Artist: Exodus: mp3 download Genre(s): Rock: Thrash Metal: Speed Metal: Heavy Discography: Shovel Headed Kill Machine Year: 2005 Tracks: 10 Tempo Of The Damned Year: 2004 Tracks: 10 War Is My Sheppard Year: 2003 Tracks: 4 Another Lesson In Violence Year: 1997 Tracks: 12 Force Of Habit Year: 1992 Tracks: 13 Impact Is Imminent Year: 1990 Tracks: 9 Fabulous Disaster Year: 1989 Tracks: 10 Pleasures Of The Flesh Year: 1987 Tracks: 10 Bonded By Blood Year: 1985 Tracks: 9 Once the kings of the Bay Area alloy scene (widely accepted as the cradle of slam dance), Exodus were unceremoniously demoted from their post with the reaching of Los Angeles' Metallica in 1982. Sadly, with a little more luck, the radical english haw get occupied the position of, enounce, Slayer as the purest purveyors of ultra-thrash, merely patch they continued to be sensed as a major influence by jr. bands and proceeded to cut up kayoed a calling of their own over the side by side x, Exodus were in the end doomed to be the ultimate also-rans of the genre they helped spawn. Formed in 1981 by isaac Bashevis Singer Paul Baloff, guitarists Gary Holt and Kirk Hammett, bassist Geoff Andrews, and drummer Tom Hunting, Exodus were heavily influenced by Motörhead and New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands like Iron Maiden and Raven, whose lessons they combined with the unsanded, do-it-yourself aesthetic of the fertile Bay Area punk rocker scene to create slam dance metal. Their 1982 demonstration, Whipping Queen and Death and Domination, became wildly popular on the all important metro tape-trading circuit and solidified their standing as the Bay Area's first gear lick champions. They lost their numero uno standing a year subsequently, however, when pith appendage Kirk Hammett defected to Metallica, world Health Organization then raced beforehand of all competitors in their missionary work to fetch thrash to the public. Undaunted, Exodus drafted guitarist Rick Hunolt and replaced bassist Andrews with Rob McKillop before sign language with Torrid Records, for whom they recorded their Bonded by Blood debut in 1984. A would-be watershed of the musical genre, the album languished unreleased for o'er a year due to commercial enterprisingness problems, and by the metre it was eventually released by Combat Records in 1985, its shock had been severely greyed by the quick organic evolution of their peers. These hardships besides lED to the ousting of singer Baloff, world Health Organization was replaced by ex-Testament isaac Merrit Singer Steve Souza in time for 1987's unsatisfying Pleasures of the Flesh -- an discrepant album that did nada to promote Exodus' causal agency. Incessant touring served to strengthen the band's new lineup though, and 1989's meticulously conceived Fabulous Disaster was a critical triumph, bringing the group to its commercial heyday. The successful domain spell that followed brought another dramatic reverse, however, when drummer Hunting was diagnosed with an irregular flash that number 1 sidelined then strained him to relinquish the banding at tour's last. Still, Exodus were on a rove, and their momentum lED to a new contract with Capitol Records. They rush back into the studio with early Anthrax drum tech John Tempesta to lay downward tracks for 1990's Impact Is Imminent. But the absence of a competent producer and a rush, carelessly assembled compendium of songs resulted in the album's let loose failure, squandering the group's recent accomplishments and pretty often finishing sour its chances of greater success. Longtime bassist McKillop left shortly after (replaced by Mike Butler) and scorn the renewed character of 1992's Personnel of Habit (their most diverse album), the members of Exodus would go their split shipway shortly thenceforth. Then, ten-spot long time after his divergence from the dance orchestra, Paul Baloff rejoined most of the classical Bonded by Blood lineup for a series of gigs in 1997. A live record album entitled Some other Lesson in Violence was issued by Century Media to memorialize their homecoming show in San Francisco, and the ring continued to perform periodically over the next few years, until tragedy struck. Baloff of a sudden passed away on February 2, 2002, afterwards hurt a massive stroke and slithering into a coma trio years earlier. The reunion die was mold, however, and after lamentation their fallen friend, Exodus' "semi-classic" geological formation of Holt, Hunolt, Hunting, McKillop, and a returning Steve Souza began working on what would become the band's sixth studio album: 2004's Nuclear Blast-released Tempo of the Damned. Shovel Headed Kill Machine arrived in 2005, followed by Heinousness Exhibition in October 2007. |