Exodus — Another Lesson In Violence

𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐒 - 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 & 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋…

26 years ago today, we were given “Another Lesson in Violence”!

On this day (July 8 ) in 1997, Exodus released the live album, “Another Lesson in Violence” via Century Media Records (Victor Records in Japan).

Background:

This album comes after a large line-up change for Exodus. Holt and Hunting reunited with Paul Baloff and Rick Hunolt for a short Exodus tour in 1997. Paul Baloff, who originally left in 1986 after the release of “Bonded by Blood”, makes his return on vocals.

Tom Hunting returns after leaving just before the “Fabulous Disaster” tour in 1989 due to illness. The lineup was completed with Wardance bassist Jack Gibson. Together, they recorded “Another Lesson In Violence” at the Trocadero Transfer in front of a home town audience.

Robb Flynn of Vio-Lence and Machine Head makes a guest appearance on the song "A Lesson in Violence".

In early 1998, a few months after the album was released, the band went on their second hiatus, in part due to a falling out with record label Century Media over the way promotion for the live album was handled, and over an aborted attempt at a live concert video which was filmed but never released due to a financial dispute.

In the following year, not long after the band had made their second reunion, long time Exodus frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza made a return to the band due to the death of Paul Baloff, brought on by a stroke.

This was the band's first collaboration with Andy Sneap, who produced the live album; he would produce, engineer, mix or master all of Exodus' albums, starting with, and including, “Tempo of the Damned” (2004).

Critical Reception:

In his review for AllMusic, Eduardo Rivadavia stated;

“Recorded during a one-off 1997 reunion show, this vibrant live album featured the near original lineup of Thrash Metal pioneers Exodus; the only absent parties are original bassist Geoff Andrews and guitarist Kirk Hammet, who was probably tied up at his day job Metallica. Though it was almost certainly tweaked in the studio at a later date, the performance captured on “Another Lesson in Violence” sounds amazingly live and raw, containing furious renditions of the band's many early classics, screw-ups and all. The band wisely concentrates on material from their landmark debut “Bonded By Blood”, the only to feature terminally cheesy vocalist Paul Baloff, who incidentally, appears to have matured little in the intermittent 15 years. And in keeping with the spirit of the festivities, the only three tracks culled from their disappointing sophomore album “Pleasures of the Flesh” were also co-written by Baloff before his dismissal.

As an added bonus, the band even resurrects a never recorded early track co-written by Hammet called "Impaler," and surely only a guest appearance from the man himself could have made this timely release more memorable. Probably of little interest to non-fans, Another Lesson in Violence will certainly leave first-generation thrashers giddy with memories past.”

Links to Artists, Albums, and Music Videos:

Click this link to listen to “Another Lesson in Violence” via Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/another-lesson-in-violence-live/1045206650

Click this link to listen to “Another Lesson in Violence” via Spotify: Another Lesson In Violence (Live) https://open.spotify.com/album/7KmTIst4J4R5wM6xUaTrej

Click this link to follow Exodus on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/exodusattack

Note: The reviews shared here are for historical reference. The views and opinions expressed within are not always supported (in full or in part) by Into the Wells. — E.N. Wells

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