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Exodus Concert Review
On Sunday, June 12, 2010 Exodus played a record release show at Slim’s nightclub. Exodus played a 16 song, 110 minute set from 10:51 to 12:41. 
1. Ballad of Leonard and Charles (Exhibit B: The Human Condition record, 2010) began with a tape track for the 60 second introduction. Approximately the first 30 seconds of the introduction (approximations presumed throughout) solely featured an acoustic guitar while the second half was augmented by keyboards. The band walked on stage and Gary Holt (“GH,” guitarist) and Lee Altus (“LA,” guitarist) played pummeling mid tempo guitar riffs also featured during the last 50 seconds of Bedlam 123 off The Atrocity Exhibition … Exhibit A record (2007). GH played a smoldering series of short, high guitar notes during the second half of the riff rampage. The band stopped playing for one second followed by GH and LA’s chugging high tempo guitar riffs augmented by Tom Hunting’s (“TH’s,” drummer) thundering drumming and Jack Gibson’s (“JG’s,” bassist) solid driving bass lines. Rob Dukes (“RD,” vocalist) screamed the first verse and chorus with ferocity. During the first chorus TH smashed his Paiste cymbals, and RD screamed the final word, “Violeeeeeeeence.” 
The second verse was preceded by a seven second interlude that featured GH and LA’s chugging riffs. After the second chorus the band engaged in a 30 second jam session that highlighted TH’s drumming with prominent use of his cymbals. TH wore knee length, camouflage grey, cotton shorts, black Sik World (merchandising brand) muscle shirt with the “Sik World” logo in red letters on his chest. TH played a grey to black fade Yamaha drum kit featuring silver speckles and double bass drums. The third verse contained a vocal exchange between GH and RD. GH sang the introductory word of the odd numbered verse lines (e.g., “Fear - A macabre madness. Fiendish carnage with rabid butchery.”), whereby he chanted the following words throughout the third verse, “Fear, pain, rape, slave, sado, sick, lie, kill, death.” [Apropos words to comprise a Hallmark greeting card.] LA and GH then traded guitar solos for 60 seconds followed by RD singing the third verse and chorus. The song concluded with feedback from GH and LA’s guitars that led straight into Beyond the Pale. 
2. Beyond the Pale (Exhibit B: The Human Condition, 2010) is an up tempo thrasher that began with TH’s thundering drumming and GH and LA’s chugging guitar riffs during which GH briefly played lingering guitar notes for a few seconds before resuming riffing. RD sang the first verse and pre chorus. Between the first pre chorus and second verse GH and LA played chugging guitar riffs for 20 seconds that ended with a series of complicated TH drum fills. The second verse contained poignant lyrics, “Take the gun. Take the knife. Take the pain. Then take the life. My taste for homicide ... is rising up and amplified. Bloody deeds, my only friend … with me ‘til the bitter end. Together we are one. And our work has just begun.” RD then sang the second pre chorus and first chorus. The band jammed for 35 seconds followed by GH’s 40 second guitar solo. GH wore black combat boots, black jean pants, black Sik World t-shirt with “Sik World” and a pentagram in red letters on his chest, and black sweatbands on his forearms. GH played a white B.C. Rich flying V guitar with pearl trim. The band jammed for 70 seconds after which RD sang the third verse, third pre chorus, and second chorus. The song came to a raucous conclusion with LA’s 50 second guitar solo. 
3. Iconoclasm (The Atrocity Exhibition … Exhibit A, 2007). Before Iconoclasm RD commented on how some of the audience members in the mosh pit were engaging in “old school moshing,” including “one dude who was stepping on people’s heads.” RD wore black Vans high top shoes with white trim, knee length, black, cotton shorts with a red “Exodus” logo printed on the left leg, and black t shirt bearing a large caricature of the head of a figure wearing a gas mask on the back of which read in white letters, “The truth can be oppressed for only so long.” [RD bears a slight resemblance to George “Spanky” McFarland, American child actor in “The Little Rascals (a.k.a. “Our Gang”) American comedy short films (1922-1944). I am sure RD will “spank” my butt for calling him “Spanky.”] Iconoclasm began amidst GH and LA’s thrash infused guitar riffs and TH’s double bass drums. After a 60 second introduction RD sang the first verse at a mid tempo pace and slightly lower than usual octave. RD then sang the second verse, which was preceded by a 15 second display of frenetic riffing by GH and LA and tom tom pummeling by TH. RD then sang the second chorus with the tempo slowing down to a mid tempo pace when he sang the final word (i.e., “free”). GH and LA played heavy guitar riffs for 40 seconds after which RD sang the third verse and GH played a 35 second guitar solo. The tempo then resumed an up tempo pace and the band engaged in a two minute jam session during which LA played a 30 second guitar solo. RD then sang the third verse and chorus.
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