Exodus
Goliath
Napalm Records
Predating all members of the βBig Fourβ, Bay Area thrashers Exodus got usurped by those who followed and refined their attack for mass consumption. Line-up changes and career missteps found the band faltering while their peers hit commercial highs, which relegated Exodus (rather unfairly) to thrashβs second tier. However, remaining independent had its benefits and let the band call their own shots, and while all of the canonical Four have patchy discographies, Exodusβ remained consistently strong. Album number (lucky) thirteen, Goliath,is no exception and finds the band delivering more of their trademark good, friendly, violent fun for which they are renowned. You might expect a band approaching their fiftieth year to be easing off the gas somewhat, well not a bit of it because opening salvo β3111β evidences a group who are filled with fire. Goliath is Exodusβ first for Napalm Records and also finds former vocalist Rob Dukes returning, both of which have reenergised the bandβs batteries and finds them unleashing a warlike sound which finds the rhythm section wheeling out the heavy artillery and the guitars exploding as if phosphorous flares. The result is a ten track affair that rarely takes its foot off the accelerator, meaning Goliath finds Exodus standing tall.
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Review by Peter Dennis.