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Exodus used to cut glam metal shirts with knives during 80s concerts
By Matt Mills published
Gary Holt says his thrash aggressors used to hack hair metal tops to pieces – despite secretly admiring Ratt and Dokken

Slayer guitarist Gary Holt names the two thrash bands who deserve more credit
By Matt Mills published
“They were ripping these albums apart and killing it before these other bands!”

How 1984 became the year that thrash metal broke big
By Dave Everley published
From Anthrax's Fistfull Of Metal to Exodus's Bonded By Blood and Metallica's Ride The Lightning, 1984 was the year thrash broke big

Exodus' Jack Gibson says the music business no longer exists
By Liz Scarlett published
Exodus bassist laments the shortfalls of a music industry now only concerned with bands going viral

Exodus' new live album gives us a rowdy glimpse into the golden age of thrash
By Matt Mills published
New Exodus live album British Disaster: The Battle Of '89 offers no surprises but plenty of thrashing good fun

“We’d play a song in a certain tempo. Three weeks later, it would be twice as fast”: who invented thrash metal? Kirk Hammett has a theory
By Metal Hammer published
Kirk Hammett was there at the birth of thrash with his original band Exodus, so he should know more than anyone who invented the genre

The 50 metal albums you need to hear in 2024
By Paul Travers published
From returning icons to underground heroes and metal's next generation, these are the albums you should be excited about this year

"Bands need to say 'we're not doing it'": Why musicians are taking a stand on merch cuts
By Paul Travers published
With venues taking as much as 25% of touring bands' merchandise profits, artists like Exodus's Gary Holt and Architects' Dan Searle are demanding change
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