Overview
- Decibel Books, which announced the project Tuesday, opened pre-orders and shared an excerpt that revisits the 1984 recording of In the Sign of Evil.
- Copies are slated to ship in late May to early June 2026, giving fans a clear window for delivery.
- The hardcover runs over 300 pages and includes more than 200 rare and previously unreleased photos.
- Author Dr. Holger Schmenk based the book on interviews with nearly every past and present member and key figures from Germany’s thrash scene.
- The biography traces Sodom from early demos through the Agent Orange breakthrough to today, with context on the band’s 1981 start, Tom “Angelripper” as the lone constant member, and its status in the German thrash “Big Four.”