Metal and blood came together as one on Exodus’ daring and mega-influential debut album. Recorded in 1984, the nine-song stunner is a front row look at the early days of Bay Area thrash, and remains a wall-to-wall classic full of double-time drum-sanity, razorwire riffage and gonzo back-to-back solo sections from Gary Holt and Rick Hunolt. And as the band’s lone album to feature the fiercely-screeching singing style of late frontman Paul Baloff, you won’t hear another sound quite like this Exodus attack.