When considering what American thrash metal band could join the Big Four, the upper echelon of thrash bands in the States, and transform it into the Big Five, there are really three options you have: ...

Last week, Exodus drummer Tom Hunting revealed he unfortunately has been diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma. He's already begun treatment and the bills are stacking up. Exodus guitarist Gary Holt ...

“Everything is good. They take pictures often. They don't see anything in there.” Hunting first noticed symptoms when he experienced unexplained weight loss and a loss of appetite, which he initially ...

Nov. 18—Steve "Zetro" Souza is always on the go. As a member of thrash metal band Exodus, he's used to a packed schedule as the band has been on the road for decades. He recently got back from a tour ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Before he was shredding with Metallica, Kirk Hammett got his start as lead guitarist for another Bay Area thrash metal band. In 1979, Hammett formed Exodus with high school classmates Tim Agnello, Tom ...

Lee Altus, Steve “Zetro” Souza, and Kragen Lum of Exodus perform onboard the cruise liner “Independence of the Seas” during the '70000 Tons of Metal' Heavy Metal Cruise Festival on Feb. 3, 2018, ...

Exodus and Slayer's Gary Holt credits a metal legend with teaching him how to play guitar — Kirk Hammett. Of course, both musicians have ties to Exodus and Hammett, at that time, wasn't the legend he ...