Exodus release Force of Habit

Force of Habit is the fifth album by the thrash metal band Exodus.

The songs are a departure from the thrash metal style for Exodus, slower and more experimental. Many of the song titles are figures of speech.

Force of Habit is Exodus's last release until their 1997 live album Another Lesson in Violence and is also their last studio album until 2004's Tempo of the Damned, since the band went on two extended hiatuses.

This is Exodus's last album to feature John Tempesta on drums and is also their only album to feature Mike Butler on bass.

It is the band's only release without the jagged edged "Exodus" logo that had appeared on all of the band's previous and subsequent releases.

It was re-released in 2008 in a limited edition mini-album packaging to resemble the original vinyl release, including the inner sleeve. This version was remastered and includes the bonus tracks from the Japanese release.