Exhibit B: The Human Condition
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May 7, 2010 |
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December 2009 |
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| Label (s) | Nuclear Blast | |||
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
74 min 24 s |
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Studio (s) |
Camp Crunch, Guerneville ( USA ); Sharkbite Studios, Oakland (USA) |
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Exhibit B: The Human Condition ( ger .: Exhibit B: The Human Condition ) is the ninth studio album by the American thrash metal band Exodus . The album was released on May 7, 2010 via Nuclear Blast . It's the last with Rob Dukes as a singer.
Emergence
Exhibit B: The Human Condition , the title following The Atrocity Exhibition - Exhibit A , dealt with topics such as war, religion and other political and social realities. Gary Holt said it dealt with "cruelty, ignorance, inhumanity and brutality". The cover is based on the Vitruvian man Leonardo da Vinci . The band wanted to depict human violence.
Also on this album, Gary Holt wrote all the songs except "The Ballad of Leonard and Charles" and "Democide", which were written by Rob Dukes and Lee Altus . Brendon Small contributed the guitar solo to the bonus track “Devil's Teeth” during the recordings for the album . Peter Tagtgren did the backing vocals on "The Sun Is My Destroyer". Raymond Anthony played keyboards on "The Ballad of Leonard and Charles".
reception
On the website Allmusic .com Greg Prato wrote, Exodus had always liked it fast and angry, and she did not disappoint with the album safely.
Track list
- The Ballad of Leonard and Charles (7:14) ( Lee Altus , Rob Dukes )
- Beyond the Pale (7:39) ( Gary Holt )
- Hammer and Life (3:31) (Holt)
- Class Dismissed (a Hate Primer) (7:14) (Holt)
- Downfall (6:21) (Holt)
- March of the Sycophants (6:45) (Holt)
- Nanking (7:22) (Holt)
- Burn, Hollywood, Burn (4:05) (Holt)
- Democide (6:36) (Altus, Dukes)
- The Sun Is My Destroyer (9:32) (Holt)
- A Perpetual State of Indifference (2:24) (Holt)
- Good Riddance (5:33) (Holt)
Bonus track of various CD and LP pressings
- Devil's Teeth (4:14) (Dukes, Holt)
Bonus track of the Japanese CD releases
- Don't Make No Promises (2:54) ( Herman Rarebell , Matthias Jabs )
Cover version
- “Don't Make No Promises” is a Scorpions cover version and is actually called “Don't Make No Promises (Your Body Can't Keep)” with its entire title. The song was originally released on the 1980 album Animal Magnetism .