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Metal Demon
 
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Exodus - Force Of Habit
Capitol Records
1992
6 out of 10
One day I was at the record store willing to spend a good amount of money to expand my metal collection. That day I meet a new friend while ease dropping on his conversation about Vio-lence. Tony was my age but during the 80's and was totally into heavy metal. He recommended me to pick up Exodus’s Force Of Habit for two dollars. I was a little leery at first because I heard so many bad things about it. Well I bought it and at first I didn't really care for it. But the other day I got it off the shelf and decided to give it another spin. This album has got some fucking killer riffs. It definitely isn’t like there earlier albums. It has more of a grove feel to it then a thrash feel. But thrash was starting to die off in the 90's and bands were experimenting with the sound every chance they got.
The album starts off with Thorn in My Side. This song has some good heavy riffing and some good singing in it. This song definitely sets the tone for the rest of the album displaying a good groove feel.
Me, Myself & I has a kick ass intro. Then goes into a good versus but then into an ok chorus. It is almost if Exodus ran out of good riffs and just hurried up and stuck anything together. Though I do have to give credit to the gang vocals during the chorus, because I love gang vocals!
I'm going to skip through the album cause "most" of the songs are good but not worth a whole lot of mentioning.
Good Day to Die has a very awesome acoustic intro. To bad the rest of the song is pretty forgettable.
Well the album finally ends after 13 songs with Feeding Time at the Zoo. It’s almost like a M.O.D. song with the goofy lyrics and concept of being eaten by zoo animals. This is probably the best song on the album and the most Exodus sounding song. This song could have been on Fabulous Disaster easily.
The only song that I really hated was Bitch. It has some kind of groove rock with brass instruments and totally doesn't work. Ska and Metal??? I recommend this album if you really like Exodus. It’s worth having for the 3 or 4 good songs. If you’re looking for a good thrash metal album this isn't for you.
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Good review thrash!!
Pretty much my opinion as well...
When I was writing the review for "Shovel Headed Kill Machine", I took the time to re-listen to some Exodus of old and I must say... I was digging it...
At the same time... It absolutely amazes me how far production value has increased in the last 10 years... It is mind boggling... and I'm not complaining in the least.
"Belief solely based upon faith is inherently rooted in the fear of negative consequence" - Bare
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Metal Demon
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Word.
When I do write reviews I try to compare it to what they have done in the past or future in some cases.
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io agree excellent review. not the best CD but i do like Thorn in my Side. excellent
Heavy Metal Is the Law that Keeps us All United Free!
A Law that Shatters Earth and Hell
Heavy metal Can't be beaten by Any Dynasty
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I Like Being Scared
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| Great Review, you even had me giving it a play, only have it on Tape though. Must say, Deadful artwork yet again for Exodus, Pleasure of the Flesh & Impact is Imminent are equally Crap covers, The most recent 2 CDs have shown some promise again.
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