Shovel Headed Kill Machine

Shovel Headed Kill Machine is the seventh studio album by the American thrash metal band Exodus, released on October 4, 2005 through Nuclear Blast. This album comes after a huge change in the band's lineup. Therefore, this is the first album to feature new vocalist Rob Dukes, after the departure of Steve "Zetro" Souza during the band's South American tour in support of the band's previous album Tempo of the Damned. It is also the band's first studio album not to feature Rick Hunolt on guitars, with Lee Altus as his replacement, and the only Exodus album to feature Paul Bostaph on drums after Tom Hunting's second departure as a result of the reoccurrence of the illness that prompted him to depart in 1989. Shovel Headed Kill Machine sold over 3,000 copies in its first week of release in the U.S.[6]

Shovel Headed Kill Machine
Studio album by Exodus
Released	October 4, 2005
Recorded	Trident Studio in Pacheco, California
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	52:53
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Gary Holt
Exodus chronology
Tempo of the Damned (2004) Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2005) The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Blabbermouth.net	[2]
PopMatters	6/10[3]
Stylus Magazine	B+[4]
Terrorizer	8.5/10[5]

Reception

In a review in Terrorizer, the album was praised as "a tremendous effort in its own right and an air guitarist's wet dream".[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Raze"	Dukes, Holt	4:17
2.	"Deathamphetamine"	Holt	8:31
3.	"Karma's Messenger"	Dukes, Holt	4:14
4.	"Shudder to Think"	Holt	4:48
5.	"I Am Abomination"	Holt	3:25
6.	"Altered Boy"	Holt	7:37
7.	"Going Going Gone"	Holt	4:59
8.	"Now Thy Death Day Come"	Holt	5:11
9.	".44 Magnum Opus"	Holt	6:56
10.	"Shovel Headed Kill Machine"	Holt	2:57
Total length:			52:53

Digipack bonus track

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Purge the World"	4:02

Japan edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Problems" (Sex Pistols cover)	4:25

Limited 2 edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Purge the World"	4:02
12.	"Problems" (Sex Pistols cover)	4:25

Personnel

• Rob Dukes – vocals
• Gary Holt – guitars
• Lee Altus – guitars
• Jack Gibson – bass
• Paul Bostaph – drums

Production

• Produced by Gary Holt
• Engineered by Juan Urteaga
• Recorded at Trident Studio
• Mixed and Mastered by Andy Sneap at Backstage Studios in Derby, UK
• Management: Steven Warner
• A&R: Jaap Wagemaker

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Alisoglu, Scott (25 September 2005). "Shovel Headed Kill Machine – EXODUS". BLABBERMOUTH.NET.
3. Begrand, Adrien (October 14, 2005). "Blood and Thunder: Regeneration". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 2005-12-11. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
4. "Exodus – Shovel Headed Kill Machine – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
5. Damien (November 2005). "Exodus: Shovel-Headed Kill Machine". Terrorizer (137): 74.
6. "Soundscan Report: Deftones, Soulfly, Exodus, Nickelback". Blabbermouth.net. 2005-10-12. Retrieved 2017-01-24.