Exodus guitarist Gary Holt is featured in a new interview with Patch.com discussing the band's new album Blood In, Blood Out, and the return of vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza. An excerpt is available below:

Patch.com: During the recording process you brought Steve Souza back into the band. What prompted Steve’s return and what does he bring to the album?

Holt: "We were already underway with the vocal process when we came to the decision that things weren’t clicking (with former singer Rob Dukes) and we had to make the change. The first thing we did was have a conversation with Steve to see where his head was at. He was 1,000 percent into giving this thing a shot. From there we gave him a new song and let him sing it. It sounded so natural. He just grabbed the reins and ran with it. It was a perfect fit."

Patch.com: Can you tell us about the guest spots on the album from Kirk Hammett, Chuck Billy and Dan the Automator?

Holt: "With Kirk (guitar solo on 'Salt The Wound'), we’ve spent so much time together over the past few years with me performing with Slayer on the Big 4 shows, and we’ve reconnected on the level of when we were 17-year-olds. I said, ‘you should do a solo’ and it took him about two seconds to say yes. It’s a homecoming for him; he’s a founding member of the band. He taught me my first licks and chords. Chuck Billy (background vocals on 'BTK') came in one day just to check out the recording process and I put him in front of the mic to double some of the vocals. I knew he would blow the doors down. His voice is so epically powerful. Dan the Automator is an old friend of mine for the last 20 years. We’ve tried to do collaborations before but one of us would be on tour or not available and this time it worked out perfectly."

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In the fourth of five exclusive trailers from GuitarWorld.com that showcase material from the bonus “Making Of” DVD entitled Blood Upon The Goat, Exodus bassist Jack Gibson checks in about stepping up to the plate to handle engineering duties on the band’s new Blood In, Blood Out album:

“With Gary (Holt) doing the Slayer stuff, we were really getting down to the wire.  We were gonna need to make this record in this window of time... so I just stepped up and said, ‘I’ll do it'.”

See all four Blood In, Blood Out "making of" clips below:

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Exodus have released audio samples for all the tracks featured on Blood In, Blood Out, their upcoming tenth studio album, due out in Europe on October 10th, and in North America on October 14th, via Nuclear Blast.

Tracklisting:

"Black 13" (featuring Dan The Automator)

"Blood In, Blood Out"
"Collateral Damage"
"Salt The Wound" (featuring Kirk Hammett)

"Body Harvest"
"BTK" (featuring Chuck Billy)

"Wrapped In The Arms Of Rage"
"My Last Nerve"
"Numb"
"Honor Killings"
"Food For The Worms"

Bonus DVD: * Blood Upon The Goat making-of footage * Behind-the-scenes tour footage * Footage from Kirk Hammett's Fear FestEVIL After-Party The digital version will include the bonus track "Angel Of Death" (Angel Witch cover). The Japanese edition includes the "Protect Not Dissect" bonus track featuring Rat from The Varukers/Discharge.

"Blood In, Blood Out" lyric video:

"Salt The Wound" lyric video:

Produced by Andy Sneap (Accept, Kreator, Megadeth), Blood In, Blood Out marks the first release with returning vocalist Steve “Zetro” Souza since 2004’s Tempo Of The Damned, and features cover illustration by Swedish artist Par Olofsson.