"SODOM is a Japanese band. Formed around vocalist ZAZIE, they played hardcore punk in the early days of formation, industrial, new wave, and house music after 1985, and continued to change their musicality until they stopped working in 1991, focusing on irregular rhythm arrangements and heavy vocals of ZAZIE. They gained cult popularity due to unique sound style."
Timeline...
1. Formed around ZAZIE in 1981.
2. Participated in ADK Omnibus Vol. 1 released from
"ADK Record" established by Mr. Tam of Stalin in 1983.
3. Released the cassette-album "St. Requiem" in 1984.
4. Released the album "TV Murder" in 1985.
5. 1986 Released single "Material Flower". Pause activity once.
6. 1987 Resumed activities. At that time, the band adopted a genre called dance punk.
7. 1988 Resurrected as a house music band with Yukihiro Fukutomi
as a member. Released the album "King Of House".
8. Major debut from Alfa Records with the 1991 album "Sodom".
Immediately after the activity stopped.
9. February 18, 2007 Resumed activities as SODOM at Shinjuku LOFT
live for the first time in 16 years.
10. October 18, 2009 Resurrected as THE SODOM PROJECT
at the event "DRIVE TO 2010" at Shinjuku LOFT.
11. Participated in the remix of the 2011 XA-VAT album Gloss (First Press Limited Edition).
12. 2012 Single "THE SODOM PROJECT" released.
13. 2013 Participated in MY BLOODY VALENTINE's tribute album "Yellow Loveless".
14. In 2018 the Italian label FOAD Records released an LP containing 7 songs from the 1st album St. Requiem + "ADK Omnibus Vol.1". A secret appearance centered on the initial members at the event
held at Shimokitazawa "Club Que" on Saturday, November 10th.
15. 2019 February 3, after a live was held at EARTHDOM, announced a 2019 national tour as SODOM.