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| Released | March 20, 2026 | |||
| Recorded | 2025 | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal | |||
| Length | 54:09 | |||
| Label | Napalm Records | |||
| Producer | Exodus | |||
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Goliath is the upcoming thirteenth studio album by American thrash metal band Exodus. The album will be released on March 20, 2026. [1] It will be their first studio album to feature vocalist Rob Dukes since Exhibit B: The Human Condition (2010), and also the band's first album to be released through Napalm Records, with whom the band signed in 2023.
About two weeks after the release of Persona Non Grata , Gary Holt spoke to The Aquarian Weekly about a potential follow-up album. [2] In a December 2021 interview with Guitar.com , Holt promised that there would not be another seven-year gap in between two studio albums. [3]
On June 20, 2023, it was announced that Exodus had parted ways with Nuclear Blast after 20 years on the label, and they were signed to Napalm Records. [4] [5] A few days later, Holt confirmed via Instagram that he was "fully in writing mode now, assembling the pieces of the next album opener." [6] Frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza announced in October 2023 that the band would enter the studio around March or April 2024 to begin recording their new album, which was expected to be released by September of that year; [7] he would later clarify that studio plans were pushed back to May 2024 due to slow progress and he had not yet heard anything that the members of Exodus were writing. [8] Holt stated in an interview with Full Metal Jackie in August 2024 that the band would begin recording their new album in early 2025. [9]
Exodus parted ways with Souza in January 2025, and the band replaced him with his predecessor Rob Dukes. Exodus also announced its plans to record a new album with Dukes. [10] Holt announced in February 2025 that Exodus would release their new album in 2026. [11] The album's recording sessions took place during the summer and fall of that year, [12] [13] and mixing was handled by Mark Lewis, making this the first time in more than three decades that the band had not worked with Andy Sneap. [14] On January 21, 2026, Exodus announced the resulting album, titled Goliath, which is due for release on March 20, 2026, and released the album's lead single "3111". [1] The second single, "Goliath", was released on February 18, 2026. [15]
Exodus will support the album with a number a major tours, including supporting Megadeth on the Canadian leg of their final tour, [16] Kreator on the European leg of their Krushers of the World tour, [17] and Sepultura on their final North American tour. [18]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "3111" | Rob Dukes, Gary Holt | Lee Altus | 4:08 |
| 2. | "Hostis Humani Generis" | Holt | Holt | 5:21 |
| 3. | "The Changing Me" | Dukes, Altus | Altus | 6:14 |
| 4. | "Promise You This" | Holt | Holt | 5:19 |
| 5. | "Goliath" | Holt | Holt | 5:04 |
| 6. | "Beyond the Event Horizon" | 5:16 | ||
| 7. | "2 Minutes Hate" | 4:55 | ||
| 8. | "Violence Works" | 4:49 | ||
| 9. | "Summon of the God Unknown" | 7:54 | ||
| 10. | "The Dirtiest of the Dozen" | 5:09 | ||
| Total length: | 54:09 | |||