Exodus Albums Ranked!

Tempo Of The Damned is my number 1 Exodus album because of just Three songs: Forward March, Black List and specially Shroud Of Urine. The Long Guitar Solos of these songs just blew me away. I think the guitar solos of these songs are the best guitar solos of the entire Exodus discography. After all those years since the album released, still I don't get tired listening these solos.- Alekhin, A 56 years old Metalhead from Bangladesh.

"Impact Is Imminent" is highly overlooked. "Only Death Decides" is honestly one of my favorite Exodus tunes EVER (right behind "Piranha"). Such nasty riffs. Funny you guys mention Pantera at the end cause they toured with Exodus during the "Impact" album cycle.

I miss the Rob era, this guy was crazy and fit perfectly with Exodus.

Glad to see Jon give Pleasures some love. That album's amazing, especially Chemi-kill, Til Death Do Us Part, Parasite and the title track. So many great riffs.

Pleasures might be the most underrated album in their entire discography.

can't decide if Bonded by Blood or Tempo of the Damned is my favorite. Obviously Bonded by Blood is the classic to end all classics, but man for a more "modern" album tempo of the damned is fantastic

As a close personal friend of the band...I love the live album with Paul...not just because I was there, but because that show was just electric and Paul is hella classic on it, super funny. Jack had just joined the band.

It's a shame that Paul Baloff never had a chance to sing on another record... 1. Bonded by Blood 2. Pleasures of the Flesh 3. Fabulous Disaster 4. Impact Is Imminent 5. Tempo of the Damned 6. Blood In, Blood Out 7. Persona Non Grata 8. Force of Habit 9. Shovel Headed Kill Machine 10. The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A 11. Exhibit B: The Human Condition

Exodus is one of my favorite thrash metal bands and I love every era regardless of singer. Here would be my ranking of their albums: 11. Force of Habit 10. Impact Is Imminent 9. Persona Non Grata 8. The Atrocity Exhibition… Exhibit A 7. Blood In, Blood Out 6. Shovel Headed Kill Machine 5. Exhibit B: The Human Condition 4. Tempo of the Damned 3. Pleasures of the Flesh 2. Fabulous Disaster 1. Bonded by Blood

Finally,I can't wait to hear your opinions on some of their albums.

It seems like so many people only think of Exodus as "that band Kirk Hammett was in before he joined Metallica", but few bands have such an entertaining discography.

I love this band. They're easily a top 10 band for me and probably in my top 3 for favorite thrash metal bands of all time. I cannot wait to see this list from all of you. 11. Force of Habit (Not bad, just kinda there.) 10. Impact is Imminent (Same as FoH, but definitely some more standout tracks.) 9. Blood In, Blood Out (Good record, nothing really bad, but nothing really awesome.) 8. Pleasures of the Flesh (The first record with Zetro. Even though it is number 8, I still love this record and play it frequently. The production is not as good as Bonded or Fabulous, but I still believe the songs are great.) 7. Persona Non Grata (It took a long time to get this record, but they delivered on everything that I wanted from an Exodus record: brutal, heaviness, great riffs, killer soloing, and awesome rhythm section. It has become my favorite thrash record from 2021. Great.) 6. Exhibit B: The Human Condition (The last with Dukes, but what an amazing record. The opening "The Ballad of Leonard and Charles" is probably my favorite opening song from any Exodus record. Awesome record.) 5. Shovel Headed Kill Machine (First record with Dukes, and it is a brutal delivering. I love every moment from this record. Yes, Rob's vocals are not what they would become, but everything else on here is spot on.) 4. Fabulous Disaster (I can see why a lot of people would say this is their favorite. What a great record. Zetro sounds amazing. The production is an improvement from PotF. Great record. I can listen to this any day of the week. 3. Tempo of the Damned (Brutal and vicious record. This is my favorite record from Zetro. The performances from everyone are perfect. This set the standard for what Exodus were going to do up until now.) 2. Bonded By Blood (This, in my opinion, is the greatest thrash metal debut of all time. It is flawless from beginning to end. Baloff needed only this one record to be a thrash legend. I cannot say enough positive things about this record. In another note, I am probably one of the few that still really loves Let There Be Blood as well. But overall, perfect record.) 1. The Atrocity Exhibition...Exhibit A (Unbelievable record. This record hit at the right time in my life, so it carries a lot of meaning for me. And again, Dukes is my favorite Exodus vocalist and one of my all time favorite vocalists in metal. Yes, Bonded By Blood is the better record, but this is my personal favorite.) Keep rockin Thrallers!

I only casually listened to Exodus for the longest time, mainly for the riffage and I reconciled the vocals. After seeing them at the Bay Strikes back tour in Dallas, I was completely blown away. Zetro's stage presence and vocal performance was phenomenal. I also didn't realize how amped Gary Holt was. I now am binging their whole discography and I appreciate Zetro's voice a lot more. He made songs off of Bonded By Blood even more badass live. Chuck Billy gave an amazing performance that night as well, but the hype in the crowd for Lombardo was overpowering. Thanks for the awesome content; I love the chemistry between you guys and the thoughtful input. This really is a gem of a channel.

Enjoyed the show guys. My top 3..... 1. Fabulous Disaster (saw the tour) 2. Bonded By Blood 3. Tempo Of The Damned

I love these discography rankings so much because you guys complement each other and have honest (and hilarious) takes, which is important to keep a fresh view on metal history and the f***ing gatekeepers at bay. I commend this ranking in particular for singing the praises for my man Tom Hunting. Legend, icon and just overall badass. That said, regarding their discography: I have seen Exodus live many, many times, and I love them to death. But as far as their records go, to me they only ever made two great ALBUMS: Bonded by Blood (Nick, I agree with you 100%, it's perfect and one of the great metal records of all time) and Tempo of the Damned. Those two records are superb in their variety and cohesion. At the same time, I do think their two best songs are on Fabulous Disaster: the title track and the Toxic Waltz, but that record as a whole is really incoherent. Beyond this, Exodus has made a lot of fun tunes with great riffs and headbanging moments, so they could play almost anything in the catalog live and it would be great. I don't love any of the Dukes era albums, but when they play tunes from that era live, say Deathamphetamine, I am right into it.

God I love Exodus so much, I've been looking forward to this ranking for ages 🤣 They were such a huge part of me discovering thrash growing up. Started off with the big 4, then after watching a thrash documentary and realising that it's a much bigger genre I branched out. The moment I heard the opening of Bonded By Blood I was hooked, I still remember the first time I heard it like it was yesterday. However, I will admit I'm not the hottest on the Dukes albums, like a lot of people I'm not the biggest fan of his vocal style (I'm not really a fan of hardcore vocal delivery in general), so while I've heard songs from that era I've never sat down and given those albums the time they probably deserve, I'll probably use this as an excuse to do so! I'll give my ranking of the ones I do know and can talk about: 1) Bonded By Blood (fucking obviously, it's such an important album to me) 2) Fabulous Disaster (this album is amazing too, if it wasn't for the Low Rider cover it'd be neck and neck with Bonded, also a really important album in my life that I'll never tire of) 3) Tempo of the Damned (I always get surprised when I remember just how good this is. I remember when I saw them with Testament in 2020 before Covid cut everything short and being in the pit for Blacklist, followed by Deathamphetamine I think. I thought I was gonna fucking die, or at least get a major bone broken. And I was playing a gig the following day so had to step out to keep myself in somewhat good shape 🤣) 4) Blood In Blood Out (this actually has a lot of nostalgia for me, it was the released only a year or so after I first heard them and I had only heard Bonded and Fabulous by that point. Such a fucking heavy album) 5) Persona Non Grata (not as strong overall with a couple of noticeably weaker songs but still heavy as fuck. Slipping Into Madness in particular is one of my favourite modern Exodus songs) 6) Pleasures of the Flesh (a decent album but it's not one that I listen to and then think "wow I'm gonna put that on again") 7) Impact Is Imminent (the first 2 songs are fucking awesome, the rest of it for the most part is kinda forgettable. It's got all the ingredients, it should be great, but the quality is just missing a bit) 8) Force of Habit (I like Count Your Blessings and Fuel for the Fire a lot. The rest of it I can't remember a single thing about, other than it's just a bit shit 🤣) Sorry for the lengthy comment but I could go on forever about some of these albums haha

Looking forward to this one. Love all eras of the band. Got a chance to meeting the guys at the show on Thursday - all of them were super cool and down to earth. Watching Holt shred up close at sound check was amazing.

You guys should had included Another Lesson in Violence in the rankings. I get that it's a live album but it's Bonded by Blood on steroids, plus the tracks Paul wrote for Pleasures of the Flesh. For me that is the #1 Exodus album, it sounds so freaking heavy. One of the best sounding metal albums period even being a live recording. Also, that wasn't a one off show they did a whole tour that year and even played at Dynamo.

Great ranking / I like how prepared and focused you guys are- no unnecessary gabbing off topic and focused on the music- cheers I like force of habit a little bit more than you guys did - it’s not in my top 5 or anything but....that’s my story and I’m sticking to it

This is my new favorite channel ive found! Thanks for all the great content guys!