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Re: Exodus I think they are a hit and miss band with Bonded by blood being a good album not a classic, with Baloff as as shitty vocalist, Fabulous Disaster being mediocre, and I have yet to hear Pleasures of the Flesh. Tempo of the damned is easily better than any of their early nineties mid-paced crap, as the band clearly got tired of thrashing and wanted to bore everyone to death with Impact is imminent and Force of habit.

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Re: Exodus well yeah, Megadeth were strong until RISK, then started getting back to what Megadeth was about with United Abominations and Endgame, but they've gone downhill again with Th1rt3eN. if Exodsu had kept on going with albums like Tempo they too would fit into the return to form category but since that album they've really gone off the rails in my opinion

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Re: Exodus I can't say I agree about Megadeth, Countdown and Youthanasia were alright, but Cryptic Writings is where I draw the line. Some of their new stuff is good though. I like Exodus' albums with Dukes, but they aren't as good as Tempo. Not sure why he sounds hardcore-ish on the albums either, because live he sounds a great deal like Souza.

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One of my favorite thrash albums is Fabulous Disaster. Bonded' date=' Pleasures, Impact, and Tempo are greatly enjoyable, too. I have not heard Forces of Habit so no opinion for that, but anything with Dukes on vocals I just can't get into.[/quote'] It doesn't seem to be the popular opinion, but Fabulous Disaster is my favorite Exodus album as well. Bonded By Blood is a classic with some killer songs, no question about that, but Fabulous Disaster was much more original and varied, while still being plenty vicious. The slightly off-kilter riffing and the drumming paint a pretty manic picture, and Zetro is in top form their, his phrasing and vocal lines are totally unique to him, and they compliment the music perfectly. Now that he's back in the band, maybe they'll play more than just The Toxic Waltz live. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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I dig aggression as much as the next headbanger but to me Fabulous Disaster is Exodus at their very best. I struggle to tell songs apart on Bonded By Blood they get a bit samey. I have the same problem with the more savage thrash bands like Dark Angel and Morbid Saint. Coroner are my favourite thrash band as they combine aggression with technicality and variety in a way few bands can replicate.

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Fabulous Disaster is alright' date=' but nowhere near as good as Bonded. Aggression always beats variation.[/quote'] Fabulous Disaster is still plenty aggressive, and Souza's sneering vocals seem more vicious than Baloff's more wild delivery. You can't tell me that the title track, The Last Act of Defiance, Verbal Razors, etc... can't stack up in terms of intensity to Piranha, A Lesson in Violence, or Metal Command. It seems like people focus on the cover songs and Cajun Hell and forget how raging the other tracks are, but Bonded By Blood has slower tracks on it too, like And Then There Were None.
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