14 tracks. Running time 62:58 At last here's the second album from Volker Kaufmann and Ron Grahnert -- aka Shaped Signs -- following up from their superb Nature's Odyssey. Listeners hoping for more bombastic guitar and synths won't be disappointed as Exodus has all the elements we've now come to expect from them. It's off to a mysterious and brooding start in the short track “Exodus – Intro” where deep resonances and spooky washes combine with sparse high piano notes. Lulling us into this mood the music then bursts into the high octane “Exodus”. A rolling piano melody, foot tapping drums, and exciting electric guitars blows away any idea that this is going to be a gentle musical ride. Shaped Signs have a distinctive sound, but in overall style the nearest comparisons of late are Axess/Maxxess and Guido Meyer. In terms of melody and grandiosity I tend to think of it as a more rock and guitar oriented version of what Helmut Teubner was doing in the 1990s. It's not all guitar oriented though. In “Appearance” an electronic squidgy rhythm combines with big synth chords and assorted effects to create a dramatic aura. Only near the end does guitar come in, and then it doesn't dominate. Occasionally we discover a filmic quality to the sounds. The track “Destruction” begins with strange organo-industrial clonking and quavering noises, and briefly a distant klaxon. It then launches into a squelchy sequencing passage with heavenly chords and chorales. A lovely multi-instrument melody expressing grief for the past and hope for the future then finishes off prior to a segue into the next track. I can say that if you like electronic music coupled with soaring electric guitar melodies and riffs then Exodus is worth checking out. This is music to play loud and lose yourself in the controlled energy.