"I think it's the perfect blend of the new modern - or as people say the way too modern Exodus and a little of the classic stuff. But it's not in any way a throwback album.

"There's going to be some who say the songs are still too long and Gary Holt doesn't know what he's doing." And returning frontman Steve 'Zetro' Souza adds: "I think that's with anything you do - you'll attract the likers and the haters."