Impact Is Imminent

Reception

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."

Despite being released on a major label, Impact Is Imminent was not as successful as Fabulous Disaster and debuted at #137 on the Billboard 200, Exodus' lowest chart position to date. Impact Is Imminent would be Exodus' last album to enter the Billboard 200, until 2014's Blood In, Blood Out. 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".

Tour

Exodus spent the latter half of 1990 touring in support of Impact Is Imminent. The band opened for alternative rock act Red Hot Chili Peppers (who were labelmates with Exodus at the time) at The Kaiser Center in Oakland on July 21, 1990. 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 careers – Lights...Camera...Revolution! and Cowboys from Hell), and three months later, they toured Europe with Flotsam and Jetsam, Vio-Lence and Forbidden. Exodus wrapped up the tour on December 28, 1990 at The Fillmore.

Track listing

All music composed by Gary Holt.

Band line-up

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