EXHORDER HAVE REUNITED! BUT THEY’RE MAKING A NEW ALBUM. SIGH.
Friday, May 9th, 2008 at 12:24pm by Axl RosenbergI was pretty excited that Exhorder’s albums are getting reissued, since I thought it meant a lot of kids who have never heard of Exhorder might now check ‘em out.
And yet, somehow, the news that Exhorder have reunited and are working on new material bums me out. I can’t even really figure out why; part of me thinks it’s that “new material” part. Almost every reunited band puts out a new album at some point, because, well, it’s a good way to make money; but these albums, even if they’re any good, can never, and do never, live up to band’s output from their heyday. At the Gates, at least, admitted as much in Decibel (though they didn’t rule out the possibility of recording under a different name, which, truth be told, is just as shitty an idea as recording under their original name, because anyone with an IQ bigger than his shoe size will still know that it’s At the Gates). So while I’m stoked to be able to catch Exhorder at a not particularly large concert venue in the NYC area sometime real soon, I really wish they would please just not make any new music.
Then again, a couple of new songs might provide the perfect bathroom break during the show.
Anyway, below enjoy a photo of Phil Anselmo in an Exhorder shirt. The photo of a member of Pantera in Exhorder merch should help convince 15 year olds that Exhorder really are important to the history of metal, in case actually listening to the band’s music and realizing that they pre-date Pantera somehow fails to convey this fact.
-AR
“If there was any justice in the world, everyone would be clamoring for some sort of Exhorder reunion the same way everyone gets all dizzy about At the Gates getting back together. Exhorder are that fucking good.”
Now you arent that into it. Douche Nozzle.
This is one band that, for some reason, slipped past my metal radar while at the same time I was into Pantera before they were really the Pantera they became – yes I had “Power Metal” when it first came out. (THAT is an album that was pre-thrash thrash with a touch of glam, touch of hard rock and touch of mainstream ’80s metal. It was an odd combination that, for the time, pretty fresh.)
But I’ve never bought the whole “Pantera ripped off the Exhorder sound” argument. If Exhorder had gone onto the fame Pantera did, they’d be saying imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Maybe Pantera was influenced by Exhorder, but just did it better. EVERYthing is derivative.
you guys are too jaded. ever thought that a band makes new music because *gasp* they are inspired?
What the fuck ever. Go suck off Avenged Sevenfold some more.
Who ever thanks bands cant make it when they reunite is crazy or got their head crushed in a pit I want to hear new music from EXHORDER an the old shit WHAT HAPPENDED TO matalica THEY NEVER REUNITED AN THEY HAVE SUCKED SINCE AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!!!!!GUESS the ozzy black sabbath reuion sucked to!!!!Not to metion dave lambardo back with slayer…I guess they suck to every body who i have let hear exhorder says what the fuck was that!!!now that music is more wide spread they better watch out for a band like exhorder!!!!!!
John, let me guess…you’re an English professor, no?
No I”m A carpenter!!!!Waiting to hear some good music!!!!!!!!
im a huge fan of exhorder. im extatic about a new album coming out, the sooner the better. i love pantera, but phil did rip off kyle thomas and his style. theres nothing like new orleans metal.
“well, it’s a good way to make money”
u new in the metal business? spending hundrends of hours writting and recording an album for a few thousands $ is not what i call a good way to make money.