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EXODUS Frontman Issues 'Thrash Domination 09' Recap

September 22, 2009

San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS have just completed a short tour of Japan as part of the "Thrash Domination 09" package with TESTAMENT, KREATOR and HEATHEN. EXODUS' frontman, Rob Dukes, has checked with the following update:

"Back again in Japan and having a blast.

"Watching Lee [Altus, EXODUS/HEATHEN guitarist] play with HEATHEN was awesome; those guys are great and their new record is fucking killer. It's one the best albums I have heard this year.

"KREATOR were killer, as usual. [I] always like hanging with those guys. I'm looking forward to our South American tour together next week.

"It was my first time playing with TESTAMENT and it was fun watching those guys, and they are all cool to hang with.

"Japan is one those exotic places that I love going to. The culture is amazing and everyone is so polite and very professional. The crowds are great; they hang on every word that you say and are very quiet between songs. They almost never have mosh pits, but for EXODUS they went absolutely nuts. The crowd was so nuts they tore out the metal barriers so they could make the pit bigger. They politely handed them to security but they tore them out nonetheless. It was awesome.

"After the show, I asked the promoter if that has ever happened before, and he said never, not for any band.

"The food is amazing in Japan. I had some of the best sushi I have ever had and Gary [Holt, EXODUS guitarist], myself and Big E, our lighting guy, ate crickets that I found in an outdoor market. They are crickets covered in a sugar coating. It was OK. It was teriyaki beef jerky with legs and a head.

"Having the legs in your teeth is a weird feeling, but we ate crickets.

"You only live once.

"We landed in Taiwan late last night and have a day off to travel around and do some sightseeing..."

Fan-filmed video footage of EXODUS' "Thrash Domination 09" performance can be viewed below.

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