Exodus – Goliath – CD

Available on Digisleeve CD.

Thrash icons Exodus have announced their milestone 12th full length studio album, Goliath. The album marks the band’s first outing via Napalm Records and follows the acclaim of their 2021 effort, Persona Non Grata, an album that earned the band’s highest chart position of their four-decade plus career.

Handling the production of the album along with a final mix and master from Mark Lewis (Whitechapel, Nile, Undeath), Goliath asserts the same speed and technical prowess that has defined the band’s style for generations. Additionally, Goliath marks the return of 2000s era Exodus frontman Rob Dukes, rounding out a line-up that feels both classic and contemporary combined.

Beginning the latest cycle, Exodus has shared the incendiary first single from the album with the gritty “3111”. With a visual that was initially banned by Youtube due to it’s inflammatory content, the grisly nature of the clip is paired with the unrelenting aggression that is Exodus to make for a dominant start to the new campaign.

Offering some insight to the single and just why the track is not for squeamish, the band explained the meaning behind the number. “We decided to go hard with the leadoff single, ‘3111’. The song is about the narco killings in Juarez, and ‘3111’ is the estimated number of murders for 2010 alone.”

1. 3111
2. Hostis Humani Generis
3. The Changing Me
4. Promise You This
5. Goliath
6. Beyond The Event Horizon
7. 2 Minutes Hate
8. Violence Works
9. Summon Of The God Unknown
10. The Dirtiest Of The Dozen