Tom Angelripper
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Thomas Such, known professionally as Tom Angelripper, is a German musician. He is the lead vocalist, bassist, main songwriter and only original remaining member of the thrash metal band Sodom and also
Angelripper performing in 2018
Angelripper in 2022
FC Schalke 04
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Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04, and abbreviated as S04, is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It i
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…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 guested on Warfare's "Cemetery Dirt" single. Studio albums…
1900s typical mining structure in the Ruhr, source of the Schalke nickname Die Knappen – from an old German word for "miners"– because the team drew so many of its players and supporters from the coalmine workers of Gelsenkirchen.
FC Schalke 04 supporters in 1941 (Score table says "Kriegsmeistershaft" - "War championship")
Commonly regarded as the greatest S04 player of all time alongside Fritz Szepan, Ernst Kuzorra is also commonly regarded as one of the greatest German forwards and led S04 to become the dominant team in German football winning six German championships and one DFB-Pokal from 1934 to 1942. Ernst Kuzorra was one of the main axes of what became known as the "Schalker Kreisel; a system that used quick and short passing", to confuse and overwhelm the opponent.
Fans displaying their colours at the Veltins-Arena