Despite their crucial involvement in the development of thrash metal, by 1987 San Francisco's Exodus were playing a desperate game of catch-up. Upstarts Metallica had first stolen their thunder, then their guitarist; and after a yearlong delay that rendered their seminal debut, Bonded by Blood, rather archaic, the group experienced a tumultuous lineup change with the departure of founding vocalist Paul Baloff and the arrival of ex-Testament singer Steve Souza. By and large, the throat-shredding vocal styles of both frontmen were pretty much interchangeable, but the difference in songwriting quality between the aforementioned Bonded by Blood and its dismal successor, Pleasures of the Flesh, was quite astounding!
01 Deranged 02 Til death do us part 03 Parasite 04 Brain dead 05 Faster than you'll ever live to be 06 Pleasures of the flesh 07 30 seconds 08 Seeds of hate 09 Chemi-kill 10 Choose your weapon 11 Chemi-kill (live) 12 Til death do us part (live)