Artist: Exodus
Label:Combat/Relativity
Release Date: 1987
Rating: 5 Skulls
|
|
Title: Pleasures of the Flesh Artist: Exodus Label:Combat/Relativity Release Date: 1987
Rating: 5 Skulls |
|
|
|
||
Death's Review:
Exodus are set for a comeback in 2004. Seems like a good time for some context. Some of you are probably too young to fully comprehend the charm of Exodus, and many others are only into the classic Paul Baloff-fronted debut, Bonded By Blood. Others only know the overly-commercial and slightly goofy "Toxic Waltz," a song which actually received significant MTV-airplay at the height of the band's commercial peak. You should know that Pleasures of the Flesh also is an important metal album and arguably is one Exodus' best. After losing Baloff before the recording of 1987's Pleasures, the band recruited new singer Steve "Zetro" Sousa, whose talented and charismatic vocals brought a whole new element to the standard Exodus crunch. From the memorable opening rant ("Do you like salad?"), to the catchiness of "Brain Dead" to the technicality and "scary" cannibal sounds of the killer title track (the album's true centerpiece, featuring quintessential twin guitar technical thrash melodies) , this album is a true forgotten classic. "Deranged" is a fun thrashy opener, and punishes accordingly. Songs like "Chemi-kill" and "Brain Dead" were some of the catchiest thrash metal tunes heard to date, along with stuff like Megadeth's "Peace Sells." Classics like "Seeds of Hate" and "'Till Death Do Us Part" are intense and land with powerful impact. This is totally worth your time, and pretty much essential if you like classic Bay Area thrash, particularly stuff from the mid/late eighties period when technicality, anthemic qualities and better production took center stage.
[- Metal Judgment Home -] [- Email Metal Judgment -]
©1999 Metal Judgment. All rights reserved.