No scan on file yet
Artist Sodom
Release M-16
Year 2001
Label Steamhammer # SPV 085-72442-P
Format LP · Album
Language English
Songs here 2 in the archive
Citation: Justin A. Brummer, Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) — Sodom, M-16; cite each song by its SongID

M-16

2001 · Album · Steamhammer # SPV 085-72442-P · Germany: Unified
2 songs from this release are in the archive, listed below in catalogue order. Track positions are not recorded; the release may carry other songs that do not reference the war.
Annotation
Sodom, a heavy metal band formed in 1981, in Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. The group had a revolving line-up. They released a few Vietnam-related songs: "Persecution Mania" (1987) on Persecution Mania, "Agent Orange" and "Magic Dragon" (1989) on Agent Orange, "Capture the Flag" (1990) on Better Off Dead, and "Among the Weidcong" & "Napalm in the Morning" (2001) on M-16. This thrash metal album was war-themed (Steamhammer # SPV 085-72442 CD), with several tracks focused on Vietnam. This included the song "Among the Weidcong" about "aggressive jungle war" .

The track "Napalm in the Morning" - a reference to the surfing scene in the film Apocalypse Now (1979), directed by the political liberal and dove Francis Ford Coppola. Captain Kilgore (Robert Duvall) of the Air Cavalry attacks a Vietcong held village while playing Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" on the loud speakers of his helicopter. Once on the ground, Kilgore strips of his shirt and scarf and prepares to go surfing with explosions and gunshots all around. As fighter jets bomb the forest behind the Vietcong village, Kilgore says happily "I love the smell of napalm in the morning….smells like victory".
Covers & answer records
Dozens of songs are influenced by Apocalypse Now either in title or lyrics, especially the quote "smell of napalm in the moring". Here are a select few
"Charlie Don't Surf" by The Clash on Sandinista! (1980)
Napalm Beach" by The Five on Napalm Beach / Excite Me (1981)
Beach Party Vietnam" by The Dead Milkmen on Eat Your Paisley! (1986)
Rambo Rat" by The Queers on Grow Up (1990)
The War in Vietnam" by New Scene on Technomakinita 2 (1991)
Back to Nam EP" by Commando Alan Jamming Nam (1994)
Wa Wa Zat!!" by David Lee Roth on DLR Band (1998)
Vietnam" by Big Red on Big Redemption (1999)
New World Disorder" by Biohazard on New World Disorder (1999)
Napalm in the Morning" by Sodom on M-16 (2001)
Hysteria" by Knives Out! on Black Mass Hysteria (2012)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Collections
Songs from this release appear in these 2 curated collections.
The songs
1.
2001 · Album · Steamhammer # SPV 085-72442-P · Germany · M-16

German thrash metal band formed in 1981 in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany; their album 'Agent Orange' (1989), themed on the Vietnam War, became one of the genre's biggest German successes. [Source: Wikipedia]

2.
2001 · Album · Steamhammer # SPV 085-72442-P · Germany · M-16

German thrash metal band formed in 1981 in Gelsenkirchen, West Germany; their album 'Agent Orange' (1989), themed on the Vietnam War, became one of the genre's biggest German successes. [Source: Wikipedia]

Theme: Napalm