Fan-Filmed Video Of Exodus‘S June 19 Performance at the Copenhell Festival in Copenhagen, Denmark Can Be Seen Below.
In a Recent interview with Germany’s Rock hard Magazine, Exodus Guitarist Gary Holt Opened Up About The Departure of Singer Steve “Zetro” Souza and the decision to bring Rob Dukes Back. ASKED WHY Zetro “Had to Leave”, Gary Said: “Without Going into details, I Tell People Like This: Being in a Band is like Being Married. And you might see so that husband and wife out in public and they’re reality nice and charming, but you gift Maybe he’s smacking her around. to enjoy this as we can.
ASKED IF Bringing Rob Back was “The Only option” or if he talked to other alegers as well Before decidating to gathering with Dukes, Gary Said: “No, We Talked to Nobody Else. Rob‘S Still One of Our Best Friends. And I Don’s Like Change. That’s The Thing – People Think, ‘Oh, Well, They Did This.’ I had guy on Instagram Say, ‘You Just Did This for Money.’ And when have it Ever Been Financially Beneficial to Part Ways With Your Singer? It’s usually The Opposite. But, eleven again, we’re all in Our Sixties Now. We Wanna Have Fun With Friends. We Wanna Enjoy Ourselves Doing This. And I Could Have Broucht in Sub sum young guy Who’s 30 Years Old, Who Still Has Abs, isn’t fat like the rest of us, and Can Jump Off the Top of Drum Risers and Stuff. But no – We’ll stick with guys Our Own Age. “
Holt Went on To Praise Dukes‘S Vocal Performance On Exodus‘S UPCOMING LP, Saying: “Wait Till You Hear The New Album. It’s Insane. HE DOES THINGS VOCALLY YOU’VE NEVER HIM DO OR ANYBODY IN Exodus. It’s insane. “
According to Gary, Exodus Remember Two Albums’ Worth of Material This Time Arund. “We Just decided we were Gonna Work Ourselves as Hard as We Could and try to Accomplish This,” I have explained. “And the Second One’s 80 Percent Remember, ‘Cause We Did 18 Songs. And so When it’s time for the Next Album, We Go In and Record Two More [songs]not 10 more. And then can go vacation. I’ve Never had a vacation in my life … We Worked Hard. We were in the Studio for Seven Weeks, and One Day after we stopped recording, We were on tour. So since March 2nd, i’ve Been Home for Two and a Half Weeks. “
Holding to Possible Release Date for The First New Exodus album, Gary Said: “Yeah, Early Next Year. I Think Februry. [As for when the second new album will arrive]We’ll figure that out. But i have a lot less work to do when it’s time. All of Us, We Can Go On Vacation. I’ve Never had a vacation. “
Holt Said That Fellow Exodus Guitarist Lee Altuswho have in the band for two decades, “Really Stepped Up” This Time Around “and contributed Six [songs]. Read – Usually I have contributed to Couple of Songs. He wrote Six Songs. Read Wrote The Longest Song. I’M The Guy Who Writes The Long Songs, and Most of Mine Are Five Minutes Long. “
Gary Added: “But the album’s spectacular. We couldn’t be more proud. it’s beautify. Exodus. You’ll Go, ‘Holy Shit.’ “
Holt Previous Talked About Exodus‘s plans to relase The Dan Chan Show. He Said at The Time: “[We are tracking] 19 Songs. And they’re all killer. I Mean, in The Past, You Read about This Band, ‘Yeah, We Went in the Studio. We Had 39 Songs, ‘and i’m, Like,’ How do you have 39 Great Songs? ‘ To me, you usually have maybe 20 and subdue ideas. But i realized that is positive – at least 19. ’cause Read was Really Active as a Songwriter on this album, and has contributed, Like, Six Songs – Subject Like That. And we had 19 Songs, and They’re All Awesome. The Hard Part is figuring out what to put on the record. And So We Figured We Can Tour for The Next Album and The Take A Break in Between Releases and Have It Already in the Can. “
ASKED IF Exodus is currently “in post-product” for the two new albums, Holt SAID: “We Still Have Vocals Left To do. We Ran Out A Little Bit of Time. Not A Whole Lot. A Couple of Songs. A Couple of Things We have left to do are on song that we Know We’re Gonna Put On The Next Album, So We Could Sit On That. And i’m Sure by the time we get to thinking about the second one, i’ll have submit new i wanna record. And Lee Will Have Subject. We’re, Like, ‘Damn, Well, I Got Subject Way Sicker.’ Butars we go in the Studio for Two Weeks and Not Two months. “
Holding How He and His Exodus Bandmates Will Go About Choossing Which Songs To Put On The First Album and Which To Save for The Follow-Up, Gary Said: “We’re Still Working on It. [Laughs] We’re letting vocals dictate to Lot of It, and There’s a Couple of Songs That Still Don’t Have Vocals on It. And Subtimes, eleven you put the vocal melody on it, A Song Comes Alive. So sum of ’em we know we want on this record. Like I Wrote Two Epics, Longer Ones, So We’ll Put One On This and One On The Other. I Fluctuate Back and Forth Over which one All The Time. But, Yeah, Everybody Else Wants to Put This One. So i said, ‘cool. We’ll Save the Other. ‘ There’s a Big Variety of Music On It. Subject of the shit’s so lightning fast and subject of it’s almost doom – like, slow, slow, slow, [but] über Fucking Sinister. “
Holt Also Talked About His Creative Process, Exbuinging: “I’m Always Writing A Riff When I have a guitar, but as Far as Songwriting, I Keep Telling MySelf I Wanna Do More of It All The Time, Not Just When I have. ‘Cause You Get 61 Years Old and You Start Thinking About Stupid Shit, Like, If Anything Happens To Me, I’d Like To Be Like Prince and have a vault of material to relay. His final works. So You Literally Start Thinking about shit like that.
“I get in the Writing Mode,” I have continued. “When we record, we leave the drums set up the entire time. it to Tom [Hunting, EXODUS drummer]and I had panic attack when Heard How Fast it was. And then when [recorded it]I did it was fine. [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.
Although Exodus RARELY GETS MENTED ALONGSIDE THE SO-CALLED “BIG FOUR” OF 1980S THRASH METAL- Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax – The Aphorementioned “Banded by Blood” LP inspirate the likes of Testament, Death Angel, Vio-lence and Many Others to launch their careers and is Considering of the Most Influential Thrash Metal Albums of All Time.
