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While the veterans such as EXODUS - as well as OVERKILL and FORBIDDEN - are back out there showing people how it’s done, there’s been a wave of younger bands who are getting into the mid-’80s aesthetic and trying their hand at the genre. Guitarist Gary Holt says he loves to see this taking place, but that it doesn’t give him any added impulse to make EXODUS more explosive.
“I don’t need that to light a fire under me,” he says. “I worked with WARBRINGER and FUELED BY FIRE and BONDED BY BLOOD, and I’ve always been there to give them advice if someone asks me. But I’ll never run out of passion for what I do with EXODUS.”
Read Brian Krasman’s entire interview with Gary Holt for MetalManiacs.com here.
In a recent interview with Blistering.com, Holt went on to state: “We’re becoming like those cranky old men, yelling at people for stepping on their lawn [laughs]. ‘Class Dismissed’ … is my favorite song on the album. It’s arresting; paints the portrait of a school shooting in vivid detail. We’re never ones to tone things down. It’s my soapbox and I’ll preach as loud as I want.”
EXODUS recently announced their headlining “March Of Brutality” tour through the U.S. and Canada with Malevolent Creation, Holy Grail, and Bonded By Blood. Tour dates can be viewed here. Tickets go on sale June 11th. Exhibit B: The Human Condition record release show dates in June are:
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Thursday, June 10th – Chico, CA @ The Senator Theater with Lååz Rockit, Anvil Chorus, plus two local openers (tickets on sale now)
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Friday, June 11th - Los Angeles @ Key Club with Heathen, Bonded By Blood, plus two local openers (tickets on sale now)
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Saturday, June 12th - San Francisco @ Slim's with Heathen, Anvil Chorus, and Passive Aggressive (tickets on sale now)
EXODUS’ ninth studio album, Exhibit B: The Human Condition, hit #1 on the CMJ Loud Rock radio chart and has sold over 4,600 copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan, debuting at #114 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart, #43 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart, #19 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart, and #12 on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart. The album also debuted at #19 on the Neilsen SoundScan LOUD Chart in Canada.
Visit EXODUS online at www.myspace.com/EXODUS, www.facebook.com/exodusattack, & www.YouTube.com/exodus.
