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In the Sign of Evil is the first EP and the debut release by West German thrash metal band Sodom, released in 1985 via Devil's Game independent record label. The record is considered part of the first wave of black metal.[2] Despite the melodic rawness, the over-the-top lyrics ("My life begins at midnight twelve, masturbate to kill myself") and the elementary structure of the songs, two of them ("Outbreak of Evil" and "Blasphemer") were regularly played by the band thirty-five years into its career, and are considered crowd favorites.^{[citation needed]}

In the Sign of Evil
EP by Sodom
Released	February 1985
Recorded	October 1984 at Caet Studio, Berlin, West Germany
Genre	Black metal speed metal
Length	19:12
Label	Devil's Game
Producer	Wolfgang Eichholz
Sodom chronology
In the Sign of Evil (1985) Obsessed by Cruelty (1986)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Kerrang!	[1]

The tracks from In the Sign of Evil were re-recorded in 2007 and released as The Final Sign of Evil.[3]

Release

The EP is widely available as the bonus tracks in the CD version of their debut album Obsessed by Cruelty (1986). Tracks from this EP have appeared on all three live Sodom albums: Mortal Way of Live (1988),[4] Marooned - Live (1994)[5] and One Night in Bangkok (2003).[6]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tom Angelripper, except "Witching Metal", by Aggressor.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Outbreak of Evil"	4:49
2.	"Sepulchral Voice"	4:31
3.	"Blasphemer"	3:05
4.	"Witching Metal"	3:13
5.	"Burst Command ‘til War"	3:36
Total length:		19:12

Personnel

Sodom

• Tom Angelripper – vocals, bass
• Grave Violator (Josef "Peppi" Dominik) – guitar
• Witchhunter (Christian Dudek) – drums

Production

• Detleft Schmidt – sleeve design
• Horst Müller – engineering
• Sven Clasen – band management
• Joachim Pieczulski – album cover painting
• Wolfgang Eicholz – production

References

External links

• In the Sign of Evil at Discogs (list of releases)

На других языках

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- [en] In the Sign of Evil

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[es] In the Sign of Evil

In the Sign of Evil es el primer EP de la banda alemana de thrash metal Sodom, lanzado en 1985.

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[ru] In the Sign of Evil

In the Sign of Evil (с англ. — «Под знаком зла») — первый мини-альбом и дебютный релиз немецкой трэш-метал группы Sodom, выпущенный в феврале 1985 года на независимом лейбле Devil’s Game. Пластинка считается частью первой волны блэк-метала[4]. Несмотря на сырое звучание, впадающие в крайность тексты («Моя жизнь начинается в полночь, мастурбирую, чтобы убить себя») и простую структуру песен, две из них («Outbreak of Evil» и «Blasphemer») группа продолжает исполнять вживую на протяжении более 35 лет.

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