Metal Anarchy

During a recent interview with Robbs MetalWorks, Exodus guitarist Gary Holt confirmed the release date for the band’s new album. According to him, it will be out on March 20.

Holt said the following:

“It’s fucking awesome. It’ll be out next March, I think — March 20 — and it’s fucking awesome. I mean, it’s so awesome. We’re so proud of this record.”

He also added the following about a follow-up:

“80 percent of the follow-up is done already. We just kept working. We never stopped. We were in the studio for two months. And we tend to record by… We all live together in a house, or sometimes we build a studio in a house, and it’s like heavy metal summer camp. But we like each other enough to live together still. A lot of bands — that’s a rarity. And so we write the whole process. When we started recording, we only had four songs done and a million ideas. And Lee [Altus, longtime Exodus guitarist] wrote a ton of stuff; he wrote four out of 10 songs on the new album.”

Holt also discussed reuniting with vocalist Rob Dukes:

“It’s fucking been amazing. When you hear [Rob’s] vocals on this new record, you’re gonna shit your pants.”

He went on to praise the album:

“The new album is so killer, dude. And everybody says that — I know that — but, dude, this album’s so good. Me and [Exodus drummer] Tom Hunting call each other and [I tell him], when I listen to it, it makes me wanna cry, it’s so good. It’s that fucking good. We made something special.”

He continued when asked what makes it so good:

“It’s just the songs, dude. It’s all about the songs. I mean, it’s crushing, but it’s all anthems. And it’s so varied, this record. So many different aspects of Exodus are in there, from the blinding speed to the slowest, heaviest shit we’ve ever done. And Rob’s vocals are, like, at the top of the pyramid on this shit.”

He further discussed the follow-up as well:

“We still gotta record a little bit more to complete it. Our goal, we fell a little bit short. We have eight songs done. It was hard picking which ones go on this, ’cause I still, to this day, I have panic attacks, like, ‘I should have put that one on it. That song is so sick.’ But you’re trying to balance a record. And we just picked what we thought were the best ones for this album.”

[via Blabbermouth]