Impact Is Imminent

Exodus spent the latter half of 1990 touring in support of Impact Is Imminent. The band opened for funk rock act Red Hot Chili Peppers (who were labelmates with Exodus at the time) at The Kaiser Center in Oakland on July 21, 1990.[3] Exodus was part of two major tours: in August 1990, they toured the U.S. with Suicidal Tendencies and Pantera (who had just released the most successful records of their respective careers: Lights...Camera...Revolution! and Cowboys from Hell), and three months later, they toured Europe with Flotsam and Jetsam, Vio-lence and Forbidden.[3] Exodus wrapped up the tour on December 28, 1990 at The Fillmore.[3] The band was scheduled to tour in early 1991 with Judas Priest and Annihilator on the European Painkiller tour, but they were dropped from the tour and replaced by Pantera[3][4] because their label refused to pay tour support[5].

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AllMusic	[6]

Impact Is Imminent received a negative review from Allmusic's Eduardo Rivadavia, who awarded the album one-and-a-half stars out of five and called it "the most forgettable album of Exodus' career."[6]

Despite being released on a major label, Impact Is Imminent was not as successful as Fabulous Disaster and debuted at No. 137 on the Billboard 200, Exodus' lowest chart position to date.[7] Impact Is Imminent would be Exodus' last album to enter the Billboard 200, until 2014's Blood In, Blood Out.[7]

Although Gary Holt expressed his dislike for the album during the making of Exhibit B: The Human Condition, saying, "If there was one album I could have back and record again it would be Impact ". He praised it for having "some of the best riffs I've ever written".

Hold restated his opinion about the record on April 30, 2020 during an interview with Robb Flynn of Machinehead. "I listen back to ‘Impact Is Imminent,’ and if there’s one album in my career I wish I had back like if it had never been released – it’s that album. Because it’s got some of the best riffs I ever wrote. I mean, the main riff on ‘Impact Is Imminent’ is my favorite riff I’ve ever written. The string skipping, no one had ever done that shit."[8]

All music is composed by Gary Holt.

• Steve "Zetro" Souza – vocals
• Gary Holt – guitars
• Rick Hunolt – guitars
• Rob McKillop – bass
• John Tempesta – drums

• Recorded at Music Grinder and Record Two Mendocino Studios
• Additional recording at Alpha & Omega, The Plant, and Earwax Studios
• Produced by The H-Team
• Recorded by Csaba Petocz
• Mixed by Marc Senesac at Alpha & Omega
• Additional engineering by John Bush, Lewis Demetri, Chris Fuhrman, Andy Newell, and Jim McKee
• Assistant engineered by Steve Heinke, Lawrence Ethan, Shawna Stobie, Ulrich Wild, Casey McMackin, and Manny Lacarrubba
• Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering