The kings of the Bay Area thrash scene while Metallica were still smearing on the Clearasil, Exodus promised much but pissed it all away due to a mix of bad career decisions and worse drug habits.

Before he was shredding with Metallica, Kirk Hammett got his start as lead guitarist for another Bay Area thrash metal band. In 1979, Hammett formed Exodus with high school classmates Tim Agnello, Tom ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Death Angel joins Exodus and Testament on the “Bay Strikes Back Tour,” which comes to Ace of Spades Wednesday, May 25. Nuclear Blast Starting in the mid-1980s, about 90 miles west of Sacramento, a new ...

Two underground metal greats from the '80s share the stage at the Warfield Monday night when iconic vocalist King Diamond performs his classic album Abigail with local thrash legends Exodus opening ...

Slayer and Exodus guitarist Gary Holt has named the two thrash metal acts who deserve more “credit”. “Well, it’s none of the Americans, I’ll tell you that right now!” Holt tells host Eddie Trunk (via ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Empire Live in Albany will be hosting a performance by thrash metal band Exodus. The concert is scheduled for November 17. Exodus is often considered to be among the upper ...

The best way to start a long-winded debate with a metalhead is by asking them who they’d put in their personal Big Four. The most commonly accepted Mount Rushmore of thrash bands features some of the ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Our guest on this episode of How I Learned to Scream is Exodus vocalist Rob Dukes. Earlier this year, he signed on for his second go at fronting the thrash legends. His original three-album tenure ...