Dave “Higgo” Higgins of Australia’s long-running rock station Triple M conducted an interview with EXODUS singer Steve “Zetro” Souza and bassist Jack Gibson during this year’s Soundwave festival. You can listen entire interview via YouTube below.
Speaking about EXODUS‘s longevity, Souza said: “I think our sound, it’s really a signature sound, and I think that goes with thrash metal in general. I mean, there’s no pussyfooting around with EXODUS. It’s straight aggression to the point where, here you go, thirty years later, we’ve released our tenth record, ‘Blood In, Blood Out’, and it’s eleven tracks of kicking you in the ass. So I think we stayed true to our sound, we stayed true to our fans, and I think we’re very fortunate to be relevant after this long, and I think that’s what’s kept us going so far.”
He added: “Tom Araya said it good one time. It was, like, twenty years ago, and I remember him saying, ‘Zet, just stay heavy, and everything else will fall in place.’ And if you take the advice from the man, you know what I mean?! guess that’s just the way we’ve kind of kept it going: just stay heavy and it will all fall in place.”
EXODUS‘s latest album, “Blood In Blood Out”, sold around 8,800 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 38 on The Billboard 200 chart. Released in North America on October 14, 2014 via Nuclear Blast, the CD art was illustrated by Swedish artist Pär Olofsson, known worldwide for his incredible renderings that have graced the covers of countless heavy metal albums, including EXODUS‘ “Let There Be Blood”.
