Epitome of Torture is the fourteenth album by the German thrash metal band Sodom. The album debuted on the Billboard Heatseakers Chart at 25, their highest Billboard Debut ever.[4]
| Epitome of Torture | ||||
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| Studio album by Sodom | ||||
| Released | 26 April 2013 (Germany) 7 May 2013 (US) | |||
| Recorded | Waldstreet, Germany, October–December, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal | |||
| Length | 39:54 49:28 (with bonus tracks) | |||
| Label | SPV | |||
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The song "Katjuscha" contains melody from song "Katyusha", a World War II Soviet Russian folk song originally composed by Matvei Blanter in 1938. A music video was made for the song "Stigmatized."[5]
All tracks are written by Tom Angelripper, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writers | Length |
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| 1. | "My Final Bullet" | 4:39 | |
| 2. | "S.O.D.O.M." | 3:46 | |
| 3. | "Epitome of Torture" | 3:31 | |
| 4. | "Stigmatized" | 2:56 | |
| 5. | "Cannibal" | 4:19 | |
| 6. | "Shoot Today - Kill Tomorrow" | 4:00 | |
| 7. | "Invocating the Demons" | 4:25 | |
| 8. | "Katjuscha" | 3:42 | |
| 9. | "Into the Skies of War" | 3:50 | |
| 10. | "Tracing the Victim" | Angelripper, Nadja Herten | 4:46 |
| Total length: | 39:54 | ||
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 11. | "Waterboarding" | 5:06 |
| 12. | "Splitting the Atom" | 4:28 |
| Total length: | 49:28 | |
| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] | 32 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[7] | 87 |
| US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[8] | 25 |
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