EXODUS

Persona Non Grata

NUCLEAR BLAST

California’s volatile thrash devotees double down on the riffage

say which is more volatile: Exodus’s incessant thrash metal attack, or their line-up. Eighteen members have comprised the speed freaks during their 42-year rampage, none of whom have held their post for the entire ride. Ex-singer Steve Souza reconciling with guitarist Gary Holt for 2014’s spawned hopes of stability, but Gary’s Slayer moonlighting and drummer Tom Hunting’s cancer battle have kept nails nibbled. Now, with Slayer entombed and Tom mercifully on the mend, 2021 seems the ideal time for Exodus to flaunt their arsenal at full force – and the primary weapons are those hulking axes.