Shovel Headed Kill Machine is the seventh studio album

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 by the American

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 thrash metal

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 band Exodus

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, released on October 4, 2005 through Nuclear Blast

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. This album contains a huge shift in the lineup for Exodus. This is the first album to feature new vocalist Rob Dukes

Rob Dukes

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, after the departure of Steve Souza

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, debut of Lee Altus

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 on guitars, after Rick Hunolt

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's departure, and is also the only Exodus album to feature Paul Bostaph

Paul Bostaph

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 on drums after Tom Hunting

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's second departure.

Track listing

All songs by Gary Holt unless stated.

1. "Raze" (Dukes
   Rob Dukes
   Rob Dukes is the current vocalist for the American thrash metal band Exodus, and vocalist for his crossover thrash project Generation Kill-Early life:...
   
   , Holt) - 4:17
2. "Deathamphetamine" – 8:31
3. "Karma's Messenger" (Dukes, Holt) - 4:14
4. "Shudder to Think" – 4:48
5. "I Am Abomination" – 3:25
6. "Altered Boy" – 7:37
7. "Going Going Gone" – 4:59
8. "Now Thy Death Day Come" – 5:11
9. ".44 Magnum Opus" – 6:56
10. "Shovel Headed Kill Machine" – 2:57

Note: Limited digipak

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 edition of the album contains a bonus track "Purge the World". Japanese edition of the album contains another bonus song, "Problems", which is a Sex Pistols

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 cover. Limited 2 LP

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 edition contains these both tracks.

Personnel

• Rob Dukes
  Rob Dukes
  Rob Dukes is the current vocalist for the American thrash metal band Exodus, and vocalist for his crossover thrash project Generation Kill-Early life:...
  
   – vocals
  Singing
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• Gary Holt
  Gary Holt (musician)
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   – guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Lee Altus
  Lee Altus
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   – guitar
• Jack Gibson – bass
  Bass guitar
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• Paul Bostaph
  Paul Bostaph
  Paul Bostaph is a heavy metal drummer. His drumming career began in 1984, when he was 20 years old, and he had since worked with bands like Slayer, Forbidden, Exodus and Systematic. He is from Newark, California and currently drums for Testament...
  
   – drums
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• Produced by Gary Holt
• Engineered by Jason Urteage
• Recorded at Trident Studio
• Mixed and Mastered by Andy Sneap
  Andy Sneap
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   at Backstage Studios in Derby
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  , UK
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• Management: Steven Warner
• A&R: Jaap Wagemaker