Legendary thrash metal band, Exodus, have revealed the artwork for their upcoming album, Blood In, Blood Out, hitting retail and digital stores on October 14th via Nuclear Blast. The album art was illustrated by Swedish artist Par Olofsson, known worldwide for his incredible renderings that have graced the covers of countless heavy metal albums, including Exodus’ Let There Be Blood. The album will be availalbe on vinyl, digipak CD with a bonus DVD, standard CD, and a special set with an Exodus flask. Preorders are being taken at the Nuclear Blast webshop.

The concept for the art was impressively envisaged by Olofsson based on the album title alone, as Gary Holt explains, “The concept came from Par Olofsson – I fed him the title and he immediately came up with the final concept, and it’s perfect! One of my favorite covers we’ve ever done and it fits the title and theme to a T!”

 

 

Blood In Blood Out tracklisting:

“Intro”
“Black 13”
“Blood In Blood Out”
“Collateral Damage”
“Salt The Wound”
“Body Harvest”
“BTK”
“Wrapped In The Arms Of Rage”
“My Last Nerve”
“Numb”
“Honor Killings”
“Food For The Worms”

Blood In, Blood Out is Exodus’ 10th studio album, and marks the band’s first release with new vocalist Steve “Zetro” Souza since 2004’s Tempo Of The Damned. It was also recently announced via Rolling Stone that Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett churned out a special guest solo for one of the tracks on the album.

The guitarist reports that after hanging out with founding Exodus drummer Tom Hunting and guitarist Gary Holt, the opportunity came up to play on a song called "Salt In The Wound".

"It felt really casual, really cool – just like it did back in 1980 when we were all just hanging out back in the day," Hammett says. "Me, recording a solo on their album was a huge thing for me. Other than the Exodus demo that's been heard by a lot of people, it's the only time I ever recorded with Exodus. It was a huge thing for me."

Read more at Rolling Stone.

To celebrate the imminent release of Blood In, Blood Out, Exodus will be busy touring this fall – with a full South American tour leading into a supporting run with fellow metal titans Slayer and Suicidal Tendencies on the Scion-sponsored fall leg of their United States onslaught. The tour begins on November 12th in Oakland, CA at The Fox Theater and will tour throughout the states, coming to close in Detroit, MI at The Fillmore on December 5th. Tickets are on sale now.

Due to an overwhelmingly positive response, Exodus is making VIP experience packages available for the entire tour. The packages are on sale now! Fans are encouraged to get them as soon as possible, as VIP package sales will close seven days prior to each show day. To purchase VIP packages via SLOtix.com – click here.

If you already purchased your ticket and would like to be part of the Exodus VIP package experience, contact SLOtix customer service at 888-756-4849 or customerservice@slotix.com.

Package to include:

- One Premium Reserved ticket OR One General Admission Ticket with early entry to venue
- Meet & Greet with select members of Exodus
- Autographed Exodus Poster
- Exodus tour T-Shirt
- Collectible Exodus laminate to remember your evening
- Coupon for 25% discount at the online Exodus merchandise store
- Onsite check-in staff

Attendees will be included in a giveaway for an autographed Gary Holt signature guitar or Exodus guitar (at the end of the tour, Gary Holt will personally call the winner himself to announce that they’ve won!)

Find Exodus' tour itinerary at this location.