Exodus - Impact Is Imminent
Wow, four albums and still no ballad! Big shit, and by the way, a ballad is not necessarily a slow song: a ballad tells a story. I wish people could get this straight. Anyway this LP sees the addition of new drummer John Tempesta, who is apparently only average. This is not a bad LP, but it does have a few problems: In some places Zetro’s vocals sound uninspired or briefly annoying, there is little variance in the drums, the beginning of “The Lunatic Parade” is stolen from S.O.D.’s “March of the S.O.D.” (which is not a cool thing to do), and sometimes the lyrics seem rushed as if the guys were hard up for words. On the up side, the guitar sound is very heavy sounding and cool as fuck. The solos are outlandish, I knew that Gary and Rick had this in them and here’s where it comes out. The music is heavy, which is what Exodus wanted, but don’t expect Bonded by Blood Part 2. This album would be very good from another band, but I expect more from Exodus, they practically invented Thrash. Maybe next time they will reinvent it.
{I’d guess that anyone reading this knows that Exodus reformed with more-or-less their original line up, played some shows, and released a live album of classics from the Bonded by Blood era. So, I guess they never did “reinvent” Thrash, and have settled instead on trying to just relive it.}
[Notes in {curly brackets} are from the Metal Curse 1 - 4 Collected Edition (1999)]
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