Tempo of the Damned
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| Studio album by Exodus | ||||
| Released | February 2, 2004 | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal | |||
| Length | 54:21 | |||
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Nuclear Blast King Records (Japan) Dream On Music (Korea) |
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| Producer | Andy Sneap | |||
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Tempo of the Damned is the sixth studio album by American thrash metal band Exodus. Released in early 2004 via Nuclear Blast, Tempo of the Damned was Exodus' first studio release since 1992's Force of Habit. It was last appearance of longtime vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza until his return for 2014's Blood In, Blood Out as well as the last appearance of founding drummer Tom Hunting until 2007's The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A. The album was also the last studio appearance of guitarist Rick Hunolt.
Tempo of the Damned is the first Exodus studio album to accredit founding guitarist Kirk Hammett for a song, ("Impaler").
Tempo of the Damned marked their first full-length album of new material since 1992's Force of Habit. This is Exodus' first studio album to feature Jack Gibson on bass. This album is also the result of Steve "Zetro" Souza's return to the band, after Exodus reunited with Bonded by Blood-era lead singer Paul Baloff for the release of their live album Another Lesson in Violence in 1997. Baloff died of a stroke in 2002 and Souza was invited back into the band, although this would prove to be the last album to feature him until 2014's Blood In, Blood Out, for he abandoned the group during their tour in South America in support of the album. Tempo of the Damned was also the last Exodus album to feature longtime guitarist Rick Hunolt. He returned to the band for their European tour in the summer of 2012, but did not officially rejoin. Although this album was also the last to feature drummer Tom Hunting before his second departure, he would later rejoin the band in 2007. Souza would rejoin Exodus as well after his replacement Rob Dukes was fired from the band in 2014.
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