Long hailed as the band that spawned the burgeoning Bay Area Thrash scene in the early ‘80s, Exodus are one of the longest-running and most influential American metal bands. The key to their tenacity and one of their best qualities is that the word ‘surrender’ has never existed in lead guitarist/ songwriter/General-In-Chief Gary Holt’s vocabulary. Surviving decampment, death, untimely disaster, dejection, and drug abuse, Exodus have become an anomaly in the metal world. A band that can conquer over 20 years of successes and setbacks and come out a stronger and meaner version of their former selves is virtually unheard of, but
Exodus are a living testament to perseverance! (2010) |