Epitome of Torture

Epitome of Torture
Studio album by
Released26 April 2013 (Germany)
7 May 2013 (US)
RecordedWaldstreet, Germany, October–December, 2012
GenreThrash metal
Length39:54
49:28 (with bonus tracks)
LabelSPV
Sodom chronology
In War and Pieces
(2010)
Epitome of Torture
(2013)
Sacred Warpath
(2014)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net8.5/10[1]
MetalSucks[2]
Metal Hammer5/7[3]

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]

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]

  1. ^ "Epitome of Torture - SODOM". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. 16 June 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  2. ^ Mustein, Dave. "Epitome of Torture is the Epitome of Modern Sodom". Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Review: Sodom - Epitome Of Torture". Metal Hammer (in German). Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Sodom Epitome Of Torture Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  5. ^ Steamhammer (19 April 2013), Sodom - Stigmatized, retrieved 21 July 2018