Exhibit B: The Human Condition

2010 release from the band that spawned the Bay Area Thrash scene in the early '80s, Exodus are one of the longest-running and most influential American Metal bands of all time. Surviving decampment, death, untimely disaster, dejection, and drug abuse, Exodus have become an anomaly in the metal world. The past few years have been a steady climb for the band, and tours with Megadeth, Testament, Arch Enemy, Hatebreed, and Kreator have proven to the newer thrashers that there's nothing dated about their approach. Exhibit B is a more than worthy successor to the Atrocity Exhibition, and will blow minds and redefine thrash for fans old and new!

You can always count on Exodus to supply some good, old-fashioned, downright vicious thrash metal with each release. And the lads deliver once more on their 2010 offering, Exhibit B: The Human Condition (impressively, their fourth album over a six-year period -- 2004-2010). As with the past few Exodus releases, guitarist Gary Holt and drummer Tom Hunting are the sole original members left in attendance. But this certainly doesn't prevent the group from offering up an absolutely brutal slab of thrash metal -- with the intensity not dipping one iota from beginning to end. And according to Holt, Exhibit B is a bit of a concept album, as the lyrics deal with such warm and fuzzy topics as "cruelty, ignorance, inhumanity, and brutality." Either way, the heavy duty topics certainly fit in well with the fast and furious riffing and vocal roars (the latter courtesy of Rob Dukes) -- as evidenced on such headbanging ragers as the album opener, "The Ballad of Leonard and Charles," as well as "Class Dismissed (A Hate Primer)" and "March of the Sycophants." Even with the tunes that momentarily take a breather ("Democide," "A Perpetual State of Indifference," etc.), it's only a matter of time until Exodus rams down the gas pedal once again and returns to their chug-a-lug riffery. Exodus has always liked it fast and furious, and they certainly don't disappoint with Exhibit B: The Human Condition. ~ Greg Prato, Rovi

Performer	Exodus
Music genre	Heavy Metal, Rock
Music subgenre	Thrash
Media format	CD
Original release date	2012
Language	English
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Track listing	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Record label	Nuclear Blast
Songwriter	Gary Holt
Track name	The Ballad of Leonard and Charles, Beyond the Pale, Hammer and Life, Class Dismissed (A Hate Primer), Downfall, March of the Sycophants, Nanking, Burn, Hollywood, Democide, The Sun Is My Destroyer, A Perpetual State of Indifference, Good Riddance, Devil's Teeth
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N