Ten Black Years

Ten Black Years
Compilation album by
Released2 December 1996
GenreThrash metal
Length151:26
CD1: 74:04
CD2: 67:22
LabelSteamhammer/SPV
Sodom chronology
Masquerade in Blood
(1995)
Ten Black Years
(1996)
'Til Death Do Us Unite
(1997)

Ten Black Years – Best Of is a best-of compilation album by German thrash metal band Sodom. It was released on CD and cassette in 1996. In 2017, it was released on vinyl for the first time.[1][2]

Track listing

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CD1

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No.TitleWriter(s)From the albumLength
1."Tired and Red"Tom Angelripper, Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik, Christian "Witchhunter" DudekAgent Orange5:27
2."The Saw Is the Law"Such, Michael Hoffman, DudekThe Saw Is the Law (single)5:50
3."Agent Orange"Such, Gosdzik, DudekAgent Orange6:04
4."Wachturm/Erwachet (Live)"Such, Andy Brings, DudekMarooned Live (original versions from Tapping the Vein and Get What You Deserve)4:07
5."Ausgebombt"Such, Gosdzik, DudekAgent Orange3:04
6."Sodomy and Lust (Live)"Such, Gosdzik, DudekMortal Way of Live (original version from the EP Expurse of Sodomy)5:02
7."Remember the Fallen (Live)"Such, Gosdzik, DudekMarooned Live (original version from Agent Orange)4:07
8."Nuclear Winter"Such, Gosdzik, DudekPersecution Mania5:25
9."Outbreak of Evil"Such, Josef "Grave Violator" Dominic, DudekIn the Sign of Evil (EP)4:45
10."Resurrection"Such, Hoffman, DudekBetter Off Dead4:47
11."Bombenhagel (Live)"Such, Gosdzik, DudekMortal Way of Live (original version from Persecution Mania)6:38
12."Masquerade in Blood"Such, Dirk "Strahli" Strahlmeier, Guido "Atomic Steif" RichterMasquerade in Blood3:19
13."Bullet in the Head"Such, Brings, DudekTapping the Vein3:01
14."Stalinhagel (Live)"Such, Gosdzik, Hoffman, Dudekpreviously unreleased on CD (taken from the VHS Live in der Zeche Carl)
(medley of the songs "Stalinorgel" and "Bombenhagel")
(original versions from Better Off Dead and Persecution Mania)
6:47
15."Shellshock (Live)"Mark Brabbs, Peter James Brabbspreviously unreleased on CD (taken from the VHS Live in der Zeche Carl)
(Tank cover)
(featuring Peter "Peavy" Wagner on vocals and guitar)
2:15
16."Angel Dust"Anthony "Antton" Lant, Jeffrey "Mantas" Dunn, Anthony "Abbadon" BrayGet What You Deserve (Venom cover)2:39

CD2

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No.TitleWriter(s)From the albumLength
1."Hunting Season"Such, Brings, DudekTapping the Vein4:29
2."Abuse"Such, Brings, RichterAber bitte mit Sahne (single)1:44
3."1000 Days of Sodom"Lant, Dunn, Braypreviously unreleased (Venom cover)4:43
4."Gomorrah"Such, Brings, RichterGet What You Deserve2:18
5."Unwanted Youth"Such, Strahlmeier, RichterMasquerade in Blood3:34
6."Tarred and Feathered"Such, Hoffman, DudekBetter Off Dead3:02
7."Iron Fist (Live)"Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister, Edward Allan "Fast Eddie" Clarke, Philip John "Philthy Animal" TaylorMortal Way of Live (Motörhead cover)2:57
8."Jabba the Hut"Such, Brings, RichterGet What You Deserve2:32
9."Silence Is Consent"Such, Brings, RichterGet What You Deserve2:30
10."Incest (Live)"Such, Gosdzik, DudekAusgebombt (single) (original version from Agent Orange)4:27
11."Shellfire Defense"Such, Hoffman, DudekBetter Off Dead4:22
12."Gone to Glory"Such, Brings, RichterMarooned Live (recorded during the soundcheck before the concert at the Docks in Hamburg in 1994)1:59
13."Fracticide"Such, Brings, RichterMarooned Live (recorded during the soundcheck before the concert at the Docks in Hamburg in 1994)2:50
14."Verrecke!"Such, Strahlmeier, RichterMasquerade in Blood2:48
15."One Step over the Line"Such, Brings, DudekTapping the Vein2:15
16."My Atonement"Such, Gosdzik, DudekExpurse of Sodomy (EP)6:03
17."Sodomized"Such, Brings, RichterAber bitte mit Sahne (single)2:38
18."Aber bitte mit Sahne"Eckart Hachfeld, Wolfgang SpahrAber bitte mit Sahne (single) (Udo Jürgens cover)3:01
19."Die stumme Ursel"Such, Brings, RichterGet What You Deserve3:47
20."Mantelmann"Such, Strahlmeier, RichterMasquerade in Blood2:10

References

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  1. ^ "Ten Black Years: The Best of Sodom - Sodom | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic".
  2. ^ "Sodom - Ten Black Years - Best of".