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Frank Gosdzik
Frank Gosdzik
German musician
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Despair
Despair
band
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Kreator
Kreator
German thrash metal band
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Destruction
Destruction
German thrash metal band
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Exodus
Exodus
American thrash metal band
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Tom Angelripper
Tom Angelripper
German musician
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Onslaught
Onslaught
band
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Aura Noir
Aura Noir
band
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Hirax
Hirax
American thrash metal band
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Krisiun
Krisiun
Brazilian death metal band
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Death Angel
Death Angel
American thrash metal band
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Tankard
Tankard
German metal band
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The Absence
The Absence
band
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Accept
Accept
German heavy metal band
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Overkill
Overkill
American thrash metal band
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Heathen
Heathen
American thrash metal band
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Slayer
Slayer
American thrash metal band
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Powersurge
Powersurge
Bangladeshi thrash metal band
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Sepultura
Sepultura
Brazilian Metal Band
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Sacred Reich
Sacred Reich
American band
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Living Death
Living Death
band
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Testament
Testament
American metal band
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Anthrax
Anthrax
heavy metal band from USA
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U.D.O.
U.D.O.
German heavy metal band
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Prong
Prong
American heavy metal band
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Napalm Death
Napalm Death
British grindcore band
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Suicidal Angels
Suicidal Angels
band that plays thrash metal
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Warbringer
Warbringer
American band
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Suffocation
Suffocation
American death metal band
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Vio-lence
Vio-lence
American thrash metal band formed in 1985
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Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies
American crossover thrash band
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Grave Digger
Grave Digger
German heavy metal band
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Havok
Havok
American band
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Skinlab
Skinlab
band that plays groove metal
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Voivod
Voivod
Canadian heavy metal band
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Bonded by Blood
Bonded by Blood
American band
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Lazarus A.D.
Lazarus A.D.
American metal band
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Pig Destroyer
Pig Destroyer
American band
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Dark Angel
Dark Angel
American thrash metal band
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Stone Sour
Stone Sour
American heavy metal band
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Running Wild
Running Wild
German heavy metal band
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Coroner
Coroner
Swiss thrash metal band
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Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate
Danish heavy metal band
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Gama Bomb
Gama Bomb
band
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Taake
Taake
Norwegian black metal band
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Evile
Evile
English thrash metal band
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Venom
Venom
English thrash metal band
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In Flames
In Flames
Swedish metal band
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Power Trip
Power Trip
American thrash metal band
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Hatebreed
Hatebreed
American metalcore band
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Savage Messiah
Savage Messiah
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Flotsam and Jetsam
Flotsam and Jetsam
thrash metal group from Phoenix, Arizona
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Hellyeah
Hellyeah
American heavy metal band
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Lȧȧz Rockit
Lȧȧz Rockit
American band
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Corrosion of Conformity
Corrosion of Conformity
American heavy metal band formed in 1982
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Dagoba
Dagoba
band
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Soilwork
Soilwork
Swedish melodic death metal band
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Kataklysm
Kataklysm
Canadian death metal band
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Possessed
Possessed
American death metal band
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Nervosa
Nervosa
Brazilian thrash metal band

Sodom is a German thrash metal band from Gelsenkirchen, formed in 1981. They have gone through many line-up changes, leaving bassist/vocalist Tom Angelripper as the only constant member. The band is currently composed of Angelripper, guitarists Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik (who was a member of Sodom from 1987 to 1989 and rejoined in 2018) and Yorck Segatz, and drummer Toni Merkel. Along with Kreator, Destruction and Tankard, Sodom has been referred to as one of the "Big Four" of Teutonic thrash metal. While three of those bands (except Tankard) created a sound that would influence the death metal and black metal genres, Sodom's early music style would greatly influence many late 1980s and early 1990s black metal bands more than others.

Sodom has released sixteen studio albums, three live albums, two compilation albums and seven EPs. They achieved their first commercial success with their third studio album Agent Orange (1989), which was one of the first thrash metal albums to enter the German album charts, where it reached number 36. Their most recent studio album, Genesis XIX, was released on 27 November 2020. Sodom is one of the best-selling thrash metal acts of all time, having sold over eight million records.