Rating: 4/5

If you’re a fan of the Big 4 of Bay Area thrash or Exodus in general, you should check out this album. You might agree that it’s a return to form.

Look for Bonded By Blood on two separate tours with the likes of Exodus, Malevolent Creation, Holy Grail, Evile, Gama Bomb, Overkill, and Forbidden!

Exodus - “Let There Be Blood” [Zaentz] … this will certainly polarize whoever was on the fence on this latest incarnation of the Thrash legends: a re-recording of their seminal 1985 classic Bonded By Blood … nostalgia be damned, cuz this benefits greatly from Andy Sneap’s crystal clear modern production … new(er) vocalist Rob Dukes thankfully makes no attempt to mimic the late Paul Baloff, and the band is as tight as they come … it is a welcome homage, akin to Testament’s First Strike Still Deadly (also mastered by Sneap) … 10 is a new recording of an old unreleased song!  FCC: 7 … [...read more]