'Til Death Do Us Unite
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'Til Death Do Us Unite is the eighth album by Sodom
. It had a controversial album cover, showing the bellies of a naked pregnant woman and an obese man pressing a human skull together. This album marked the beginning of return to thrash, but was more along the lines of thrash/crossover sound. It is also the first album to feature guitarist Bernermann (Actual Guitar player of Sodom) and drummer Bobby Schottkowski.
A video was made for the song "Fuck the Police".
Sodom (band)
Sodom is a German Thrash metal trio from Gelsenkirchen, formed in 1981.Along with the bands Kreator and Destruction, Sodom is considered one of the "big three" of Teutonic thrash metal...
. It had a controversial album cover, showing the bellies of a naked pregnant woman and an obese man pressing a human skull together. This album marked the beginning of return to thrash, but was more along the lines of thrash/crossover sound. It is also the first album to feature guitarist Bernermann (Actual Guitar player of Sodom) and drummer Bobby Schottkowski.
A video was made for the song "Fuck the Police".
Track listing
- "Frozen Screams" – 2:56
- "Fuck the Police" – 3:27
- "Gisela" – 2:39
- "That's What an Unknown Killer Diarized" – 4:42
- "Hanging Judge" – 2:46
- "No Way Out" – 2:47
- "Polytoximaniac" – 2:27
- "'Til Death Do Us Unite" – 5:12
- "Hazy Shade of Winter" – 1:59 (Simon & Garfunkel cover)
- "Suicidal Justice"– 2:47
- "Wander in the Valley" – 3:51
- "Sow the Seeds of Discord" – 2:30
- "Master of Disguise" – 3:03
- "Schwerter Zu Pflugscharen" – 4:01
- "Hey, Hey, Hey Rock'n Roll Star" – 4:18
- The track "Hazy Shade of Winter" was originally written by Paul SimonPaul SimonPaul Frederic Simon is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles...
. Nevertheless, Sodom intended it to be a coverCover versionIn popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
of the version previously performed by the Bangles.
Personnel
- Tom AngelripperTom AngelripperTom Angelripper is the founding member and main songwriter of the German thrash metal band Sodom.- Biography :...
– vocals, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Bernemann – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - Bobby Schottkowski – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....