Angel of Sodom is a

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band that originated out of

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, Finland. The band was created in 2009, founded by Eero Tertsunen, who also performs in Renascent, and

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. The band has released one studio album in 2015 and an EP in 2016. In 2016, the band went on a hiatus, due to Tertsunen moving to

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in the United States.

History

The project was created by Eero Tertsunen on guitars and

on vocals. Majalahti and Tertsunen began writing new music and over the course of several years, eventually wrote and recorded a full-length album, which was titled ''Divine Retribution'', which was very well received. The album featured Rolf Pilve of Stratovarius on drums. Following the album, however, the band hoped to perform live and Pilve was unable to commit to live performances, leading them to hire on Joonas Heikkinen. Tertsunen had performed with Heikkinen in a

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band called Kremator in the early 2000s, with Heikkinen later joining Tertsunen's band Renascent as the official drummer. In April 2, 2016, the band recorded an EP titled ''Heavens Ablaze'', which featured two songs. In 2016, Tertsunen announced that he would be moving to

in the United States, and the band would no longer be able to perform live. However, he returned to play two final live shows in July that year, with the band hiring on Jonne Kytölä to perform bass. The band is currently inactive, while the members continue on with their individual efforts, with Majalahti to continue working in his wrestling career as "StarBuck", Tertsunen joining the

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band

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, and Heikkinen briefly performed with the

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band Temple of Perdition.

Members

Current Live Session

Discography

Studio albums *''Divine Retribution'' (2015) EPs *''Heavens Ablaze'' (2016)

External links

Angel of Sodom
on ReverbNation

References

{{Reflist Musical groups established in 2010 Finnish thrash metal musical groups Musical groups from Helsinki 2010 establishments in Finland