Search - Exodus :: Pleasures of the Flesh

Ad exodus to the big 4 and call it the big 5!

Dean Leslie | valleyfield,qu,ca | 10/25/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Yes,we all know megadeth,metallica,anthrax and slayer are known as the ''big 4''of thrash metal which they deserve because they were some of the earliest(and admittedly the best)of the bunch,but I believe a lot of their reputation stem from overall popularity and record sales.Exodus of course were around as long ago as these others(metallica got kirk hammett from them).They deserves as much recognition as these others;holt and hunolt are/were two of the best guitarists imaginable with great riffs,solo's and song structures.As for the''pleasures of the flesh''album it's a great follow-up to the classic''bonded by blood''debut.The insane riff and opening monologue of album opener''deranged''is all you need to hear to understand how good this disc is.I noticed that the drum tracks were produced seperately and by another person than the rest of the album and they have a plastic sound to them and this is my only(slight)complaint about this great disc.I'd also like to point out that back in the day I was(and still am)a big fan of original vocalist paul balloff but in hindsight I can say that zetro souza was the better singer.So there!Thrash 'till death!"