Shovel Headed Kill Machine
Shovel Headed Kill Machine is the seventh studio album by the American thrash metal band Exodus, following Tempo of the Damned from 2004. It came out in October 2005, and it marks a real changing of the guard. Rob Dukes makes his debut as vocalist after Steve "Zetro" Souza left during the South American tour for the previous record.
The line-up shifts elsewhere too. Lee Altus steps in on guitar in place of Rick Hunolt, the first time Exodus made a studio album without him. Paul Bostaph takes the drum stool after Tom Hunting left for a second time, owing to the return of the illness that had first led him to depart in 1989. It remains the only Exodus record with Bostaph. For anyone following the band's story, it is the sound of a thrash veteran regrouping and carrying on with a new look.
Shovel Headed Kill Machine: tracklist and credits
10 tracks · 52:55Tracklist
- 1Raze4:17
- 2Deathamphetamine8:31
- 3Karma’s Messenger4:14
- 4Shudder to Think4:48
- 5I Am Abomination3:25
- 6Altered Boy7:37
- 7Going Going Gone4:59
- 8Now Thy Death Day Come5:11
- 9.44 Magnum Opus6:56
- 10Shovel Headed Kill Machine2:57
- Produced by
- Gary Holt
- Recorded
- Trident Studio in Pacheco, California
- Labels
- Dream On Records, Nuclear Blast
- Length
- 52:55
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How we know the release date wikipedia 2005-10-04 vs 2005-09-30 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 30 September 2005 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 4 October 2005 | |
| Wikidata | 2005 | |
| US release | 4 October 2005 | earliest US date |
9 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | KR | Dream On Records | other | |
| 2005 | RU | Irond | other | |
| 30 September 2005 | DE | Nuclear Blast | 727361137601 | original |
| 30 September 2005 | DE | Nuclear Blast | 727361137625 | original |
| 30 September 2005 | DE | Nuclear Blast | original | |
| 4 October 2005 | US | Nuclear Blast | 727361137625 | other |
| 4 October 2005 | XW | Nuclear Blast | 727361137663 | other |
| 7 October 2005 | DE | Nuclear Blast | other | |
| 21 December 2005 | JP | METAL FRONTIER | 4988003318932 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 400×400 | upscaled |