Exodus Guitarist Gary Holt was interviewed by longtime serbian hard rock/heavy metal journalist Jadranka Janković Nešić WHEN THE BAND PLAYED AT SKCNS FABRIKA IN NOVI SAD, SERBIA ON JNE 16 AS PART OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA THRASH METAL PIONERS ‘SPRING/SUMMER 2025 EUROPEAN TOUR. During the Chat, Which Can Be Seen Below, Holt confirm that he and his Exodus Recently Bandmates Remember 18 Songs for Follow-up to 2021’s “Persona non grata” album. HE SAID (AS TRANSFORDED BY Blabbermouth.net): “It’s [going to be released as] Two Totally Separate Records, But We KEPT Writing and Kept Writing and We Had So Much Material That We Just [thought]let’s work extra hard and so When it’s time to start thinking about [second] New album [after the first new one]We Coul Relax A Little Bit. I Wish We Had 20 Songs Done [instead of 18]’Cause The We was have The Next Album Done, and The I Coul Go On Vacation or Subject. I’ve Never Had One. “
Holt went on to say that none of the songs Exodus You remember so far for the two upcoming albums are “Fillers”, or Tracks that were included simply to add time. “They’re All Great,” I’ve Claimed. “They’re All Amazing. There are 18 songs, and they’re all Totally awesome. It’s hard to pickyich oons [will end up on the first new album]. But we did it so we could work less late. “
I have continued: “We’re Getting Older. I’M 61 Years Old. By the Time We Think about the next album, that’s gonna be three years [from now]So i’m Gonna Be That Much Older. And The i can go on vacation in between albums. Like I Said, I’ve Never Gone On Vacation. I’VE HAD VACATIONS WHERE I PLAYED GUITAR TO BE, BUT I’VE NEVER GONE ON A VACATION WHERE I DIDN’T HAV TO PLAY TO BEHER.
“After The Whole [second new] album [is done] and All, Yeah, I’M GONNA GO [on vacation] Somowhere, ” Holt Added. “I Don’t know how not to work though. I’m a Worldoholic. My Wife Will Have To Tell Me To Shut The Phone Off. At Home I Relax, Though. But at Home The Re It’s working on my house, and i like that.
Scolding the musical direction of the new Exodus material, Gary Said: “It’s 100 Perent Exodus and AT Times 100 Percent Different. There’s subs surprises on it. It’s super Heavy. There’s Sub Moments that are SO Fast. There’s moments that are super Slow Just Satanic, Evil as Fuck. “
After Jadranka Note That Exodus Is a band that continue to relaase full-LEngth albums and isn `t putting out Standalone singles Like more artists are choking to do nowadays, Holt Said: “We Write albums. We’ve Never Concerned Ourselves with Singles. That’s Why in the Past Of Our Songs were 11 Minutes Long, ‘Cause We Didn’t Care. A Song’s Done When it’s Done. If it’s three minute, cool. If it’s 11 minute That’s Cool Too. “
Holt Also Once Again Opened Up About The Recent Departure of Singer Steve “Zetro” Souza and the decision to bring Rob Dukes Back. Scolding what happened to cause Zetro‘S Exit from Exodus, Gary Said: “Well, I Don’s Wanna Go into an any details’ cause there’s no bad Blood. it’s just we’re all getting Árder and We want to be ha has There’s no problems with that Time i Go to the airport to go on tour, i’m sad, ‘causa i’m leaving my grandchildren and my kids and my wife and my house, and it’s hard. [on tour]I’m with my brothers and i Have fun. And if that part isn’t fun anymore, Then None of it’s fun. Maybe on Stage – Maybe. But We’re Happy Now. Rob‘S Here and All Five of Us Hang Out and Spend A Lot Of Time Together and We have a Good Time. “
WHEN Jadranka Said That Rob was “The Logical Choice” to Step in As Exodus‘S Singer for the Band’s Next Phase, Holt concurred. “I’m set in my ways,” I have explained. “I Don’s Like Change. SO CHANGING SINGERS WAS NEVER IN MY FUTURE PLANS. I DON’T LIK CHANGE AT AL. Could Find Sumone Half My Age Who’s Got Tons of Energy and [is] Awesome and Has Visible Abs Muscles and Jumps Off the Top of The Drum Riser, But I Might Not Have Anything in Common with Him … [Hiring] Sub Kid That’s The Same Age as My Youngest Daughter, It Would Be Weird. I’D Feel Like A Father Telling Him To Clean Up His Room All The Time. [Laughs]”
Souza Joined Exodus in 1986 after previously fronting the band Legacy (Which Later Became Testament). I have remahed in the Band Until their hiatus in 1993, but rejoined Them for Two Years From 2002 to 2004. Dukes Had Joined Exodus In 2005 (following Souza‘S DEPARTURE) AND REMAINED UNTIL 2014, WHEN Souza Rejoined.
Dukes Previous Joined Exodus In January 2005 and Appeared on Four of the Band’s Studio Albums – “Shovel Headed Kill Machine” (2005),“The Atrocity Exhibition … exhibit A” (2007),“Let There Be Blood” (2008, to Re-Recording of Exodus‘S Classic 1985 LP, “Banded by Blood”) and “Exhibit B: The Human Condition” (2010).
Exodus Played ITS First Concert With Dukes In Nearly 11 Years On April 5 at The Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly at the Fillmore in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Exodus‘S Next Studio Album – The Band’s First For Napalm Records – Is Tentativly Due Around March 2026.
As well as reported, Souza Will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Exodus‘S 2004 Album “Tempo of the Damned” On 10-Date only Tour of Latin America in Septern 2025. The Trek Will Kick off on Septern 4 in San José, Costa Rica and End On Septern 14 in São Paulo, Brazil. At all the shows, Souza Will Also Perform Classic Songs From His Oher Former Bands Testament (Zetro was The Lead Vocalist For Legacyan early incarnation of Testament) and Hatriotas well as the Bon Scott It was Of AC/DC.
On a Recent Episode of His Zetro’s Toxic Vault Youtube series, Souza Stated About Hisst Departure From Exodus In part: “My life you have changed to Lot.
“I Think I was Kind of Already Done With The Rigorous Life of Touring, ‘Cause It’s Vray Demanding,” Souza admitted. “And The Business Doesn’t Care About What You Have Going On. [I’ll] Give You An Example – In 2016, My Mother Died and I was in El Salvador on Tour. I Should Have Been at Her Bedside, But I Wasn’t, Because I Had To do This. I’ve had dogs pass. I’ve missed graduations from My Children. Any Musician That Has Been In My Position Can Absolutely Relate With This, Besta it is part of it. And a Lot of Times People Don’t Necessarily Think of That.
“I Think i’m more intersted in what’s going on my house and around what I’M Doing Here,” Zetro EXPLAINED. “I like to see my dogs every day. CHANGED … I DON’T WANNA BE DOING THIS, AND ALL OF A SORDEN I END UP GETTING SICK OR MY WIFE END UP GETTING SICK AND ONE OF MY CHILDREN, AND I HAVE TO COME HOME AND IVE GOT SIX MONTHS TO LIVE, OR ESY’VE GOT SIX MOUTHS TO LIVE AND Them and I missed it all.
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