Sodom - Persecution Mania [Essential Thrash Albums]


You can read about the most recent Sodom releases here.

This post focuses on the sophomore full-length, released on Steamhammer in 1987.

Persecution Mania can take a few listens to really get into, leading to it often being overshadowed by its more-accessible successor (Agent Orange, 1989).

But make no mistake - this is a gritty, brutal, stone cold thrash metal classic.

Leaps and bounds beyond the band's previous works, in technical terms at least, it stands more-than-comfortably alongside efforts from any of their contemporaries around this time.

A CD copy is particularly recommended, as it will likely include the Expurse Of Sodomy EP as a bonus; along with a re-recording of Outbreak Of Evil.

The album can be heard below, and you can pick up a copy here.



P.S. Watch this space for more Sodom album posts - Agent Orange, Better Off Dead, Tapping The Vein, M-16, Sodom... this is a band with some excellent albums!

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