#346 - Exodus GOLIATH Album Review

Released March 20, 2026, GOLIATH, the newest behemoth to emerge from classic thrash masters EXODUS, feels a lot like 1989 but with some other added extras that are a bit different, experimental, and a little off the reservation relative to their earlier work. It also marks the return of Rob Dukes on vocals for the first time since 2010’s Exhibit B: The Human Condition. Loaded with scathing social commentary against the modern philistine monsters of our time, GOLIATH is sure to get the blood & adrenaline pumping and the fists & heads banging with revolutionary glee and righteous vengeance. Amidst all the thrashing, there are also a multitude of brutally heavy moments, shredding twin guitar harmonies, melodic riffs with power metal overtones, and even a string arrangement that, while a bit different than anything they’ve recorded previously, is still 100%, unapologetically EXODUS. Realize the “sad and/but true” fact that “people are getting dumber by the minute”, find out why you should NEVER go out on a boat drunk with a camera phone and talk to strangers, give some thought as to what might be “the most melodic Slayer song”, and prepare yourself for “The POONYs” when you JOIN US as we tackle GOLIATH, the latest metal monstrosity from EXODUS. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: [e-mail] Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes: (00:01): “Welcome back…” / A word about the “Ozzy’s Song” video… / #BLS / “I don’t wanna cry on this show…”/ “I wanna hear it…but not on this show…”/ “Let’s get this party started…”/ ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / “Nerdery withdrawal…”/ “We’ve got stuff…stuff to talk about, stuff to play…we’ve got stuff and things…things and stuff…”/ “We don’t need to do that anymore…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / “I feel like people are getting dumber by the minute…”/ “Sad and/but true…butt true…”/ “If you’re homeless, just buy a house…”/ “Is that Geoff Tate?” / “The level of stupid…”/ “If you’re hungry, just eat…” (05:55): ***PATREON US at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** / “That was just for you guys…”/ ***SOCIAL MEDIA US at #metalnerderypodcast ON #YouTube #Facebook #Instagram and #TikTok *** / #goingviral / ***GIVE US A CALL AND VOICEMAIL US AT 980-666-8182!!!*** / “It’s a different number…”/ “One of the highlights of my Thursday…”/ “Whoever your relaxer distributor is, that dude is on point…OR it could be a lady…”/ A potential ’86 death match that might shock some folks…/ #Shittah / “I’m the brunch guy…”/ “She didn’t mention they were on #NuclearBlast records…”/ “Kentucky is known for a lot of stuff…”/ #GatesToHell / NEXT TO BLEED (Death Comes To All – 2025) / “That was a good surprise…” (17:03): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: EXODUS – GOLIATH / #RobDukes / “There’s some differences between this and…the #Exodus of old…”/ “That (Persona Non Grata) came out in 2021!?”/ #seventhanniversary / “Where the fuck is time going, dude? Something is happening…”/ “What’s so funny? Share with the class…”/ #RussellsReflectionsBoatEdition / “I’m sorry…I’ve gotta tell the story…”/ “One of the drunks in my boat starts talking to him…”/ “I’m waiting for the payoff on this…”/ “Anyway, I’m sorry, that’s why I was tickled this whole time…” / #dickpix / “Talk about Goliath…”/ #markthetime “He had some good stripers on there…largemouth…”/ “Hard in the paint…” (24:10): 3111 / “Oh yeah, this has that Psycho Holiday riff in it…”/ “There’s some Spanish in there too…”/ “The next one looks like it’s Latin…can we find out what that means?”/ #EnemyOfMankind / “Your pennies which cost 4 cents to make now, btw that’s why they stopped making them…”/ #inflation / HOSTIS HUMANI GENERIS / “I couldn’t give a fuck about how I act…” / “Time to get swole…”/ “Didn’t we touch on this on the #EmberingEffigy episode?” (32:32): “Swedish…”/ THE CHANGING ME (feat. Peter Tagtgren) / #Hypocrisy #Pain / #TheAbyss / “Very Maiden-ish…”/ #powermetal / “That might be the most melodic thing they’ve ever done…”/ “What do you think would be the most melodic Slayer song?”/ “What do you mean by ‘melodic’?”/ PROMISE YOU THIS / “Do we have a cokeline inventory by chance?”...