Shovel Headed Kill Machine
Studio album by
Exodus
ReleasedOctober 4, 2005
RecordedTrident Studio in Pacheco, California
GenreThrash metal
Length52:53
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerGary Holt
Exodus chronology
Tempo of the Damned
(2004) 		Shovel Headed Kill Machine
(2005) 		The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blabbermouth.net8.5/10[2]
PopMatters6/10[3]
Stylus MagazineB+[4]
Terrorizer8.5/10[5]

Shovel Headed Kill Machine is the seventh studio album by the American thrash metal band Exodus, released on October 4, 2005 through Nuclear Blast. It's the first album to feature new vocalist Rob Dukes, after the departure of Steve "Zetro" Souza during the band's South American tour in support of the band's previous album Tempo of the Damned. It is also the band's first studio album not to feature Rick Hunolt on guitars, with Lee Altus as his replacement, and the only Exodus album to feature Paul Bostaph on drums after Tom Hunting's second departure as a result of the reoccurrence of the illness that prompted him to depart in 1989. Shovel Headed Kill Machine sold over 3,000 copies in its first week of release in the U.S.[6]

Reception

In a review in Terrorizer, the album was praised as "a tremendous effort in its own right and an air guitarist's wet dream".[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Gary Holt except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Raze"Rob Dukes, Holt4:17
2."Deathamphetamine" 8:31
3."Karma's Messenger"Dukes, Holt4:14
4."Shudder to Think" 4:48
5."I Am Abomination" 3:25
6."Altered Boy" 7:37
7."Going Going Gone" 4:59
8."Now Thy Death Day Come" 5:11
9.".44 Magnum Opus" 6:56
10."Shovel Headed Kill Machine" 2:57
Total length:52:53
Digipak bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Purge the World"4:02
Japan edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
11."Problems" (Sex Pistols cover)4:25
Limited 2 edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Purge the World"4:02
12."Problems" (Sex Pistols cover)4:25

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Alisoglu, Scott (September 25, 2005). "Shovel Headed Kill Machine – EXODUS". BLABBERMOUTH.NET.
  3. ^ Begrand, Adrien (October 14, 2005). "Blood and Thunder: Regeneration". PopMatters. Archived from the original on December 11, 2005. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  4. ^ "Exodus – Shovel Headed Kill Machine – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  5. ^ a b Damien (November 2005). "Exodus: Shovel-Headed Kill Machine". Terrorizer (137): 74.
  6. ^ "Soundscan Report: Deftones, Soulfly, Exodus, Nickelback". Blabbermouth.net. October 12, 2005. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
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