Title: Thrash done right
Product review: Listening to BONDED BY BLOOD one might have expected Exodus to go on to become as big as Metallica, Megadeth or Slayer. Certainly this debut album is about as good as the first albums by those bands, or better. Big success apparently wasn't in the cards, but this record is still a powerful one. Ripping through nine aggressive compositions in forty minutes, Exodus were clearly of the "fast n' brutal" school of metal. The twin-guitar riffing brings to mind a combination of Metallica's KILL 'EM ALL and Slayer's REIGN IN BLOOD. Fast tempos, bucketloads of riffs. Lyrically, Exodus apparently wanted to scare us with their tales of unholy violence, but whenever the words go a little over the top, the music is solid enough to keep things credible. I think the obvious highlights are the title track, 'A Lesson in Violence' and 'Piranha', but all the songs are enjoyable. BONDED BY BLOOD is one of the essential thrash debuts.
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