[b]Exodus tekent bij Nuclear Blast[/b]
Bay area thrashers Exodus hebben een deal met Nuclear Blast getekend. Hun eerste wapenfeit voor dit label zal hun come-back album “Tempo of the Damned” zijn die op 2 februari 2004 uit zal komen (exact 2 jaar na het overlijden van Paul Baloff.
Quote van de band over het nieuwe abum:
“All fans of ‘Bonded by Blood’, ‘Pleasures of the Flesh’ and ‘Fabulous Disaster’, who have been waiting for some classic Bay Area thrash from the H-team (guitarists Gary Holt & Rick Hunolt) will be freaking out on songs like ‘Blacklist’, ‘War Is My Sheppard’ [sic], [and] ‘Shroud of Urine’,” according to an official press release. “This new album will be another classic album in the catalogue of Exodus!!!” A limited-edition single, containing the track “War Is My Sheppard” will be available for sale on the group’s upcoming “Bonded by Metal Over Europe” tour in October and via Nuclear Blast Mailorder. Other tracks tentatively set to appear on the long-awaited follow-up to 1992’s “Force Of Habit” include “Tempo of the Damned” (download 44-second MP3 clip here), “Culling the Herd”, “Scar Spangled Banner”, “Sealed With a Fist”, “C.O.T.C. (Crime Of The Century)”, “Forward March”, “Throwing Down”, “Impaler” and “Death Row”.