| CD REVIEW Exodus |
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Band : Exodus Since their first album Bonded By Blood Exodus have managed to redefine Thrash and they continue to do so with their latest release Exhibit B: The Human Condition. The band may have changed, personnel-wise, over the years, but the style and attitude have not. The ninth studio album shows no sign of them slowing down. From the first second this disc will trample you into dust. It clocks in at 74:19 and the tenth track, entitled “The sun is my destroyer” is 9 minutes and 21 seconds of sheer brutality on two of your senses. They kick it into high gear with tracks like “The ballad of Leonard and Charles”, "Hammer and life" and “Class dismissed (a hate primer)”. But other tracks like "Downfall” and the creepy “Nanking" methodically pummel you with brutal force. The viciousness of Rob Dukes vocals come through on every track combined with the killer guitar licks of Gary Holt and Lee Altus and the intense percussion of Tom Hunting. This band melds very well together as a tight family.The CD is twelve tracks of incredibly well-written songs, packed to the gills with crunchy guitar, barbed wire leads, unearthly guitarsoli, a pounding rhythm section and the raging voice. If you're a fan of Thrash Metal, this album will suck you in and hold you in its teeth for its entire running time, and you'll be thrilled that it did. 93/100 Cosmicmasseur. |