Exodus Old....or New Vocals?

So do you guys like Paul Baloff

or do you like the new vocals Rob Dukes


I like the Old vocals better, its what I heard first but the new vocals arn't bad, but its not eXodus

I haven't heard the new guy, but I loved Baloff's vocals and always preferred them to Sousa.

ack

Their new guy is utterly horrible. He sounds like any run-of-the-mill metalcore singer. Tuneless.

Check out The Shovel Headed Kill Machine

Exodus' new album from 2004 I think. Its not that amazing like Temple said hes Run Of The Mill metalcore singer.

I don't care for Dukes. I was/am a Souza fan. Baloff was ok too, but Steve Souza had a pretty distinctive sound (a snake-like hiss, as Ult would say) that made them stand out from the pack. Even if you didn't immediatley recognize the music, as soon as the vocals kicked in, you knew it was Exodus. Rob Dukes doesn't have that on "Shovel..."

I prefer Zetro myself over Baloff, but prefer Baloff over Dukes. I don't think Rob Dukes is terrible, but he doesn't really stand out. If he would vary his delivery a bit, he would be a great deal better.

Mastershake wrote:

Check out The Shovel Headed Kill Machine

Exodus' new album from 2004 I think. Its not that amazing like Temple said hes Run Of The Mill metalcore singer.

Actually, SHKM is 2005, not 2004. Tempo of the Damned was the 2004 release.

I like Zetro. Baloff didn't do much for me on the first album, but I liked his voice quite a bit on Another Lesson in Violence.

Rob Dukes is ok. He has a similar style to Zetro, but has a deeper tone and is less menacing IMO.

Of the three I prefer Zetro but Baloff was good too.

Rob Dukes is alright and I did enjoy Shovel Headed Kill Machine but Zetro would've made it a whole lot better.

Never heard the new guy but I liked both Zetro and Baloff equally, I guess.

Souza for me too, Don't like Dukes at all

Souza is one of the most horrid singers in all of metal & that includes black & death.

i was always a Baloff era Exodus guy until Dukes came along. SHKM was just fantastic. if Dukes had performed on Tempo, i would have enjoyed it more.

mc666 wrote:

Souza is one of the most horrid singers in all of metal & that includes black & death.

i was always a Baloff era Exodus guy until Dukes came along. SHKM was just fantastic. if Dukes had performed on Tempo, i would have enjoyed it more.

This is good to hear from another Baloff fan. I haven't yet heard Shovel Headed Kill Machine. I think Baloff's INSANE vocals added so much intensity to the musical intensity of Bonded by Blood. That album was just over the top! He was by no means run-o-the-mill or average or typical, especially for the time it was released.

I was sorely disappointed at the (long awaited and highly anticipated) release of the 2nd Exodus album, and have only somewhat acclimated to Sousa's vocals.

ack

ack

I love Souza's vocals. He's like an angry thrash gremlin.

Paul Baloff by far!

Zetro for me,although Dukes doesnt do a bad job.When I think of classic Exodus I think of Zetros snake like hiss.

I'll take Zetro because he sings on my fav Exodus record Fabulous disaster.

Paul Baloff!!!!!!!!!!!!