EXODUS Drummer TOM HUNTING: 'The New Music Being Created Is The Heaviest Ever'

April 10, 2007

EXODUS drummer Tom Hunting, who recently rejoined the group, has issued the following update:

"I feel honored and inspired to be a part of this band again. I've really missed it in my absence. The touring, the recording of the music, but most importantly, the experiences together, and with all of the extended EXODUS family on this twisted musical journey tha began so long ago.

"I want to thank everyone for such a warm welcome back. I want to say a big thanks to Paul Bostaph [ex-SLAYER, TESTAMENT, FORBIDDEN]. Paul is an amazing drummer, but even more so, he's an amazing person. I'm very happy that he was able to jump in and do such a great job on the last record. He's a monster drummer and I will play at my best to honor his work.

"The new music being created is the heaviest ever. The most ground-breaking EXODUS material to be released.

"I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone's faces again and then 'melting them away with heavy!'"

Added guitarist Gary Holt: "I just returned from the mountains of Lake Almanor after jamming with Tom the past couple of days, and the shit is insane. Songs I knew were heavy took on a whole different form when Tom started playing them. But in the end, I am only mosquito food! I've so many bites all over me I'm going to scream! Too many bugs in those mountains!"

A video clip of EXODUS performing the classic song "Strike of the Beast" on November 29, 2006 in Belgrade, Serbia — featuring Bostaph on drums — has been posted online at YouTube.com.

EXODUS recently completed a European headlining tour in support of its latest CD, "Shovel Headed Kill Machine", which was released in October 2005 via Nuclear Blast Records. Recorded at Trident studios in Pacheco, California and mixed by Andy Sneap (MACHINE HEAD, ARCH ENEMY),the follow-up to 2004's "Tempo of the Damned" was the band's first album to feature Lee Altus (guitar; HEATHEN),Paul Bostaph and Rob Dukes (vocals).

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