Shovel Headed Kill Machine is the seventh studio album by the American thrash metal band Exodus, released on October 4, 2005 through Nuclear Blast. This album contains a huge shift in the lineup for Exodus. This is the first album to feature new vocalist Rob Dukes, after the departure of Steve Souza, debut of Lee Altus on guitars, after Rick Hunolt's departure, and is also the only Exodus album to feature Paul Bostaph on drums after Tom Hunting's second departure.