EXODUS – Impact Is Imminent (1990)

Impact Is Imminent is the fourth studio album by American thrash metal band Exodus, released in 1990. Impact Is Imminent was Exodus‘ first album on Capitol Records as well as their first album to feature John Tempesta on drums. It was also the last studio album to feature Rob McKillop on bass, though he appeared on their first live album, Good Friendly Violent Fun, which was recorded live in 1989 but not released until 1991. Impact Is Imminent was re-released in 2008 in a limited edition mini-album packaging to resemble the original vinyl release, including the inner sleeve.

Guitarist Gary Holt expressed some regret for the album during the making of 2010’s Exhibit B: The Human Condition, stating that „if there was one album I could have back and record again it would be Impact.“ He went on to praise the album for having „some of the best riffs I’ve ever written.“

Holt restated his opinion of the record during an April 2020 interview with Robb Flynn of Machine Head: „I listen back to Impact Is Imminent, and if there’s one album in my career I wish… I had it back, like it’d never been released, it’s that album, because it’s got some of the best riffs I ever wrote. I mean, the main riff to ‘Impact Is Imminent’ is my favorite riff I’ve ever written. It’s crazy, the string skipping, no one had ever done that shit.“

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