Shovel Headed Kill Machine

Studio album by Exodus

Released

October 4, 2005

Recorded

Trident Studio in Pacheco, California

Genre

Thrash metal

Length

52:53

Exodus chronology

Tempo of the Damned
(2004)

Shovel Headed Kill Machine
(2005)

The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A
(2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Blabbermouth.net	^[2]
PopMatters	6/10^[3]
Stylus Magazine	B+^[4]
Terrorizer	8.5/10^[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. This album comes after a huge change in the band's lineup. Therefore, this is 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 reoccurence 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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Raze"	Dukes, Holt	4:17
2.	"Deathamphetamine"	Holt	8:31
3.	"Karma's Messenger"	Dukes, Holt	4:14
4.	"Shudder to Think"	Holt	4:48
5.	"I Am Abomination"	Holt	3:25
6.	"Altered Boy"	Holt	7:37
7.	"Going Going Gone"	Holt	4:59
8.	"Now Thy Death Day Come"	Holt	5:11
9.	".44 Magnum Opus"	Holt	6:56
10.	"Shovel Headed Kill Machine"	Holt	2:57
Total length:			52:53

Digipack bonus track
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Purge the World"	4:02

Japan edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Problems" (Sex Pistols cover)	4:25

Limited 2 edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Purge the World"	4:02
12.	"Problems" (Sex Pistols cover)	4:25

Personnel

Rob Dukes - vocals
Gary Holt - lead and rhythm guitars
Lee Altus - lead and rhythm guitars
Jack Gibson - bass
Paul Bostaph - drums

Production

Produced by Gary Holt
Engineered by Juan Urteaga
Recorded at Trident Studio
Mixed and Mastered by Andy Sneap at Backstage Studios in Derby, UK
Management: Steven Warner
A&R: Jaap Wagemaker

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Blabbermouth.net review
↑ Begrand, Adrien (October 14, 2005). "Blood and Thunder: Regeneration". PopMatters. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
↑ Stylus Magazine review
1 2 Damien (November 2005). "Exodus: Shovel-Headed Kill Machine". Terrorizer (137): 74.
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Exodus

Steve Souza Gary Holt Lee Altus Jack Gibson Tom Hunting Paul Baloff Rob Dukes Rick Hunolt Rob McKillop Michael Butler John Tempesta Paul Bostaph Kirk Hammett

Studio albums	Bonded by Blood Pleasures of the Flesh Fabulous Disaster Impact Is Imminent Force of Habit Tempo of the Damned Shovel Headed Kill Machine The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A Exhibit B: The Human Condition Blood In, Blood Out

Live albums	A Lesson in Violence Good Friendly Violent Fun Another Lesson in Violence Live at the DNA Double Live Dynamo! Shovel Headed Tour Machine: Live At Wacken & Other Assorted Atrocities

Compilation albums	Lessons in Violence Let There Be Blood

Demo albums	1982 Demo A Lesson in Violence Turk Street Demo Pleasures of the Flesh Die by His Hand

Songs	"The Toxic Waltz"

Related articles	Discography Primus Metallica Slayer Headbangers Ball Tour Exodus photo gallery

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