Flashback to spring 1982, Essen, Stauderstraße in the Altenessen district, a small musty rehearsal room in an industrial wasteland area. Three long-haired hopefuls have tuned their instruments and are hard at work, recording their first demo tape at top volume. That’s 41 years ago, but the influence of that formative era still affects the present, which is why Tom and Sodom wrote the track ‘1982’, recalling the band’s first steps both musically and lyrically. Now, ‘1982’ as well as re-recordings of their early songs ‘Witching Metal’, ‘Victims Of The Death’, ‘Let’s Fight In The Darkness Of Hell’ and ‘Equinox’ have been immortalised on vinyl and CD for everyone for the first time.
