Thomas Such (born 19 February 1963), who is known by his stage name Tom Angelripper, is a German musician who is known as the lead vocalist, bassist, main songwriter, and the only original remaining member of German thrash metal band Sodom and also a member or Bassinvaders.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Thomas Such |
| Born | 19 February 1963 Gelsenkirchen, West Germany (now Germany) |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, bass guitar |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Labels | Steamhammer |
Biography
Thomas Such was born in Gelsenkirchen on 19 February 1963, from where he learned to play bass steadily whilst working in coal mines. He then went on, as Tom Angelripper, to be the founding members of the German thrash metal band Sodom. He originally started off as just the bassist, but ended up becoming the vocalist and has done both on every studio release.
In Sodom, Angelripper plays bass and sings.[1] Angelripper formed Sodom with guitarist Frank "Aggressor" Testegen and drummer Rainer "Bloody Monster" Focke in 1982, in a desperate bid to get out of work in the coal mines that the three had worked in.
Angelripper also founded a band called Onkel Tom Angelripper which plays metal versions of schlagers, drinking songs and Christmas carols. In addition, he worked with a side project of Sodom's touring guitarist Alex Kraft, called Desperados, which played spaghetti Western-themed heavy metal. The band later evolved independently under the name of Dezperadoz, but Angelripper still occasionally contributes.
He also plays in several other side projects, such as the German bands Bassinvaders and Die Knappen and has just guested on the brand new Warfare single the first for 27 years Cemetery Dirt (Plastic Head Music Download)
Discography
Solo
Studio albums
- Ein schöner Tag... (1996, Drakkar)
- Ein Tröpfchen voller Glück (1998, Drakkar)
- Ein Strauß bunter Melodien (1999, Drakkar)
- Ich glaub' nicht an den Weihnachtsmann (2000, Drakkar)
- Nunc Est Bibendum (2011, Drakkar)
- H.E.L.D. (2014, Drakkar)
- Bier Ernst (2018, Steamhammer)
Compilations
- Das blaueste Album der Welt! (1999, Drakkar)
- Die volle Dröhnung (2003, Drakkar)
- Ich glaub' nicht an den Weihnachtsmann (2006, Drakkar)
Singles
- "Delirium" (1995, Drakkar)
- "Bon Scott hab' ich noch live gesehen" (2004, Drakkar)
- "Warfare" Cemetery Dirt (2018 Plastic Head Media Download)
DVDs
- Lieder die das Leben schreibte (2004, Drakkar)
With Dezperadoz
- The Dawn of Dying (2000, Drakkar)
With Bassinvaders
- Hellbassbeaters (2008, Frontiers)
With Die Knappen
- Glock auf! (Single) (2008, Independent)
- Auf Kohle geboren (2010, Sunny Bastards Music)
Guest appearances
- Protector - Golem (1988, Atom H)
- Protector - Echoes from the Past... (Compliation) (2003, I Hate)
- Holy Moses - Strength Power Will Passion (2005, Armageddon Music)
- Powergod - That's Metal Lesson II - Long Live the Loud (2005, Massacre)
- Dezperadoz - The Legend and the Truth (2006, AFM Records)
- Holy Moses - Master of Disaster (2006, Armageddon Music)
- Dezperadoz - An Eye for an Eye (2008, AFM Records)
- Destruction - The Curse of the Antichrist: Live in Agony (2009, AFM)
- Destruction - A Savage Symphony - The History of Annihilation (2010, AFM)
- Irreverence - Upon These Ashes (2010, Noisehead Records)
- Wortmord - Wortgeburt (2010, Broken Silence Records)
- Pharao - Road to Nowhere (2010, SAOL)
- Final Depravity - Nightmare 13 (2010, Nihilistic Empire)
- Doro - 25 Years in Rock... and Still Going Strong (2010, Nuclear Blast)
- Onslaught - Bomber (Single) (with [[Phil Campbell}} (2010, AFM)
- Onslaught - Sounds of Violence (2011, AFM)
- Doro - Merry Metal Xmas (Single) (2011, Nuclear Blast)
- Dezperadoz - Dead Man's Hand (2012, Drakkar)
- Afterblood - Limited Signed 3-track CD Single for Live Audiences (2012, Independent)
- Destruction - Spiritual Genocide (2012, Nuclear Blast)
- Afterblood - Of Unsound Minds (2013, Independent)
- Frank Blackfire - Back on Fire (2015, Nihilistic Empire)
- Doro - Strong and Proud - 30 Years of Rock and Metal (2016, Nuclear Blast)
- Dezperadoz Call of the Wild (2017, Drakkar Records)
- Enrichment Crawl (Single) (2017, MetalSpiesser)
- Enrichment Reanimate (2017, MetalSpiesser)
- Darkness - First Class Violence (2018, Massacre)
- Tank - Re-Ignition (2019, Cleopatra)
- Warfare - The Songbook of Filth (2021, Hear No Evil Recordings)
- Traitor - Total Thrash (2022, Violent Creek)
- Traitor - Exiled To The Surface (2022, Violent Creek)
- Pestlegion Sathanas Grand Victoria (2022, Osmose Productions)
- Holy Moses - Invisible Friends (2023, Fireflash)