Obsessed by Cruelty

Obsessed by Cruelty
Studio album by Sodom
Released	7 May 1986
Recorded	1985
Studio	Casablanca Studio, Berlin (U.S. version) Tonstudio Hilpoltstein, Nuremberg, West Germany (European version)
Genre	Black metal speed metal
Length	37:48 (U.S. version) 40:27 (European version)
Label	Metal Blade (U.S. version) SPV/Steamhammer (European version)
Sodom chronology
In the Sign of Evil (1985) Obsessed by Cruelty (1986) Expurse of Sodomy (1987)

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Obsessed by Cruelty is the debut full-length studio album and the second release by German thrash metal band Sodom, released in 1986. Two different versions of the album exist, the European and the American, which were released by Steamhammer and Metal Blade Records.