Nuclear Blast Records has set a January 15 release date for "Shovel Headed Tour Machine (Live At Wacken And Other Assorted Atrocities)" from San Francisco Bay Area metal veterans EXODUS. The package will contain the band's July 2008 performance at Germany's Wacken Open Air festival, plus a documentary following the band through the last five years of touring as well as bonus footage, with photo galleries and all of the group's promotional videos. The set will consist of two DVDs plus an audio CD of the Wacken performance.

"Shovel Headed Tour Machine (Live At Wacken And Other Assorted Atrocities)" limited three-disc digipack:

Disc 1: Concert DVD / Disc 2: Concert CD

01. Bonded By Blood
02. Iconoclasm
03. Funeral Hymn
04. A Lesson In Violence
05. Children Of A Worthless God
06. Piranha
07. Deathamphetamine
08. Blacklist
09. War Is My Shepherd
10. Strike Of The Beast
11. Shovel Headed Kill Machine

Total running time: 68 minutes

Disc 3: Documentary DVD

Explore the history of EXODUS and get a behind the scenes look into life on the road in the documentary "Assorted Atrocities". Covering the last five years, this feature-length movie brings you closer to the inner circle of the band. Hear stories from the road, including the craziest Paul Baloff moments. Go inside the recording process for "Shovel Headed Kill Machine". Tour the world as EXODUS lands in South America, Japan, Australia and Europe. Watch as the band supplies voices to the cartoon "Metalocalypse". Behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the "Riot Act" and "Now Thy Death Day Come" is also included, plus plenty of killer clips showing insane moments of the greatest fans in the world. Plus over an hour of deleted scenes, rare live performances, music videos, vintage interview from 1985, trailers and the most comprehensive photo gallery with over 350 photos.

Total running time: 188 minutes

Also available:

* 2 DVD in amaray case (for content see Disc 1 & 3 of Ltd edition)
* Limited-edition 2LP in gatefold

Side A:

01. Bonded By Blood
02. Iconoclasm
03. Funeral Hymn

Side B:

01. A Lesson In Violence
02. Children Of A Worthless God
03. Piranha
04. Deathamphetamine

Side C:

01. Blacklist
02. War Is My Shepherd
03. Strike Of The Beast
04. Shovel Headed Kill Machine

Side D:

blank / with etching!

The first official trailer for the DVD can be viewed below.

The German edition of Metal Hammer magazine conducted an interview with EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt at this year's installment of the Graspop Metal Meeting, which was held on June 26-28, 2009 on the festival grounds of the Boeretang in Dessel, Belgium.

When asked about EXODUS' plans for a new studio album, Holt said, "Hopefully we're hitting the studio around November 1 with Mr. Sneap [British producer Andy Sneap; MEGADETH, NEVERMORE, ARCH ENEMY]. It's gonna be sick. We have four [songs] recorded [and left over] from the last session [for 2007's 'The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A'], and I've got, like, nine [other tracks] I'm working on, and Lee [Altus, guitar] has a bunch of stuff. But this next album is gonna blow people's minds."

Regarding the upcoming CD's musical direction, Holt said, "There's a couple of twists on this. I try not to repeat every album. I mean, we did 'Tempo Of The Damned' [2004], [which was] a little more old-school, and we did 'Shovel Headed Kill Machine' [2005], which was really brutal and fast, and then 'The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A' [2007], [which] was, like, longer and more epic songs. So this album's gonna have some different stuff to it. Maybe a little more dual-guitar stuff, 'cause I've been playing with Lee for quite awhile now — a little more dual-guitar harmony shred stuff. "