Veteran German thrashers SODOM have completed work on their long-awaited new DVD, "Lords Of Depravity - Part II", tentatively due this summer. The team responsible for the disc's production - Ronald Matthes (director/producer ' documentary/concert), Alex Kraudelt (co-director ' documentary) and Jan ' Paul Wass (co-director ' concert) has issued the following update on the project:
"Finally we sit here together and admire the dark circles around each others' eyes. We just have finished the most elaborate project we have ever worked on - and we are damn proud of it. To assort, cut and finally make the available movie from the 2,500 hours of material, we consumed 300 packages of cigarettes, 1,200 beers, buckets of coffee, numerous sausages, hamburgers and other terrible, but invigorating fast food. The days TomThomas 'Angelripper' Such] visited us, we surely had to increase the beer and tobacco consumption dramatically for reasons of concentration.
The story of the '3 Musketeers' - Bobby [Schottkowski, drums], Bernemann [guitar] and, of course, Tom - grabbed us in such an engrossing way that we almost had to suppress our private lives for about six months. A big thanks, and an even bigger sorry, goes to all our friends, girlfriends and families who have already pronounced us insane and thought we have an off-the-record relationship with the band.
Well, we can calm you down - beside our soft spot for project-based sodomy - we remained faithful to our beloved ones. We also want to thank all the members of our crew who where the ones that made us able to cope with that monster of a project. Indeed, the biggest gratitude goes to the band we mentioned above for the possibility they gave us to create that unique film by telling us their agitating story. A film is always as good as its story and protagonists - we are just the glue.
About 60 participants from the worldwide music biz we [didn't] even [have] to force to give us a fast statement, who rather came to us intentionally to announce their sympathy and love for the band, make the film an obeisance to one of the most significant bands of the whole thrash and metal community. We hope that the film will keep you in the same suspense we felt during the production. Close the doors, grab one of the beers from the crate in front of you and experience all ups and downs with the band they've experienced during the last 13 years.
After 25 years, the band is still not done; [on the contrary], they are even in the best shape ever. That's also the reason we are going to finish these lines now. You don't think this was the final part, don't you?
We will now raise our glasses to 25 years of SODOM and then start immediately with the prearrangement for the next part."
Source: www.Blabbermouth.Net
