KREATOR And EXODUS To Join Forces For Tour Of South America, Mexico

Thrash metal veterans KREATOR and EXODUS will join forces for a tour of South America and Mexico. The dates are as follows:

Oct. 03 - Mexico City, Mexico - Circo Volador
Oct. 04 - Guatemala City, Mexico - Parque De Industria
Oct. 05 - San Salvador, El Salvador - Feria Internacional
Oct. 08 - Quito, Ecuador - [to be announced]
Oct. 10 - Medellín, Colombia - [to be announced]
Oct. 11 - Bogota, Colombia - [to be announced]
Oct. 13 - Caracas, Venezuela - [to be announced]
Oct. 15 - Lima, Peru - [to be announced]
Oct. 17 - Santiago, Chile - [to be announced]
Oct. 20 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - The End
Oct. 22 - Montevideo, Uruguay - [to be announced]

In a recent interview with Terrorizer magazine, KREATOR guitarist/vocalist Mille Petrozza was asked about the group's longevity and the increase in the number of '80s and '90s thrash metal bands who are reuniting for another shot at success. "To be honest with you, I'm not too excited about all these bands from the '80s coming back," Mille said. "I think some of 'em should just stay where they were. I will not mention any names because that would not be fair. But I think there are some bands that were not necessary even back in the day coming back now, and it's even less necessary — in my opinion. I hope they at least come up with some good music. Some of the reunions, to me, made total sense. For example, when DEATH ANGEL came back, that was a great thing. When EXODUS came back, it was amazing. Some bands just never disappeared, like KREATOR, and I think people appreciate that. They see that we just endured the tough times in the '90s when nobody really gave a fuck about any thrash bands. So we just kept playing, we stayed on the road, we kept touring, released albums, and I think people nowadays know that we never disappeared; we were always there. But, on the other band, we don't have the 'OK, they do a reunion now' — we don't have that bonus — but we've always been there. Which is, I think, a good thing, because I wouldn't have known what to do without music. I mean, that's all I know. When I started this band, I was, like, 15 years old. So, I mean, what am I gonna do now?! [Laughs] There's no turning back for me."

KREATOR will take part in the "Thrash Domination 09" tour of Japan in September with TESTAMENT, EXODUS and HEATHEN.

The band's new album, "Hordes Of Chaos", landed at No. 7 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200.

EXODUS will perform its classic debut album, "Bonded By Blood", in its entirety each night of the Thrash Domination 2009 tour.

The German edition of Metal Hammer magazine conducted an interview with EXODUS guitarist Gary Holt at this year's installment of the Graspop Metal Meeting, which was held on June 26-28, 2009 on the festival grounds of the Boeretang in Dessel, Belgium.

When asked about EXODUS' plans for a new studio album, Holt said, "Hopefully we're hitting the studio around November 1 with Mr. Sneap [British producer Andy Sneap; MEGADETH, NEVERMORE, ARCH ENEMY]. It's gonna be sick. We have four [songs] recorded [and left over] from the last session [for 2007's 'The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A'], and I've got, like, nine [other tracks] I'm working on, and Lee [Altus, guitar] has a bunch of stuff. But this next album is gonna blow people's minds."

Regarding the upcoming CD's musical direction, Holt said, "There's a couple of twists on this. I try not to repeat every album. I mean, we did 'Tempo Of The Damned' [2004], [which was] a little more old-school, and we did 'Shovel Headed Kill Machine' [2005], which was really brutal and fast, and then 'The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A' [2007], [which] was, like, longer and more epic songs. So this album's gonna have some different stuff to it. Maybe a little more dual-guitar stuff, 'cause I've been playing with Lee for quite awhile now — a little more dual-guitar harmony shred stuff."