Talk:Persecution Mania

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No one is accusing Sodom of being Nazis, especially not because Bombenhagel's last riff is similar to the melody in the German national anthem. I removed that phrase. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.167.42.159 (talk) 23:38, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Despite what the cover may imply, the lyrical themes of the album are centred more around politics and war than religion.

This sentence gives a confusing and in my opinion incorrect analysis of the cover. If anything I would argue that the opposite; the cover art strongly suggests themes of Death and War over religion. Metallica's Master of Puppets also features gravestones (coupled with military items) on it, and religion doesn't feature prominently in the title track or many of the others for that matter. The anonymous soldier centred in the cover, kitted out in a Chemical suit suggests death and nuclear tensions of the Cold War era over any strong religous imagery. The message should read something along the lines of: The cover art depicts a cold war era soldier kitted out in a chemical suit against a backdrop of gravestones, this is a strong example of the content and lyrical themes contained in the album and depature from the band's traditional Satanic/anti-religous themes. Although a few songs dealing with religion/anti-religion remain, the main focus is on themes of death and warfare, which would be continued and explored on subsequent releases yadda yadda. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.158.5.89 (talk) 23:02, 16 August 2011 (UTC)