Album
Masquerade in Blood
Masquerade in Blood is the seventh studio album by the German thrash metal band Sodom, released on 20 September 1995 through Steamhammer. It follows Get What You Deserve from 1994 and comes before 'Til Death Do Us Unite in 1997, sitting in the middle of a long run of records that stretches back to Obsessed by Cruelty in 1986.
The album carries on in the same vein as its predecessor, but with a more post-thrash approach. It is often regarded as the band's rawest and heaviest record, which makes it a worthwhile stop for anyone who wants to hear how Sodom sounded in the mid-1990s, when the band was still pushing its thrash roots into rougher, denser territory.
Masquerade in Blood: tracklist and credits
13 tracks · 42:32Tracklist
- 1Masquerade in BloodAngelripper, Steif, Strahlmeier3:18
- 2Gathering of MindsAngelripper, Steif, Strahlmeier4:16
- 3Fields of HonourAngelripper, Steif, Strahlmeier3:23
- 4BraindeadAngelripper, Steif, Strahlmeier2:29
- 5Verrecke!Angelripper, Steif, Strahlmeier2:48
- 6Shadow of DamnationAngelripper, Steif, Strahlmeier2:56
- 7Peacemaker’s LawAngelripper, Steif, Strahlmeier3:23
- 8Murder in My EyesAngelripper, Steif, Strahlmeier2:38
- 9Unwanted YouthAngelripper, Steif, Strahlmeier3:32
- 10MantelmannAngelripper, Steif, Strahlmeier2:10
- 11ScumAngelripper, Steif, Strahlmeier5:23
- 12HydrophobiaAngelripper, Steif, Strahlmeier3:21
- 13Let’s Break the LawNick Culmer and Chris Exall2:55
- Produced by
- Tom Angelripper, Ulli Pösselt, Uli Pösselt
- Recorded at
- RA.SH Studio
- Recorded
- January–February 1995
- Mixed by
- Ulli Pösselt
- Mixed at
- RA.SH Studio
- Engineered by
- Ulli Pösselt
- Label
- Steamhammer
- Length
- 42:32
Line-up
- Tom Angelripper · bass guitar, lead vocals
- Atomic Steif · drums (drum set)
- Dirk Strahlmeier · guitar
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How we know the release date musicbrainz only
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 20 September 1995 | ignored lone early release dated 1995-06-01 |
| Wikipedia infobox | 1 June 1995 | |
| Wikidata | 1995 |
5 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | DE | Steamhammer | 4001617769645 | other |
| June 1995 | DE | Steamhammer | 4001617769614 | other |
| 1 June 1995 | DE | Steamhammer | 4001617769621 | original |
| 20 September 1995 | JP | Teichiku Records | 4988004060069 | other |
| 2002 | RU | Soyuz Music | 4601250314211 | other |
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|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 500×500 | upscaled |