Exodus return with their eleventh studio album, Persona Non Grata, out November 19 via Nuclear Blast Records. Dimitris Kontogeorgakos of the Chicago-based webzine Metal Kaoz recently conducted an interview with frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza, who talked about the creation of Persona Non Grata.

Zetro said the following when asked to describe his singing style on the album: "I was all over the map with my voice on this one. I did that purposely. My whole purpose was to be the best I could be and reinvent myself, to change it up a little bit. So, that’s basically what I went for. Gary and I talked about this last summer; when he and Tom were going doing jam camp and write the basic core of the songs, he was like ‘I want you to do some different stuff in this album’, and I was like, ‘I’m actually listening to a lot of Behemoth and Lamb Of God lately, so it’d be a good way to do it’. So, I implemented a lot of what I was listening to at the time to what I did in Persona Non Grata and I think I did it enough - I didn’t overdo it. It’s definitely me but there’s some piece of death vocals, some piece of hardcore vocals, there’s some singing stuff in there, there’s some total Gothenburg, Arch Enemy/At The Gates-type of thing. That’s definitely happened due to people we admire as well.”

You can listen to the entire interview here.

Literally translating to “an unwelcome” or “unacceptable” person, Persona Non Grata touches on themes of modern societal disgust and degradation. The band gathered at Tom Hunting's house in the mountains where they produced and recorded Persona Non Grata from three home-built studios . Steve Lagudi was at the helm of engineering while the band enlisted Andy Sneap of Backstage Studios to mix the album. For the third time in the band’s history, they returned to Swedish artist Par Olofsson to create the album artwork.

Persona Non Grata will be available in the following formats:

- CD Jewel + Blu-ray Bonus Disc (Jam Camp!)
- T-Shirt + CD Jewel + Blu-ray Bonus Disc (Jam Camp!)
- T-Shirt
- Cassette – Tinted Red
- CD Jewel + Blu-ray Bonus Disc (Jam Camp!) Long Box (Decibel Magazine Exclusive)
- Double LP
 * Black
 * Red & Mustard Swirl W/ Black Splatter
 * Electric Blue W/ Black & Bone
 * Gold & Bone Swirl W. Black and Mint Green Splatter
 * Green in Mustard W/ Red Splatter
 * Mint Green & Brown W/ Cyan Splatter (EMP Exclusive)
 * Purple & Yellow Swirl W/ Mint Green & Bone Splatter (UK Indie Exclusive)
 * Bone & Beer Swirl W/ Red & Brown Splatter (Revolver Magazine Exclusive)
 * Red & Mustard Swirl W/ Black Splatter (Rebellion Republic Exclusive)
 * Blue Swirl W/ Bone * Black Splatter (U.S. Indie Exclusive)
- Mail Order Boxset – Limited to 2,000 pieces worldwide
 * Orange, Red Swirl W/ Black Splatter
 * 20 page booklet
 * Slipmat
 * CD + Blu-ray Bonus Disc
 * Patch
 * Flag

Pre-order here. Pre-save here.

Tracklisting:

"Persona Non Grata"
"R.E.M.F."
"Slipping Into Madness"
"Elitist"
"Prescribing Horror"
"The Beatings Will Continue (Until Morale Improves)"
"The Years of Death and Dying"
"Clickbait"
"Cosa Del Pantano"
"Lunatic-Liar-Lord"
"The Fires of Division"
"Antiseed"

"Clickbait" lyric video:

"The Beatings Will Continue (Until Morale Improves)":

"The Beatings Will Continue (Until Morale Improves)" video:

Trailers: