Shovel Headed Kill Machine

Shovel Headed Kill Machine
Studio album by Exodus
Released	October 4, 2005
Recorded	Trident Studio in Pacheco, California
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	52:53
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Gary Holt
Exodus chronology
Tempo of the Damned (2004) Shovel Headed Kill Machine (2005) The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A (2007)

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PopMatters	(6/10)
Stylus Magazine	B+

Shovel Headed Kill Machine is the seventh studio album by the American thrash metal band Exodus, released on October 4, 2005 through Nuclear Blast. This album contains a huge shift in the lineup for Exodus. This is the first album to feature new vocalist Rob Dukes, after the departure of Steve Souza, debut of Lee Altus on guitars, after Rick Hunolt's departure, and is also the only Exodus album to feature Paul Bostaph on drums after Tom Hunting's second departure.

Track listing

All songs by Gary Holt unless stated.

1. "Raze" (Rob Dukes, Holt) - 4:17
2. "Deathamphetamine" – 8:31
3. "Karma's Messenger" (Dukes, Holt) - 4:14
4. "Shudder to Think" – 4:48
5. "I Am Abomination" – 3:25
6. "Altered Boy" – 7:37
7. "Going Going Gone" – 4:59
8. "Now Thy Death Day Come" – 5:11
9. ".44 Magnum Opus" – 6:56
10. "Shovel Headed Kill Machine" – 2:57

Note: Limited digipak edition of the album contains a bonus track "Purge the World". Japanese edition of the album contains another bonus song, "Problems", which is a Sex Pistols cover. Limited 2 LP edition contains these both tracks.

Personnel

• Rob Dukes – vocals
• Gary Holt – guitar
• Lee Altus – guitar
• Jack Gibson – bass
• Paul Bostaph – drums
• Produced by Gary Holt
• Engineered by Jason Urteage
• Recorded at Trident Studio
• Mixed and Mastered by Andy Sneap at Backstage Studios in Derby, UK
• Management: Steven Warner
• A&R: Jaap Wagemaker