Customer Reviews

Tapping the Vein

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you think you know what thrash metal is all about? (...) the FASTEST thrash album EVER! the guitar riffs of Body Parts or Back To War etc..., are faster than ANYTHING! (...)

Andy Brings is less repetitive a writer than Blackfire, equal to Bernmann in his own way, but more minimal and death-ish. I love Persecution Mania, but Blackfire tends to recycle ideas slightly, to my ear. As for heaviness, the clips I have heard of Masquerade in Blood sound a bit sluggish and monotonous--and I love the heaviest of Death Metal (early Suffocation, etc.), so it's not the heaviness I object to. No--this is the ultimate in insane, ungodly heavy thrash.

Then there is the one and only --and now immortal--Witchhunter.

Jeff Hannman said Dave Lombardo is the perfect Slayer drummer because he is unpredictable, punky, always threatening a train wreck.

Has there ever been a drummer more worthy of that description than Chris Witchhunter?

Consider:The first song has Witchhunter's lyrics, the first picture in the booklet is Witchhunter, the most acknowledgments are written by Witchhunter, every song is an insane, furious Witchunter pounding-fest. Every drum fill is practically a wipeout.

Make no mistake, Chris Witchhunter was the star of Sodom at this point--and no guitarist has fitted him so perfectly than Andy Brings.

All I can say about this incredible album is that it proves that thrash beats, if done properly, can even trump blastbeats.

If you like thrash or thrashy death, get this album. It one of the most perfect examples of its kind anywhere.

Good album, I'm sure they've done this all before so it's not anything different. Very fast and brutal. Definitely, can inspire many to play their instruments in a violent way.

THIS IS THE ONE ! Of all the Sodom, this one has the BEST vocal effects,
most powerful lyrics, and heaviest bass plus speed guitar extreme. NO OTHER SODOM RECORDING IS QUITE AS GOOD AS THIS ONE ! Don't be fooled by the simple dark cover, the performance IS INSPIRED !

Sodom's "Tapping the Vein" might be the most brutal "Thrash Metal' album to ever be released. Sure, there have been other Thrash Metal Bands out there though the years that were brutal, Sodom has to take the cake here. "Tapping the Vein" is right up there with Slayers "Hell Awaits & "South of Heaven"-Overkill's "Feel the Fire" Exodus "Pleasure of the Flesh" & Sepultura's "Beneath the Remains" & "Arise" and sure Kreator and Possessed are worthy also but I always considered them Death Metal. "Tapping the Vein" uses blast beats, brutal lyrical content, and guitar riffs that are Bone Crunching, and this might rank up there with Entombed's "Left hand Path" (the most brutal album every recorded, even though its Death Metal) Pretty Damn Impressive that Sodom, whos previous albums before this, were nothing like this, even though Perscution Mania was brutal,but this one as a whole is better. Enjoy this one, it was the best Sodom ever did! I'll give it even more props..It was released in 1992, the year that Thrash Metal was dying..very few artist of the genre were putting out good stuff, so an extra 1/2 Star for them (I would give the album 4.5 stars, theres two songs I dont care for)but...just for effort and the time it was released.make it 5

Sodom never stops amzing me with every album I pop in. The songs are great. The lyrics are killer, the riffs are brutal the vox are excellent and the music as a whole shines on this whole album. SODOM RULE \m/\m/

This is one of my 10 "desert island" CDs- and I'm into all genres of music going back all the way to plainchant. I agree with the previous reviewer in that this Sodom CD sticks out from their catalogue. It's different, even though the same trio put out other albums and EPs. I love all styles of the mighty Sodom, but this one and AGENT ORANGE top my list. Not for closed minds or poseurs- SO BE WARNED!!!!

Reincarnation is my favorite track on this CD. As always Sodom stand out from the crowd with deep vocals, guitars, drumming- and bass.

"Agent Orange" may be sodom's most popular album but "Tapping the Vein" is definitely their heaviest. Need proof? Check out "Body Parts","One step over the line" or the all time heaviest tune ever "The crippler",a song that definitely lives up to it's name. If you don't own this album, you don't know what heavy is!

This album is quite usual for Sodom: very fast, aggressive, with their trademark sound, but none of the songs really stick out. If you're a definite fan of Sodom, go ahead and buy it, otherwise, stick to Agent Orange or the great Marrooned Live.