOD (SOFIA)
ON TOUR WORLDWIDE
THE SAW IS THE LAW (MIXCLIP)
REMEMBER THE FALLEN (WFF)
DIE STUMME URSEL (WFF)
M 16 (ROCKHARD)
PRESS WORLDWIDE
NAPALM IN THE MORNING (MIXCLIP)
NUCLEAR WINTER (SOFIA)
TOMBSTONE (SOFIA)
SODOMIZED (SOFIA)
EAT ME (SOFIA)
SODOM WORLDWIDE
CODE RED INCL. INTRO (WACKEN)
ABER BITTE MIT SAHNE (WACKEN)
WACHTURM (WACKEN)
AGENT ORANGE (WACKEN)
FANS WORLDWIDE
SODOMY AND LUST (SOFIA)
WITCHING METAL (SOFIA)
BACKSTAGE (SOFIA)
AUSGEBOMBT (SOFIA)
ACE OF SPADES (SOFIA)
BACKSTAGE (SOFIA)
STALINHAGEL (MIXCLIP)
OUTRO

This is a mandatory pick up not just for the Sodom fans but for all the fans of the thrash genre. You will definitely not be dissapointed with this DVD! Pick this up now and get ready to be Sodomized!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Jah!, May 11, 2006

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Jeff Downing "The Madmonk" (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sodom: Lords of Depravity, Pt. 1 (DVD)

This is a surprisingly good video. I have been a fan of Sodom for a long time and of much of the old school German metal scene. I did not know what to expect of the performance, as I have never seen Sodom (I live in the US) and I did not know what to expect in terms of production quality as often these can be obviously low-budget affairs. Not this one. Great performance, and informative history.
Even the videos at the end are really entertaining and refreshingly artful and even funny. Definitely a cut way way above most DVDs aimed at the metal market.
I highly recommend it.