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EXODUS: Vintage 1982-1985 Photos Posted Online

October 13, 2008

Brian Lew, former co-editor/founder of the early '80s underground fanzine Whiplash, has posted a number of rare photos of the San Francisco thrash metal pioneers EXODUS taken during their pre-"Bonded by Blood" days (1982-1985),including a few when current METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett was in the band. Check out the pictures at this location.

EXODUS will play its classic 1985 album, "Bonded By Blood", in its entirety during the group's November 12, 2008 appearance at El Corazon in Seattle, Washington, according to a posting on the venue's web site.

EXODUS recently completed work on a re-recording of "Bonded By Blood". Produced by guitarist Gary Holt, the new CD — entitled "Let There Be Blood" — was recorded at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, California; JKZ Production Studio in San Rafael, California; with vocal tracks recorded at J. Rod Production Studios in New City, New York. Andy Sneap mixed the CD at his Backstage studio in Derbyshire, England. An October 28, 2008 release through Zaentz Records is expected.

Check out the cover artwork below.

Commented Gary Holt: "After many years in the planning and discussion stage, we have finally completed the re-recording of 'Bonded By Blood'. We have decided to call it 'Let There Be Blood' and it is our way of paying homage to Paul Baloff [former EXODUS vocalist who passed away in 2002] by showing how relevant these songs we had written together still are. We aren't trying to replace the original; that's impossible anyway. We are just giving these songs the benefit of modern production. It's something we talked about before Paul's death and it's always been important to us to do. We were super-excited about entering the studio once again to record these classics, and now it's back to writing the next studio record!"

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