Getter dinner, deep in the heart of the Ruhr area. From here from the middle of the 19th Century supplied Europe's industrialization with the necessary raw materials, broken down in tedious bone work underground, made of hard coal boots with sonorous names such as Carl, Anna, Fritz-Heinrich or Helene. Altenessen is also the musical domicile of Tom Angelripper, singer/bassist of the German Metal formation Sodom, who has been in a rocked rehearsal room with its band members for years to forge tough thrash. For other musicians, such information may be insignificant marginalia, for Tom they are important aspects of his recipe for success. "I want boys from the pot, from my haze, with which you can continuously rehearse and work," says Sodom boss and has put his band philosophy into reality with guitarists Frank Blackfire and Yorck Segatz and newcomer Toni Merkel (drums). A philosophy that is more common than ever. Because even with the first loosening of the Pandemie-related lockdown, Sodom was able to work creatively again. This is one of the reasons why "Genesis XIX" has become exactly what the participants have created: "This is definitely one of the hardest and most versatile studio tissues that Sodom has ever existed," explains Tom.