Track Listing

1. Call To Arms
2. Riot Act
3. Funeral Hymn
4. Children Of A Worthless God
5. As It Was As It Soon Shall Be
6. Atrocity Exhibition
7. Iconoclasm
8. Garden Of Bleeding
9. Bedlam 123

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #69755 in Music
• Released on: 2007-10-22
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

CD Description
San Francisco thrash veterans Exodus are old-school enough to count Metallica's Kirk Hammett as a founding member, but 27 years on, they're still banging heads with a ferocity many of their peers can't match. Loaded to bursting with the kind of rapid-fire, aggressive guitar that made the Bay Area ground zero for '80s metal, ATROCITY EXHIBITION cruises alongwith power and focus. Tracks like "Riot Act" take off on the high-octane blitz of second-generation acts like Anthrax that Exodus gave birth to, and moodier, mammoth numbers like the title track feature both speed and power in equal measures. Thrash purists who lament the death of the real thing will rejoice in this still-furious act's new vigor.

Customer Reviews

Brutal, Sheer Brutal Thrash Metal
Oooooooohh yes, now we're talking!!
When I first picked up the package and saw that there were in essence only 8 songs on this album I must admit I was a little disappointed. But after the blistering recent albums this century of Tempo and Shovel, I knew I just had to listen to it to see if they could take the sound further.

So into the CD player it went, and BAM. Boy did it give me a good old kick in the gut and fist to the head.

This is just sheer beautifully brutal thrash metal riffery. Gary 'Riff Machine' Holt really has pulled out the stops with this one. It's an instant classic. Tight and heavy riffing, pounding rhythm section, blistering vocals. Don't try to count the riffs in this album, there are just too many. And it sounds far from riff soup (remember when Dark Angel released their Time Does Not Heal album there was a sticker on the front reading '9 songs, 67 minutes, 246 riffs'? Well the only reason they did this was because the album was complete thrash tosh, so they had to sell it on something. Way too complex, way too many riffs, all sounding the same = riff soup).

Not so my friends with this metal masterpiece. Although rifftastic, in very much the same vein as Machine Head's Blackening album, there is a common thread running through each song that the riffs keep coming back to, letting the listener recognise what song on the album he is actually listening to.

Pick my favourites? - to tell you the truth the whole album is quite simply monstrous, and each track is awesome in its own right. Children of a Worthless God possibly stands out as the best track on an album, but this does not mean the rest of the album is just filler. Far from it. The attempt at clean vocals in the chorus bridge is inspired, and actaully adds to the heaviness of the song.

Although a latecomer, this baby stands out easily as one of the best albums of the year.

What a wonderful age of metal we're living in now.

Enjoy!!

Thrash Masters!
'The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A' is the new album from Bay Area thrash legends EXODUS. This marks studio album number eight for the band and amazingly for EXODUS, there is only one line-up change from the previous album, with long time drummer Tom Hunting returning to his stool replacing Paul Bostaph.



After a short instrumental intro, it is the ferocious 'Riot Act' which kicks off the action. With a simple, yet effective riff - and a fist-pumping chorus - 'Riot Act' keeps up EXODUS' recent tradition of opening their album's with absolute crackers, ala 'Raze' and 'Scar Spangled Banner'.



As you'd expect from EXODUS, the album is a riff-fest, and mainman Gary Holt's guitar performance is outstanding, rounded off by an awesome wammy bar bending solo on 'Bedlam 1-2-3'. This song could certainly have a minute or two shaved off the start and end, but it still serves as a great EXODUS thrash anthem in the vein of classics 'Brain Dead' and 'Bonded by Blood' - and is a fine way to wrap up the album.



In between 'Riot Act' and 'Bedlam...', there are 4 strong album tracks, and two more stand-out gems. Title track 'Atrocity Exhibition' is 10 minutes long, but keeps the listener interested with a varied structure and plenty of intricate guitar work. The best song on the album though has to be 'Children of a Worthless God' - and it's arguably the best song EXODUS have ever written. This is an instant classic, with an awesome headbanging riff, a great chorus and a pre-chorus that features Rob Dukes' first attempt at straight voice singing. Dukes' vocals elsewhere on the record are as aggressive as ever, although you can still tell most of the words, which is a definite plus with some great lyrics covering the usual subjects of war, relgion, politics and anything else destructive.



With 'The Atrocity Exhibition - Part 1', EXODUS have made it a hat-trick of great albums this side of the millennium. It may only have 8 songs on it, but that's not an issue when there isn't a single filler in sight. This is not only an exhibition of atrocity - it is an exhihbition of first class thrash metal!

Stunning...
This is quite simply an astonishing album. I have never listened to Exodus before, although I had heard of the name, which caused me to buy it. It is one of a very, very select few CDs that I have played that have caused my jaw to hit the floor - I was literally speechless.

Yes, it's known as thrash, but really, if you like any sort of metal in any way, I guarantee you will love this album - not a weak song in sight.