Nuclear Blast Records has set a January 15 release date for
"Shovel Headed Tour Machine (Live At Wacken And Other Assorted Atrocities)" from San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans
EXODUS. The package will contain the band's July 2008 performance at Germany's
Wacken Open Air festival, plus a documentary following the band through the last five years of touring as well as bonus footage, with photo galleries and all of the group's promotional videos. The set will consist of two DVDs plus an audio CD of the
Wacken performance.
"Shovel Headed Tour Machine (Live At Wacken And Other Assorted Atrocities)" limited three-disc digipack:
Disc 1: Concert DVD / Disc 2: Concert CD
01.
Bonded By Blood02.
Iconoclasm03.
Funeral Hymn04.
A Lesson In Violence05.
Children Of A Worthless God06.
Piranha07.
Deathamphetamine08.
Blacklist09.
War Is My Shepherd10.
Strike Of The Beast11.
Shovel Headed Kill MachineTotal running time: 68 minutes
Disc 3: Documentary DVD
Explore the history of
EXODUS and get a behind the scenes look into life on the road in the documentary
"Assorted Atrocities". Covering the last five years, this feature-length movie brings you closer to the inner circle of the band. Hear stories from the road, including the craziest
Paul Baloff moments. Go inside the recording process for
"Shovel Headed Kill Machine". Tour the world as
EXODUS lands in South America, Japan, Australia and Europe. Watch as the band supplies voices to the cartoon
"Metalocalypse". Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the
"Riot Act" and
"Now Thy Death Day Come" is also included, plus plenty of killer clips showing insane moments of the greatest fans in the world. Plus over an hour of deleted scenes, rare live performances, music videos, vintage interview from 1985, trailers and the most comprehensive photo gallery with over 350 photos.
Total running time: 188 minutes
Also available:
* 2 DVD in amaray case (for content see Disc 1 & 3 of Ltd edition)
* Limited-edition 2LP in gatefold
Side A:
01.
Bonded By Blood02.
Iconoclasm03.
Funeral HymnSide B:
01.
A Lesson In Violence02.
Children Of A Worthless God03.
Piranha04.
DeathamphetamineSide C:
01.
Blacklist02.
War Is My Shepherd03.
Strike Of The Beast04.
Shovel Headed Kill MachineSide D:
blank / with etching!
The first official trailer for the DVD can be viewed below.
The German edition of
Metal Hammer magazine conducted an interview with
EXODUS guitarist
Gary Holt at this year's installment of the
Graspop Metal Meeting, which was held on June 26-28, 2009 on the festival grounds of the Boeretang in Dessel, Belgium.
When asked about
EXODUS' plans for a new studio album,
Holt said, "Hopefully we're hitting the studio around November 1 with
Mr. Sneap [British producer
Andy Sneap;
MEGADETH,
NEVERMORE,
ARCH ENEMY]. It's gonna be sick. We have four [songs] recorded [and left over] from the last session [for 2007's
'The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A'], and I've got, like, nine [other tracks] I'm working on, and
Lee [
Altus, guitar] has a bunch of stuff. But this next album is gonna blow people's minds."
Regarding the upcoming CD's musical direction,
Holt said, "There's a couple of twists on this. I try not to repeat every album. I mean, we did
'Tempo Of The Damned' [2004], [which was] a little more old-school, and we did
'Shovel Headed Kill Machine' [2005], which was really brutal and fast, and then
'The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A' [2007], [which] was, like, longer and more epic songs. So this album's gonna have some different stuff to it. Maybe a little more dual-guitar stuff, 'cause I've been playing with
Lee for quite awhile now - a little more dual-guitar harmony shred stuff. "


