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Sodom - Decision Day review




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Band: Sodom
Album: Decision Day
Release date: August 2016


01. In Retribution
02. Rolling Thunder
03. Decision Day
04. Caligula
05. Who Is God?
06. Strange Lost World
07. Vaginal Born Evil
08. Belligerence
09. Blood Lions
10. Sacred Warpath
11. Refused To Die
12. Predatory Instinct [vinyl and iTunes bonus]

So it seems that the Eastern bloc and the Western bloc are finally getting intertwined, and the US and Russia are launching World War III! But what is the connection with Sodom? Well, after the group's first album led to accusations of copying Venom, Sodom drew attention to the issues of war, and it turned out that in this way Sodom separated itself from Venom and became a charismatic leader of metal with masterpieces like Agent Orange, about the Vietnam War, and Persecution Mania, about atomic battles, and after that, many groups copied the ideas of Sodom. Now the script that originally had the band charged with copying Venom was itself copied! But the band's new album looks to the future, covering issues relevant to the world by engaging the proletariat-centric and capitalist systems of the Eastern and Western blocs.

From a musical standpoint, Decision Day is a tremendous improvement over the band's previous album. Indeed, the album comes out of 30 years of endless effort to make each album the basis of all releases from the band. The album begins with a drum machine gun that we've always been scouting for, and there is a special assembly of guitars, but this is just the beginning of the Third World War on Sodom on the day of the final decision for the world.

The dirty vocals, as always, are ruthlessly struggling to make the first move into an acceptable start for the album, and the guitars do not spare a moment from backing it up; they might catch fire, from the sound of it. When it comes to rhythms, the album is dizzying. But this is not all there is to the work. The atmosphere of the album, due to these vocals and this heavy bass, starts at the beginning of the album's third track, which creates a flamboyant mood for the album.

The guitar effects and other sounds that are used, such as helicopter wings, hover uninterrupted over the album and create a huge amount of dust in the album's atmosphere - but the pinnacle of innovation on the album is the use of classical stringed instruments that show off in some parts, and when they start soloing, they create a special atmosphere for the album. It should not be said, however, that the overall melody of Decision Day is owing to the string instruments used, and I think that the solos have progressed dramatically and, most importantly, they have not conferred on the listener a sense of repetition. In fact, in terms of sound quality and melody, this album is somewhat better than the rest of Sodom's work. The drum lines are very good and the album is written more technically, which is very effective for the rhythm - a turn on the classic thrash metal albums and instruments that we know from Sodom.

In the end, though, I must admit that Sodom is still far from the level of the '80s, but this album is a new and remarkable hit for one of the best and most influential metal bands in the world. So welcome the non-atomic bombardment of Sodomy?


Rating breakdown
Performance: 9
Songwriting: 8
Originality: 8
Production: 9

Written by R.Baldur | 20.11.2017




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