M-16 is the tenth album by the German thrash metal

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

 band Sodom

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...

. The album is a concept album

Concept album

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 about the Vietnam War

Vietnam War

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 and is named after the rifle used by many U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War.

Track listing

1. "Among the Weirdcong" - 5:07
2. "I Am the War" - 4:06
3. "Napalm in the Morning" - 5:56
4. "Minejumper" - 3:11
5. "Genocide" - 4:49
6. "Little Boy" - 4:08
7. "M-16" - 4:49
8. "Lead Injection" - 6:24
9. "Cannon Fodder" - 3:53
10. "Marines" - 3:55
11. "Surfin' Bird
    Surfin' Bird
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    " (Cover: The Trashmen
    The Trashmen
    The Trashmen are a rock and roll band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1962. The group's original lineup was Tony Andreason on lead guitar and vocals, Dal Winslow on guitar and vocals, Steve Wahrer on drums and vocals, and Bob Reed on bass guitar...
    
    ) - 2:39

The digipak

Digipak

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 edition contains two tracks taken from the 1982 Witching Metal demo recording:

• "Witching Metal" 3:10 (Bonus)
• "Devil's Attack" 3:12 (Bonus)

The intro sample from "Napalm in the Morning" is taken from the movie Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American war film set during the Vietnam War, produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The central character is US Army special operations officer Captain Benjamin L. Willard , of MACV-SOG, an assassin sent to kill the renegade and presumed insane Special Forces...

. The sample from "Marines" is taken from the movie Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket

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Credits

• Tom Angelripper
  Tom Angelripper
  Tom Angelripper is the founding member and main songwriter of the German thrash metal band Sodom.- Biography :...
  
  - Bass/Vocals
• Bernemann - Guitars
• Bobby Schottkowski - Drums