• Thrash Metal
• Speed Metal
• Heavy Metal

PHOTO: Gene Ambo

San Franciscan Speed metallers created in early 1980, EXODUS featured METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett in the original line-up. The original EXODUS incarnation saw Hammett joined by second guitarist Tim Magnello, bassist Carlton Nelson and drummer Tom Hunting, the latter also handling lead vocals. Initially the band operated in NWoBHM territory, performing covers by the likes of DEF LEPPARD and UFO, prior to adopting their more familiar Thrash stance. Nelson went on to join BLIZZARD, OUTRAGE and FUHRER. Jeff Andrews, fleetingly a member of POSSESSED, took the bass position but further changes saw Tim Magnello opting out, being substituted by Gary Holt, a former guitar tech of Hammett's. EXODUS evolved further when Paul Baloff assumed the role of frontman for a 1982 demo comprising the tracks 'Whipping Queen', 'Death And Domination' and 'Warlords'. The band made its presence felt on the live scene with supports to the likes of ANVIL CHORUS, LÄÄZ ROCKIT, VICIOUS RUMORS and METALLICA...