Exodus have revealed that their new studio album will feature some very special guest appearances. The album, Blood In, Blood Out is set to be released on October 14th in North America.Blood In, Blood Out will feature guest performances from from Metallica and former Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett, Testament's Chuck Billy and electronic music producer Dan the Automator.
Chuck Billy provides guest vocals on the song "BTK." Frontman Steve "Zetro" Souza who recently returned to Exodus had this to say, "Chuck and I have known each other forever. We work really well together, we know each other really well. So if I'm doing my vocals and he's there, I can trust him to go 'No way Zet, doesn't sound good like that. Do it like this,' or 'Yeah that's killer.' If he says it sounds killer, I know it is."
As previously reported, original Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett performed a guest guitar solo on the track "Salt The World". Exodus' Gary Holt explains that this appearance had additional significance to the band and Hammett, "This was actually the first time Kirk got to play on an official Exodus release.
"He did the early demo, and then joined Metallica and didn't do anything with us after that. So he was totally gung-ho about it. He came down and ripped out a bunch of takes and we picked the best one and then had a barbecue and drank beer."
According to the band, Dan The Automator (Gorillaz, Mike Patton, Deltron 3030), crafted "an industrial sound bed" on the introduction to the album's kick off track, "Black 13".
"We ran into each other a couple times," "I knew what I wanted to hear and I knew he could do it, and could do it that day. So we sent him a file with the drums and guitars we already had there and just told him to go crazy with it."
