When it comes to the world of thrash, there is without a doubt one band that has bled considerably more than their peers over the decades, for their place in the annals of Metal history. Hailing from the birthplace of the genre, legendary bay area thrash mongers Exodus continue their relentless fight to overcome adversity and rise to the challenge of creating infectious speed driven riffs that will tantalize diehard metalheads the world over. I recently had the divine pleasure of speaking with guitarist and band mastermind Gary Holt about the bands ability to maintain their position at the forefront of Heavy Metal warfare in spite of the continuous attacks against the genre in the face of the music industries ever changing evolution. Gary is a man who embodies the spirit of metal mayhem and gives no qualms about standing on his soap box with a beer in one hand and his guitar in the other. A true visionary that sees the strength of the past as a means to re-imagine the present and cultivate for the future, he stands proud with his confidence in being on target with his beliefs for today’s society and even shuns those who oppose him as a know it all by boastfully declaring that “I thought I was wrong once but I was mistaken”. So grab a beer make sure you have some good ‘ol thrash playin’ in the background and check out the entirety of this more metal than metal interview below.