SODOM proudly announce deluxe expanded re-issue editions of their cult 1992 album ‘TAPPING THE VEIN”
Released on NOISE / BMG on November 15, 2024
Watch a previously unseen video of the redux version of “Bullet In The Head”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzCu3H2mUT4
Pre-orders and exclusive merch bundles HERE:
https://sodomband.lnk.to/TTVPR
Thirty two years is a long time in anyone´s book. Way too long according to Sodom fans worldwide. But if you ask Tom Angelripper and Andy Brings, those 32 years since the original release of Sodom´s sixth album “Tapping The Vein” went by in the blink of an eye. With prices for the original vinyl LP skyrocketing in the collectors world and heated online fan discussions whether the re-release will ever see the light of day, the time has finally come to breathe new life into what appears to be everybody´s favourite album by Sodom, alongside “Agent Orange” and “Persecution Mania”.
“At the time it was just another album for us”, says only original bandmember Tom Angelripper, but the Sodomaniacs all over the world made it a cult classic. It´s just sad that Chris Witchhunter is not here anymore to celebrate with us.” Guitar player Andy Brings, who was 20 years old and still in school when the joined the band in 1991, who wrote and recorded his first ever album with Sodom adds: “Bands don´t determine what becomes a cult, the fans do. It just happened, and we are very proud of it. 18-year-olds come up to me these days and tell me how much they love that album.”
Not only was “Tapping The Vein” the last album with original drummer Chris Witchhunter hitting the skins more fiercely than ever before, but it was also a brutal statement from one of the originators of Thrash Metal, in a time when many bands strayed from their original paths, became too sanitized or caved in to newer trends. Sodom went in the opposite direction and put out what many fans call ‘Sodom´s Death Metal album’, although no one in the band actually listened to Death Metal at the time. Angelripper: “We just did what we did, not paying attention to what was happening around us. Andy joined the band and we just hammered out these killer songs in no time. It all happened very fast. There were no distractions, just the music.” Brings: “Tapping The Vein” is the result of pure inspiration. I was young, hungry and full of energy and had ideas and that resonated perfectly with Tom and Chris, wanting to show everybody who´s really in charge of Thrash Metal, in an era where not many bands stayed true to their original vision.”
