Exodus Albums Ranked!

[@aka8503]

Tempo Of The Damned is my number 1 Exodus album because of just Three songs: Forward March, Black List and specially Shroud Of Urine. The Long Guitar Solos of these songs just blew me away. I think the guitar solos of these songs are the best guitar solos of the entire Exodus discography. After all those years since the album released, still I don't get tired listening these solos.- Alekhin, A 56 years old Metalhead from Bangladesh.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I initially had Tempo higher on my list but I just ended up digging other albums more overall. Tempo is a banger though and the lead work is scorching on that one. It's damn good comeback album too from Force of Habit.

[@zacharyashmore1830]

Don't forget Culling the Herd and Throwing Down. The whole album is monstrous, but those songs in particular fuckin rip faces off.

[@80nighttime]

Bro you need to listen to some better exodus of you want solos. Listen to Pleasures of the Flesh on 97 live album with Baloff

[@dionisioramirez6706]

When tempo came out I thought it was the best comeback for a band. Such a heavy and pissed off album. My favorite then bonded by blood.

[@banana2649]

Glad to see Jon give Pleasures some love. That album's amazing, especially Chemi-kill, Til Death Do Us Part, Parasite and the title track. So many great riffs.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- It's one of those where I like it but there's definitely more in their discography I like more.

[@banana2649]

@@thrallsofmetal true, Fabulous Disaster will always be my favourite

[@alex_flamer]

Yes Chemi-kill is such a well written song. Commentary on corrupt politicians even back in the 80s! And it's still relevant today considering "you know what" just happened.

[@archangelofcoffee922]

"Impact Is Imminent" is highly overlooked. "Only Death Decides" is honestly one of my favorite Exodus tunes EVER (right behind "Piranha"). Such nasty riffs. Funny you guys mention Pantera at the end cause they toured with Exodus during the "Impact" album cycle.

[@bayareathrasher666]

As a close personal friend of the band...I love the live album with Paul...not just because I was there, but because that show was just electric and Paul is hella classic on it, super funny. Jack had just joined the band.

[@belghy281]

Finally,I can't wait to hear your opinions on some of their albums.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- This one was a lot of fun to go over. Killer band.

[@sadboi7537]

Pleasures might be the most underrated album in their entire discography.

[@Yaummers]

I love this band. They're easily a top 10 band for me and probably in my top 3 for favorite thrash metal bands of all time. I cannot wait to see this list from all of you. 11. Force of Habit (Not bad, just kinda there.) 10. Impact is Imminent (Same as FoH, but definitely some more standout tracks.) 9. Blood In, Blood Out (Good record, nothing really bad, but nothing really awesome.) 8. Pleasures of the Flesh (The first record with Zetro. Even though it is number 8, I still love this record and play it frequently. The production is not as good as Bonded or Fabulous, but I still believe the songs are great.) 7. Persona Non Grata (It took a long time to get this record, but they delivered on everything that I wanted from an Exodus record: brutal, heaviness, great riffs, killer soloing, and awesome rhythm section. It has become my favorite thrash record from 2021. Great.) 6. Exhibit B: The Human Condition (The last with Dukes, but what an amazing record. The opening "The Ballad of Leonard and Charles" is probably my favorite opening song from any Exodus record. Awesome record.) 5. Shovel Headed Kill Machine (First record with Dukes, and it is a brutal delivering. I love every moment from this record. Yes, Rob's vocals are not what they would become, but everything else on here is spot on.) 4. Fabulous Disaster (I can see why a lot of people would say this is their favorite. What a great record. Zetro sounds amazing. The production is an improvement from PotF. Great record. I can listen to this any day of the week. 3. Tempo of the Damned (Brutal and vicious record. This is my favorite record from Zetro. The performances from everyone are perfect. This set the standard for what Exodus were going to do up until now.) 2. Bonded By Blood (This, in my opinion, is the greatest thrash metal debut of all time. It is flawless from beginning to end. Baloff needed only this one record to be a thrash legend. I cannot say enough positive things about this record. In another note, I am probably one of the few that still really loves Let There Be Blood as well. But overall, perfect record.) 1. The Atrocity Exhibition...Exhibit A (Unbelievable record. This record hit at the right time in my life, so it carries a lot of meaning for me. And again, Dukes is my favorite Exodus vocalist and one of my all time favorite vocalists in metal. Yes, Bonded By Blood is the better record, but this is my personal favorite.) Keep rockin Thrallers!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Been fan for years and honestly they're probably the first band I think of when it comes down to the whole Bay Area sound still. This was a tough one to rank since they're so consistent (well, Force of Habit wasn't hard to rank for me) but man was it fun to go through this stuff again. Solid ranking. I'm sure Jon will appreciate the love for The Atrocity Exhibition especially.

[@davidburns6284]

I agree with your #1. Exhibit A is maybe my favorite too. Incredible album.

[@KiwiDimi]

I miss the Rob era, this guy was crazy and fit perfectly with Exodus.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I liked Dukes. He seems to get a fair amount of shit but I liked his more hardcore vocal approach.

[@phantomvox]

I only listen to Rob’s era albums.

[@deathmetalelitist666]

Yeah

[@Nall412]

Same here. I always prefered Dukes vocals

[@Messihaz]

He was the WORST

[@robertpottle5427]

Enjoyed the show guys. My top 3..... 1. Fabulous Disaster (saw the tour) 2. Bonded By Blood 3. Tempo Of The Damned

[@liametheridge9148]

God I love Exodus so much, I've been looking forward to this ranking for ages 🤣 They were such a huge part of me discovering thrash growing up. Started off with the big 4, then after watching a thrash documentary and realising that it's a much bigger genre I branched out. The moment I heard the opening of Bonded By Blood I was hooked, I still remember the first time I heard it like it was yesterday. However, I will admit I'm not the hottest on the Dukes albums, like a lot of people I'm not the biggest fan of his vocal style (I'm not really a fan of hardcore vocal delivery in general), so while I've heard songs from that era I've never sat down and given those albums the time they probably deserve, I'll probably use this as an excuse to do so! I'll give my ranking of the ones I do know and can talk about: 1) Bonded By Blood (fucking obviously, it's such an important album to me) 2) Fabulous Disaster (this album is amazing too, if it wasn't for the Low Rider cover it'd be neck and neck with Bonded, also a really important album in my life that I'll never tire of) 3) Tempo of the Damned (I always get surprised when I remember just how good this is. I remember when I saw them with Testament in 2020 before Covid cut everything short and being in the pit for Blacklist, followed by Deathamphetamine I think. I thought I was gonna fucking die, or at least get a major bone broken. And I was playing a gig the following day so had to step out to keep myself in somewhat good shape 🤣) 4) Blood In Blood Out (this actually has a lot of nostalgia for me, it was the released only a year or so after I first heard them and I had only heard Bonded and Fabulous by that point. Such a fucking heavy album) 5) Persona Non Grata (not as strong overall with a couple of noticeably weaker songs but still heavy as fuck. Slipping Into Madness in particular is one of my favourite modern Exodus songs) 6) Pleasures of the Flesh (a decent album but it's not one that I listen to and then think "wow I'm gonna put that on again") 7) Impact Is Imminent (the first 2 songs are fucking awesome, the rest of it for the most part is kinda forgettable. It's got all the ingredients, it should be great, but the quality is just missing a bit) 8) Force of Habit (I like Count Your Blessings and Fuel for the Fire a lot. The rest of it I can't remember a single thing about, other than it's just a bit shit 🤣) Sorry for the lengthy comment but I could go on forever about some of these albums haha

[@liametheridge9148]

I will also say that I think Zetro's voice nowadays is stronger than it was back in the 80s, I fucking love his vocals on all the newer Exodus albums

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Honestly, I didn't get into them until the early 2000's but when I did I was like "why the fuck have I slept on this band?!?!". It might have been Tempo of the Damned that made me finally get some of their stuff honestly. I honestly prefer Dukes overall but I'm a big hardcore fan and I like that kind of intensity. Those albums are definitely revisiting especially Exhibit B.

[@Haxprocess]

can't decide if Bonded by Blood or Tempo of the Damned is my favorite. Obviously Bonded by Blood is the classic to end all classics, but man for a more "modern" album tempo of the damned is fantastic

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I kinda knew Bonded By Blood would be my favorite since I've been jamming that album since I got into the band. It was probably the 2nd or 3rdone I ever got honestly. I like Tempo because it's a solid comeback album that re-established the band but I think they did even better after that one.

[@nelsonshuchmacherendebo7688]

I think the contest for the crown is really between those two, man. Bonded by Blood is just so perfect in the way it captures an entire sound concept, culture, time. It's goofy as hell, so juvenile, but there is a fire in the performance and it rocks hard like almost nothing else. Tempo of the Damned is amazing, in some ways the songwriting is even better, but at that point thrash is already a thing with a certain format, so the album lacks that dangerous spontaneity of the debut. But it rules, don't get me wrong. Those are Exodus' two great records in my opinion.

[@Haxprocess]

@@nelsonshuchmacherendebo7688 agreed 100% man

[@mindful2864]

Exodus is one of my favorite thrash metal bands and I love every era regardless of singer. Here would be my ranking of their albums: 11. Force of Habit 10. Impact Is Imminent 9. Persona Non Grata 8. The Atrocity Exhibition… Exhibit A 7. Blood In, Blood Out 6. Shovel Headed Kill Machine 5. Exhibit B: The Human Condition 4. Tempo of the Damned 3. Pleasures of the Flesh 2. Fabulous Disaster 1. Bonded by Blood

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I pretty much knew my 1 & 2 were going to be Bonded By Blood and Fabulous Disaster. I fucking love those albums.

[@samuelkidwell6728]

I only casually listened to Exodus for the longest time, mainly for the riffage and I reconciled the vocals. After seeing them at the Bay Strikes back tour in Dallas, I was completely blown away. Zetro's stage presence and vocal performance was phenomenal. I also didn't realize how amped Gary Holt was. I now am binging their whole discography and I appreciate Zetro's voice a lot more. He made songs off of Bonded By Blood even more badass live. Chuck Billy gave an amazing performance that night as well, but the hype in the crowd for Lombardo was overpowering. Thanks for the awesome content; I love the chemistry between you guys and the thoughtful input. This really is a gem of a channel.

[@vbl_metal4life236]

Great video guys, here's my ranking 1.Bonded By Blood (of course) 2.Pleasures of the Flesh 3.Blood In Blood Out 4.Fabulous Disaster 5.Tempo of the Damned 6.Exhibit B 7.Impact is Imminent 8.Persona Non Grata 9.Exhibit A 10.Shovel Headed Kill Machine 11.Force of Habit Tbh outside of Force of Habit, their albums are either solid or great!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I definitely agree with that last statement for sure. Even with one misfire this is a disgustingly awesome discography.

[@nelsonshuchmacherendebo7688]

I love these discography rankings so much because you guys complement each other and have honest (and hilarious) takes, which is important to keep a fresh view on metal history and the f***ing gatekeepers at bay. I commend this ranking in particular for singing the praises for my man Tom Hunting. Legend, icon and just overall badass. That said, regarding their discography: I have seen Exodus live many, many times, and I love them to death. But as far as their records go, to me they only ever made two great ALBUMS: Bonded by Blood (Nick, I agree with you 100%, it's perfect and one of the great metal records of all time) and Tempo of the Damned. Those two records are superb in their variety and cohesion. At the same time, I do think their two best songs are on Fabulous Disaster: the title track and the Toxic Waltz, but that record as a whole is really incoherent. Beyond this, Exodus has made a lot of fun tunes with great riffs and headbanging moments, so they could play almost anything in the catalog live and it would be great. I don't love any of the Dukes era albums, but when they play tunes from that era live, say Deathamphetamine, I am right into it.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! We love hearing feedback like that. We try to keep it fun and loose but also informative and reinforce that it's just an opinion when it comes down to the rankings. People are going to like what they're going to like. Diversity is disagreement after all. Honestly, I like pretty much all the albums outside of Force of Habit. They're a pretty consistent band and Bonded By Blood is a flat out landmark album but I think they have other great ones as well. I think the Dukes stuff as aged pretty well too especially Exhibit B. They did play Deathamphetamine when I saw them and the crowd went apeshit for it. lol

[@nelsonshuchmacherendebo7688]

@@thrallsofmetal thank YOU Nick for creating this content that the metal community loves more and more with each passing day. If you guys ever come to the Bay Area, hit me up, let's hang and shoot the shit.

[@chadwickautry5739]

Nice shirt Jon Enforced is my favorite band to come along in a couple decades.

[@jamminjon8074]

Thank you! Yeah, Enforced rules. We just saw them again a few days ago. They're a Thralls favorite.

[@jonrossum8647]

Great ranking / I like how prepared and focused you guys are- no unnecessary gabbing off topic and focused on the music- cheers I like force of habit a little bit more than you guys did - it’s not in my top 5 or anything but....that’s my story and I’m sticking to it

[@MarkL.71]

Looking forward to this one. Love all eras of the band. Got a chance to meeting the guys at the show on Thursday - all of them were super cool and down to earth. Watching Holt shred up close at sound check was amazing.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Shred and I saw that tour in Detroit and it was insanely good. Exodus fuckin' ripped live. Holt and Altus are such a great tandem too.

[@MarkL.71]

@@thrallsofmetal I guarantee Nick was leading the charge on the wall of death during Strike of the Beast. It’s a given. As for me, my old ass was safely planted in the balcony watching the youngsters wreck themselves.

[@Madhouse_Media]

It seems like so many people only think of Exodus as "that band Kirk Hammett was in before he joined Metallica", but few bands have such an entertaining discography.

[@Nadinetherescuehound]

1-Bonded by Blood 2-Tempo 3-everthing else for me but you guys just made me want to go on a deep dive. I saw them on the Tempo tour at Rams Head in Bmore. Their drummer kicked our ass the entire night. They were a machine live. Whoa maybe I love Tempo more than most. You're guys rankings are surprising on this. I can't see this in any order other than top 4. And that's stretching it to me. maybe I'm bias because I saw them live for the first time on this tour.

[@jboogedy]

Damn, so upset I couldn't take an early lunch today for the live stream, I've been waiting for this one for a while! I'll have to watch later today when I get off work, Cheers guys, can't wait to see where you guys rated all these badass albums! ESSENTIAL!!!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- No worries, man! It's officially here for you to enjoy. This was a fuck ton of fun to make so I hope you dig it, man.

[@witchhunt99]

Thanx Miller for mentioning Brain Dead. My favorite track off the Pleasures album, with Deranged a close 2nd. My favorite Exodus song is one that rarely gets recognized. The most evil song they wrote that gets no love. That being "No Love." The acoustic intro provokes images of fairies and unicorns frolicking in an enchanted forest only to be demolished in a heartbeat by a juggernaut of pure hatred, death and destruction. Leaving behind a scorced, smoldering landscape home to only undead zombies wandering aimlessly through the thick fog of stench belched from the depths of Hades

[@HerrBrandt]

I went to my first Exodus concert in 2004 (Tempo of the Damned tour - with the Skinlab Guy) and there was like 4 openning acts (including Korzus (GREAT brazilian thrash metal Band!). Gary and Tom were drinking beer at the bar among the fans watching the bands before get on stage. Great guys!

[@patientzero3367]

Exodus has been one of my favorite bands for almost 20 years!

[@GRKMetalHead]

Great ranking guys. Exodus is one of the OG's of Thrash one of my Top 10 favorite Thrash bands of all time...I would say Fabulous Disaster is my # 1 that is the album that introduced me to Exodus and an album I go to a lot.🤘🤘

[@brettanomyces7077]

You guys should had included Another Lesson in Violence in the rankings. I get that it's a live album but it's Bonded by Blood on steroids, plus the tracks Paul wrote for Pleasures of the Flesh. For me that is the #1 Exodus album, it sounds so freaking heavy. One of the best sounding metal albums period even being a live recording. Also, that wasn't a one off show they did a whole tour that year and even played at Dynamo.

[@Williameagleblanket]

Saw Rob vocals at Brutal Assault Fest in Czech Republic 2011, and Zetro vocals at Psycho Las Vegas 2021. I preferred Rob Exodus. Slayer did an Exodus cover tune 2013 in Seattle, my favorite tune- Strike of the Beast. 🤘🎸😈

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I only recently got to see them on this recent tour with Zetro but holy shit did they whoop ass. Strike of the Beast inspired a massive mosh pit.

[@kasc.9837]

Guys, love the ranking. Also, please don't stall on the Dying Fetus ranking because of the anticipated new album. Just saw them in Denver. Pleaser rank them.

[@Nall412]

Whhaatt no way. New fetus album? This year

[@kasc.9837]

@@Nall412 Well, not sure when but it is in the works.

[@garrysanderson9957]

So glad there's some love for Persona. Heard a lot of people say it wasn't their bag but I fuckin love it!

[@fjuczer667]

It's a shame that Paul Baloff never had a chance to sing on another record... 1. Bonded by Blood 2. Pleasures of the Flesh 3. Fabulous Disaster 4. Impact Is Imminent 5. Tempo of the Damned 6. Blood In, Blood Out 7. Persona Non Grata 8. Force of Habit 9. Shovel Headed Kill Machine 10. The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A 11. Exhibit B: The Human Condition

[@hellbangersslaytanic729]

Finally the long awaited the kings of thrash ranking!I,m a diehard slayer fan but have to acknowledged exodus still the kings of thrash .my fave album from them gonna be bonded by blood but honestly their old and millenium stuff all is pretty great including their new stuff .Probably the best thrash album for 2021 !Better then new testament .Will wait for others ranking thrash from ur guys .Thrash till death!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I do love this band and outside of Force of Habit this discography is fucking loaded with killer albums. One of the best from the bay but I gotta disagree with you on Testament's last one. I think it might be their best since Skolnick came back. That's just me though.

[@hellbangersslaytanic729]

@@thrallsofmetal means the old dog still rules!

[@ZeaTea]

Ayy glad to see you still doing these, love Exodus! Congrats for 10k subs btw very well deserved imo My list; 1.Bonded by Blood 2.Tempo of the Damned 3.Persona Non Grata 4.Fabulous Disaster 5.Blood in Blood Out 6.Shovel Headed Kill Machine 7.Impact is Imminent 8.Pleasures of the Flesh 9.Exhibit B: The Human Condition 10.Atrocity Exhibition, Exhibit A ... (Force of Habbit sucks so much that it doesnt deserve to be called Exodus) Keep up the great work \m/

[@blakejones1672]

Finally another! I really enjoy the ranking videos as well as the album vs album // band vs. band.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! We love doing these but they do take some time.

[@jamesscarselletta3446]

Bonded By Blood is great. Fabuolous Disaster is great too. Now Force Of Habit is good even though on the bottom of the list it is good to me. A Good Day To Die is about a friend of Steve's. I love Pump it Up. Bitch is great. I always have been an Exodus fan. Impact Is Imminent is great. I cannot say anything bad about Exodus. I have t-shirts of them one is Lunatic Parade. Love the shirts too.

[@rutbuck121]

Again great ranking on my all time favorite band! My only friendly snipe was that the whole time Miller was asleep at the wheel lol. When it came to him he was like" Ya...It's Exodus...the production i hated .....what he said.....ya....it's Exodus.....the production on this was was cool....ya...what Jon said.....it's Exodus..."" lol C'MON MILLER?!! you killed me bro!!

[@jmentertainment5457]

That's completely fair. My family has been hit with a heavy financial blow recently. It bears heavy weight on me and nearly impossible to get out of my mind to focus. Respect for calling me out, it shows me you care!

[@rutbuck121]

@@jmentertainment5457 Hey i DO care bro!! You're an integral part of Thralls that i love to listen to when you do you're reviews i was just pulling you're chain man nothing personal lol and i hope you get out of the situations you're in bro all positive vibes and some prayers sent you're way man to you and you're family :)

[@jmentertainment5457]

@@rutbuck121 you're fucking awesome man, thank you so much for being a part of this

[@rutbuck121]

You guys broke it all down great for some youngsters lol you guys know me as a DIEHARD Exodus fanatic! been with them since the 82' Demo and are my all time favorite band over anyone else! Great break downs fella's you brought back some great memories with the albums mentioned. Pleasures and Impact are two of my favorites along side the one and only album which IMO was the quintessential Bible of thrash in Bonded By Blood ( over Kill Em' All for me ) i wished they got more recognition they rightfully deserve ( Big 5 ) and are still going strong waving that thrash metal flag for over 30 years. Great work fella's keep it coming!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! I'm a sucker for getting as many details in there as I can. I didn't get into them until the early 2000's to be honest. I knew about them but for one reason or another just didn't get their stuff but when I did I pretty much got all of it... even Force of Habit. Bonded By Blood is still one of the best thrash albums ever made in my opinion but they've made a lot of killer albums as well. I think they should just at least make it a Big Six and throw in Exodus and Testament since they've kept that Bay Area sound going all these years.

[@kevinlyon7716]

Great review guys. Even though my rankings are different still loved the rankings.

[@alfieshaw2931]

Really enjoyed this video! Hoping for a Deicide ranking soon! 🤘🏼🔥🤘🏼

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I think they might be working on a new album so we may wait to rank them until that new one drops and we review it.

[@rusbell2981]

This is my new favorite channel ive found! Thanks for all the great content guys!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! Welcome to the channel!

[@Swullmark]

Has anybody ever mentioned just how badass Nick's jacket is??? I want one lmao

[@briandunlap8534]

1.Bonded by Blood 2.Tempo of the Damned 3.Fabulous Disaster 4.Persona Non Grata 5.Blood In, Blood Out 6.Exhibit B: The Human Condition 7.The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A 8.Impact Is Imminent 9.Shovel Headed Kill Machine 10.Pleasures of the Flesh 11.Force of Habit

[@georgepress1261]

Yesssssssssssssssss, I saw them live in Sayreville New Jersey, with death angel and testament. An amazing show

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Saw that tour in Detroit with Shred and holy shit it was incredible. Every band killed it that night.

[@georgepress1261]

@@thrallsofmetal 100 percent.

[@brandonbelt5055]

Good timing! Just saw Exodus with Testament last night. They don't play enough old shit, as your ranking shows, the old stuff is where it is at

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Shred and I saw that tour in Detroit. Exodus killed and probably inspired the nastiest pit of the night with Strike of the Beast. I like the new stuff but the classics are classics for a reason.

[@johntarasovitch438]

EXODUS one of my favorite Thrash bands of all time!! Thrash til death!!!🤘🔥🤘

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- One of the best the Bay ever brought forth.

[@sam117mas]

Great video, keep em coming!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man!

[@victimofacatthiefpoa2742]

Can't wait for September 24th! Testement, Exodus, Death Angel! See you there!

[@phantom24323]

Hell yeah. Can’t wait for this one!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- The premiere should be a blast. Hope to see you there!

[@phantom24323]

@@thrallsofmetal I’ll be there!

[@gabrielrodrigues499]

Not a huge fan of exodus, but really enjoyed this discussion! Love these Ranking videos, would like to see you guys tackle Porcupine Tree, Enslaved and Nile! Keep it up guys!

[@NocturnalSilence45]

Another great rankings video. I was bummed that RIN didn't join you for this one.

[@nathanwelbourne116]

This was seriously awesome! Exodus is just good ol fashioned straight thrash! No messing about with these guys! My favorite album from them is Fabulous Disaster and my second favorite is Tempo Of The Damned. Least favorite is Force Of Habit. But regardless this band rips! I hope you guys one day do a ranking on Cro Mags or something crossover.

[@robertsparling917]

I've seen Gary Holt twice performing with Slayer!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Never got to see him in Slayer but he killed it in Exodus.

[@rustinpolaris4074]

That Pantera announcement made me cream my pants, thralls. I can’t wait. UNSCARRED BY TRIALS!!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I'm looking forward to going over that one. Thy were one of the bands that flat out made me a metalhead in the 90's and pretty much opened the floodgates in terms of my obsession with all things metal.

[@rustinpolaris4074]

@@thrallsofmetal very similar for me nick along with slayer and sabbath. Trusting you guys to show Reinventing the love that it deserves. One of their best! Every track absolutely kills imo

[@krata420]

Tbh Exhibit A is my number 1, highly underrated in my opinion, love it

[@lackofmushroom5574]

Great job,waiting for the next episode

[@paradoxofepicurus]

1. Bonded by Blood 2. Tempo of the Damned 3. Fabulous Disaster 4. Pleasures of the Flesh 5. Impact Is Imminent 6. The Atrocity Exhibition… Exhibit A 7. Shovel Headed Kill Machine 8. Blood In, Blood Out 9. Exhibit B: The Human Condition 10. Force of Habit ?. Persona Non Grata (Have not listened to it enough)

[@phantxm_fxrce3071]

Nice, we need more of these ranks

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Stay tuned.

[@Brandon1984mn]

Also saw them live with Death Angel and Testament! All three bands still crush live 🤘 Holt Awaits

[@gabrielshelwood3072]

Amazing convo🔥🤘🏾

[@letstalkmetal]

Nice show guys! Real shame that one of the first bands on the Bay Area scene was late out of the gate when it came to releasing their first album. 'Fabulous Disaster' has always been my favorite album but I'm not familiar with much of their newer stuff.

[@everythingizextreme666]

let me just add...the production on exhiit B is probly my fav prod out of any modern thrash album...I just think its near perfect for a modern sound. I placed blood in blood out as no2 purely based on the sick riffs and songs, the prod is not bad and it has a cool dark heavyness to it but there is something with the drums I think they could have been a bit thicker or something :p great ranking guys! love it

[@paradoxofepicurus]

\m/ Top 5 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time \m/ 1. Illud Divinum Insanus 2. Force of Habit 3. The Black Album 4. St. Anger 5. Any HellYeah album

[@sguerilla6142]

Force Of Habit is a monster album!! I don't care at all what others think about him, he is one of my favorites. The HH team tore apart the solo on every song, real thrash riffs for the whole hour, Tempesta's second album he recorded and it's great, and Zetro, who I'm not a fan of (Dukes is my man), sang perhaps the best on this album. I've always loved Gary's riffs and Rick's solos...

[@Nadinetherescuehound]

Exodus got into the big 4 via Gary. And that's awesome.

[@impetus_aus]

my dreams, they've come true!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I hope you enjoy it, man! It was a lot of fun to do.

[@impetus_aus]

@@thrallsofmetal I loved it, lads! I would note that my picks are controversial to say the least in comparison... 1. Persona Non Grata 2. Exhibit B 3. Shovel Headed Kill Machine 4. Tempo of the Damned 5. Blood In, Blood Out 6. Exhibit A 7. Fabulous Disaster 8. Bonded By Blood 9. Impact is Imminent 10. Pleasures of the Flesh 11. Force of Habit Showing my age...

[@broski1387]

Always love you're album rankings guys.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! Always appreciated, bro!

[@Mr.Goldbar]

I heard the story in regards to Dukes leaving is more so Chuck Billy convincing Zetro to reconnect with Exodus and they chose to fire Dukes in favor of a reunion with Zetro. Dukes blamed Chuck Billy for his firing, Chuck at first denied his involvement but at a Testament show with a guest appearence from Zetro Chuck told the crowd "I got Zet to do a demo and look now he's back in Exodus"

[@Lcky-gu2gi]

Exodus Tempo of the Damned is my favorite its Ssoooooo fckin HEAVY specially with the H-TEAM Holt, Hunolt, Hunting thats HEAVY right there

[@kylemacneil3477]

Looking foward to see how the Exodus albums end up getting ranked. I have been a fan since I got into Thrash in 87/88. Top 4 are easy. Bonded 1, Fabulous 2, Tempo 3, Pleasures 4. After that it gets difficult. There is alot to like on the recent albums and the Duke albums but I find the songs to be to long. The only albums I don't listen to are the 2 early 90s albums. Anyways I missed the recent tour with Testament and Death Angel (2 bands putting out albums as good or better than there 80s albums) because they sold out 2 nights in row in Joliet. \m/ \m/

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- We definitely had some similar rankings on some and some very different ones on others. Overall this was a fun one to go over.

[@brianarkham1789]

I was really interesting to hear your takes on Force of Habit. Zetro even tries some melodic singing! The Black Album changed the landscape of metal and rock music. All of the subsequent output by thrash bands had them trying to pump out a radio hit or MTV music video. There were some gems that came out during those few years but a lot of inferior music. I agree that Countdown and The Ritual were a few exceptions. Nuclear Assault's Something Wicked was pretty decent. I find that time period of music very interesting to look back on.🤘

[@Longlivedolphnigga]

The Black album did change metal but Metallica did good job on the album. Was it balls to the wall thrash? No, but it was definitely a heavy album I feel like it’s gets alittle too much shit. Because I promise you if the black album flopped people would look back at and be like “hmm you know that record wasn’t awful, pretty underrated”. But honestly force of habit really didn’t go down the black album path, it was like some weird groove metal shit.

[@brianarkham1789]

@@Longlivedolphnigga Yeah, it was a big gateway album for me. These days I tend to only listen to the non-radio hits from that album like Holier than Thou and My Friend of Misery. A lot of those songs were overplayed on MTV and stuff. I don't think Force of Habit went do that same road but it was a glaring departure from their previous albums. My point was a lot of thrash bands decided to go in a different direction on their post 1991 albums. Overkill and Anthrax both changed. So did Sacred Reich and Testament. It wasn't all due to the Black Album success though. Pantera had a lot to do with it too.

[@brianmellon4238]

I did mine before watching this. I haven't listened to the new one enough to include it. It is on my list. 10. Habit - The single greatest disappointment I had ever bought when it came out. Probably still the biggest disappointment. 9. Tempo - I hear everyone's praise for it, but I don't connect with it. 8. Exhibit A - What you guys said... 9. Exhibit B- Much better than A. Very good album. Everything above this one is just better to me. More awesomer. 6. Impact - I like it more than most people. Never understood the bad reviews. 5. Pleasures - When it was only this album and Bonded, I actually preferred it. Falls to 5 by not aging very well. 4. Bonded - Some of their best stuff, such a classic. 3. Blood In - Such a fun listen. Sounds awesome. I want to go back in time and hand it to them in '91. 2. Shovel - So aggressive. I am all about that. 1. Disaster - One of the genre's finest.

[@Nadinetherescuehound]

The thrash knowledge is God tier on this channel. Would love to hear a Sacred Reich discography. That was my hardcore band growing up that I was like, "Dude...check these fuckers out."

[@carlosmarques3714]

Nice, another masterclass from the best album rankers on yt. I like exodus, and I find the dukes era particularly underrated, but i only find myself coming back to my top 5 frequently 1. Tempo of the Damned (zetro sounds absolutely vicious on here, impaler for example) 2. Shovel headed kill machine(kudos to gary holt for coming up with so much amazing riffs in only 2 years) 3. Fabulous disaster 4. Exhibit B 5. Bonded by blood (great album but i just like the others more. The genericness of and then there were none and the failed experimentation of no love weigh it down for me) 6. Persona nom Grata 7. Exhibit A 8. Blood in blood out 9. Force of habit (i like quite a few songs on here, enough to put it above the uninspired messes that are potf and impact is imminent 10. Pleasures of the flesh 11. Impact is imminent (such awful production)

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! We appreciate that. I think Dukes gets way more shit than he disserves for sure. Granted Shovel Headed Kill Machine and The Atrocity Exhibition are lower on my list there are so many killer songs on both of those. Exhibit B is a flat out monster too.

[@hoofhearted6900]

Impact is Imminent has been remastered btw. It's awesome

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Might have to hunt that one down.

[@twikirobot6897]

1. Bonded by Blood 2. Pleasures of the Flesh 3. Fabulous Disaster 4. Tempo of the Damned 5. Force of Habit 6. Impact is Imminent ....the end.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- You should give those other albums a chance. There's a lot of killer music in this discography overall.

[@scrumpy7907]

Hey team, love shovel headed kill machine & duke's vocals are great. Now thy death day come is their best song IMO, I'm sure you remember the video for that tune.....? Awesome!

[@sethhansen2887]

Saw Exodus last night so this was a fun watch today

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Nice! Shred and I saw them on the 12th in Detroit and they tore it the fuck up.

[@yoiamhere4737]

Pleasures of the Flesh is my personal favorite haha. I love it and I love the songwriting on it

[@SuperClarky666]

😂😂😂i love force of habit🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 But i love them all but here is mine : 1.fabulous disaster(my first album by them i got on the day it came out took a chance i love it🤘🏻) 2.bonded by blood. 3.exibit b. 4.exibit a. 5.blood in blood out. 6.persona non grata. 7.pleasures of the flesh. 8.shovel headed killing machine. 9.tempo of the damned. 10.force of habit. 11.impact is imminent.

[@canadaisthebest4802]

I love your guys Channel

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks! I'm glad you dig the content, bro!

[@bschuler6216]

BTW: I would love to see 1. An Asphyx Ranking, 2. A Pestilence Ranking & 3. A Metal Church Ranking. sometime in 2023-2024.

[@dangjohnson_]

1989 Fabulous Disaster definitely my top 5 favourite Exodus albums, plus released on my birth year :D

[@Metal_Connection]

Cool ranking/discussion. I agree about how Impact Is Imminent is the most underrated. C'mon Force Of Habit isnt that bad. I own and like Exhibit B but that album is pushing the full 80 minute cd limit it seems hahah.

[@sireggward]

I think an Anvil discography ranking would be interesting

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- That would be a lot of fresh takes since I've only listened to a few of their albums. I'd be down for doing that one in the future.

[@sireggward]

@@thrallsofmetal They dropped a new album, what better time for it

[@uofksteel]

All Exodus albums are great IMO. For me they are the most consistent band with all their albums. 1. Pleasures of the Flesh 2. Tempo of The Damned 3. Fabulous Disaster 4. Impact is Imminent 5. Force of Habit 6. Bonded By Blood 7. Blood In, Blood Out 8. The Atrocity Exhibition Exhibit A 9. Exhibit B: The Human Condition 10. Shovel Headed Kill Machine 11. Persona Non Grata(Just need to listen to it more).

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I think I might go with Testament a bit more in terms of consistency but outside of Force of Habit I love pretty all of Exodus's albums.

[@uofksteel]

@@thrallsofmetal Yeah I know not a lot of Exodus fans are not a fan of Force, but I really liked that album. As for Testament, I really dont care for Souls of Black or The Ritual. I love everything before and after those 2 albums.

[@FarBeyond3577]

Impact is my favorite, heads they win is badass. The leads in this and changing of the guard are the ones that can blow out a lot of the bands in this time period.

[@spencergrady5501]

You make a good point about the two-year delay for Bonded By Blood really damaging its impact. Indeed, if it came out a year or so earlier...

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I've always wondered if they would have become even bigger if that album had dropped a couple years earlier and if that would have changed the trajectory of the band's career as well.

[@shaynewest8757]

As someone who was tape trading in the early to late 80s and was around for all this stuff, the problem with thrash is it got to big. Thrash was music made for the clubs and fan interaction (stage diving, moshing etc) so the bands wrote music for that envirememt. Once it went to larger venues( Clash Of The Titans) the fans became seperated from the bands and we lost that connection. So while that was going on back at the clubs death metal was taking over and thats why over the next 5 to 10 years thats what exploded. In the 80s underground metal wasnt so divided by genre. Anyway thats my 5 cents worth. Greatest metal channel on youtube by far.

[@bobilly]

Saw Exodus with Napalm Death on Shovel Headed Tour Machine tour, met Paul Bostaph and Paul Gibson and they're very nice dudes. Also later on the Rust In Peace anniversary tour with Megadeth and Testament - met Gary and he was also a very VERY cool dude. They all seem like a bunch of sweethearts who write the most violent thrash! I feel like I'm the only person who doesn't love Bonded By Blood - the production is thin and I don't like how the vocals are produced. But those tracks performed later with Paul Baloff on the live album really show their full potential as bangers for the ages. I wish they didn't fall into the trap of excessive song length and repetition in later era albums.

[@Swullmark]

Miller and I had the same top #3 I believe! Tempo Blood Disaster I love the Zetro albums the most, and just am not a fan of big boy Baloff (R.I.P. to the personification of Thrash), and while Dukes was good, he just seemed generic in my opinion. Real excited to see these fuckers in November, taking my brother, gonna be his first concert... I don't think he knows how crazy this shit is gonna be, seeing Gary Holt in person will be a trip. Very excited to see what they've come up with, and are continuing to come up with for this new album (hope the cover art is different colors though, I cannot handle another red, gold, and blue one). I digress with this... Testament, Exodus, Megadeth, Forbidden, Anthrax and Sodom are ALL supposedly having albums out in 2025-2026. Jesus christ Thrash might just have a revival again if all goes well

[@TheOmegaeyes]

Two of my proudest albums not to own. Exodus Force of Habit and Metallica St. Anger

[@sodom49]

1. Fabulous Disaster 2. Bonded By Blood 3. Tempo Of The Damned 4. Impact Is Imminent 5. Persona Non Grata 6. Exhibit A 7. Exhibit B 8. Pleasures Of The Flesh 9. Blood In Blood out 10. Shovel Headed Kill Machine 11. Force Of Habit

[@stephenhester9804]

I'd be interested in you guys doing a Fear Factory Ranking.

[@wheelsofmercury]

Awesome video! You guys should one of these for Manilla Road sometime in the future. They are cult US power metal semi-legends with 18 studio albums and a career spanning 40+ years who have been a big influence on current NWOTHM bands like Eternal Champion, Visigoth, Legendry and many others. I would be interested to hear what you guys think of Mark "The Shark" Shelton's singing voice, since that always seems to be a dealbreaker for a lot of folks (I personally love his voice--no one else sounds quite like him) and Randy Fox's drumming on their 1985 and 1987 albums (killer drummer). They are my favourite 80's band not named Metallica or Slayer and remain relatively unknown outside of niche USPM circles, although Darkthrone's Fenriz and Sarah Kitteringham of Smoulder and BANGERTV fame are big fans.

[@Just_Gaming4Fun89]

Gotta say tho, you guys seems way to hard on “Pleasures of the Flesh” album it has so many memorable songs. I think Fabulous Disaster & Impact is Imminent are filled with mostly forgettable songs which is why they rank so low on my list but the few songs I do like on those albums I really like, but 2 or 3 songs don’t make an album. Either way, great video as always and here’s my list. 1 - Bonded by Blood 2 - Pleasures of the Flesh 3 - Persona Non Grata 4 - Shovel Headed Kill Machine 5 - Blood in Blood Out 6 - Tempo of the Damned 7 - Exhibit B - The Human Condition 8 - The Atrocity Exhibition - Exhibit A 9 - Fabulous Disaster 10 - Impact is Imminent 11 - Force of Habit

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! Yeah, I like Pleasures of the Flesh but I think Fabulous Disaster was the worthier follow up Bonded By Blood for me. It was more intense and more catchy to me and Zetro sounded so much better like he'd really settled into the roll at that point. I think Impact is Immanent might be the their most overlooked album too but that's just me.

[@Just_Gaming4Fun89]

@@thrallsofmetal I tried to see if I was missing something. Right after this video I went back and listen to both Fabulous & impact and while I could listen to every song with no isssues, there just was nothing that really catches my full attention besides the songs I already liked. Idk why but those two albums have never done it for me.

[@clicc595]

Alright, favourite thrash band has been covered, surely Dying Fetus next to get my current death metal favourite!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- They're currently working on a new album so I think we'll wait to review that one before adding them to the list. I definitely want to rank discography though. Fuckin' love that band.

[@clicc595]

@@thrallsofmetal No shit? Okay hell yeah! Got a new album to anticipate then!

[@bordiuras14]

1.The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A 2.Exhibit B: The Human Condition 3.Fabulous Disaster 4.Bonded by Blood 5.Persona Non Grata 6.Blood In, Blood Out 7.Tempo of the Damned 8.Shovel Headed Kill Machine 9.Force of Habit 10.Impact Is Imminent 11.Pleasures of the Flesh

[@heathertiller3644]

Great seeing you all back together again! I agree with Miller too. Bonded is an essential thrash album but Bailiff’s vocals just didn’t do it for me. Great job & my number 1 is Tempo. 🤘🏼

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks! Our schedules often overlap but we worked at getting this one done before Jon and I took off for Maryland. I've always said Baloff wasn't the best vocalist but he was one hell of a frontman.

[@kylie7837]

Great vid! do you guys think you'll eventually rank Megadeth's discography? Especially with the new album coming out!

[@Gregbaltzer]

If you ever get the chance, and haven't, check out the one-off side project that Zetro did with Gene Hoglan, Brian Stroud, and the guitarist from forbidden called Tenet. They put out one of the finest modern thrash album. I like zetro's vocals on this more than I did when he rejoined for Blood In, Blood Out.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I actually have that album and I thought about doing a retro review for it some time. I thought it was pretty decent when I heard it years ago but I haven't jammed it in a number of years to be honest.

[@bschuler6216]

I think I like the new procedure, going chronologically (with a little history and fluid context) instead of proceeding by rank. My 2 cents: Fabulous Disaster is for sure my #1. Bonded By Blood #2. Then whatevs. Confession time: I have not actually listened to every, or even many, Exodus albums cover to cover. I only own 3 Exodus albums (Bonded, Fabulous Disaster & Atrocity Exhibition part A.). Edit: I don't own it, but I much, much prefer Atrocity Exhibition, Exhibit B.

[@MetalNeverDieswithMarkA]

This was awesome. Thanks guys!! Do you guys check out smaller metal bands?

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! We cover tons of underground stuff in a lot of our segments actually.

[@MetalNeverDieswithMarkA]

@@thrallsofmetal excellent!