''Genesis XIX'' is the sixteenth studio album by the German
thrash metal
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band
Sodom, released on 27 November 2020.
It is the first studio album to feature returning guitarist
Frank Blackfire
Frank Blackfire (born Frank Gosdzik, 24 February 1966) is a German guitarist, who is best known as a member of the influential thrash metal bands Sodom and Kreator.
Career
Gosdzik was born in Essen. Inspired by attending an AC/DC concert, he ...
since 1989's ''
Agent Orange'', as well as new members, guitarist Yorck Segatz and drummer Toni Merkel. As such, this album marks the first time in Sodom's history that they had recorded an album as a quartet rather than a trio.
''Genesis XIX'' was produced by the band themselves, and like the previous album ''
Decision Day'' (2016), its artwork was designed by
Joe Petagno
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.
Track listing
Personnel
Sodom
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Tom Angelripper – bass, vocals
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Frank Blackfire
Frank Blackfire (born Frank Gosdzik, 24 February 1966) is a German guitarist, who is best known as a member of the influential thrash metal bands Sodom and Kreator.
Career
Gosdzik was born in Essen. Inspired by attending an AC/DC concert, he ...
– lead guitar
* Yorck Segatz – rhythm guitar
* Toni Merkel – drums
Production
* Sodom –
production
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* Siggi Bemm –
engineer
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,
mixing
*
Joe Petagno
Joe Petagno (born January 1, 1948) is an American artist known principally for creating images used on rock album covers for bands such as Led Zeppelin, Nazareth, Black Oak Arkansas, Sweet, Hawkwind, Motörhead, Roy Harper, Marduk, Bal-Sagoth, ...
– album cover
Charts
References
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2020 albums
Sodom (band) albums
SPV/Steamhammer albums