FORTY YEARS OF LESSONS IN VIOLENCE
Exodus’ classic LP Bonded by Blood is still state-of-the-art
January 1, 2025
“Get in our way and we’re going to take your life. Kick in your face and rape and murder your wife. Plunder your town, your homes, they’ll burn to the ground. You won’t hear a sound until my knife’s in your back. The exodus attack.”
-EXODUS, "EXODUS"
How’s that for setting the tone for the greatest thrash metal album ever recorded? Somehow, the San Francisco Bay Area’s most savage export—Exodus’ 1985 debut long-player, Bonded by Blood—turns 40 in 2025, and undoubtedly deserves the same ear-shattering level of celebration as it affords its listeners.