EP
The Art of Dying / Tempo of the Damned
The Art of Dying / Tempo of the Damned is an EP from Exodus, released in 2004 through Nuclear Blast. Its second title is shared with the studio album Tempo of the Damned, which arrived the same year and was the Bay Area thrash band's first full-length since Force of Habit in 1992. It belongs to a significant moment in their story.
The Art of Dying / Tempo of the Damned: tracklist and credits
6 tracks · 25:09Tracklist
- 1Prophecy5:09
- 2Thicker Than BloodCavestany, Galeon, Osegueda, Pepa3:42
- 3War Is My ShepherdGary Holt and Steve Souza4:27
- 4Tempo of the DamnedGary Holt4:22
- 5Metal DischargeSchmier and Mike Sifringer3:27
- 6Acts of RageDew‐Scented4:02
- Produced by
- Destruction, V.O. Pulver, Dew‐Scented
- Executive producer
- Markus Staiger
- Recorded at
- Little Creek Studio, Stage One Studios
- Recorded
- May 2003 – June 2003
- Mixed by
- V.O. Pulver, Franky Winkelmann, Andy Classen
- Mixed at
- Stage One Studios
- Engineered by
- V.O. Pulver, Franky Winkelmann, Andy Classen
- Label
- Nuclear Blast
- Length
- 25:09
Line-up
- Markus Reincke · drums (drum set), background vocals · guest
- Schmier · bass guitar, lead vocals · guest
- Mike Sifringer · guitar · guest
- Hendrik Bache · electric bass guitar, electric guitar · guest
- Florian Müller · electric guitar · guest
- Uwe Werning · drums (drum set) · guest
- Leif Jensen · lead vocals · guest
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How we know the release date only year precision available
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 2004 | |
| US release | 2004 | earliest US date |
1 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | US | Nuclear Blast | original |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: major: best source 594x599, upscaled to 1500 (x2.53)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 594×599 | upscaled: major: best source 594x599, upscaled to 1500 (x2.53) |