Sodom

Sodom is a German thrash metal band from Gelsenkirchen, formed in 1982. They have gone through various line-up changes. Bassist/vocalist Thomas 'Tom Angelripper' Such is the only constant member. The band is currently composed of Such, guitarists Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik and Yorck Segatz, and drummer Toni Merkel. Sodom has been referred to as one of the "Big Four" of Teutonic thrash metal, along with Kreator, Destruction and Tankard. Sodom influenced the German black metal scene, and is regarded as a death metal pioneer. Referred to as the most Venom-blackened of Germany's "Three Kings", Sodom merged thrash and death metal into a "wicked and decadent sound."