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Guitarists Lee Altus and Gary Holt of Exodus perform at Fox Theater on November 11, 2014 in Oakland, California
“I’ve never concerned myself with the Big Four”: Gary Holt and Lee Altus on why Exodus will never be a legacy thrash act

By Jon Wiederhorn Published

The Bay Area thrash stalwarts return with the face-ripping Goliath, an album that finds them with nothing to prove but Holt's still out for blood anyway

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Gary Holt of Exodus performs on stage at Sala Black Box on February 28, 2020 in Madrid, Spain.
Gary Holt once gave himself clinical-grade whiplash because he headbanged to his riffs too hard

By Phil Weller Published

The guitarist says he “dodged a bullet” by avoiding surgery

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Gary Holt with arms out wide as Exodus play Alcatraz Metal Fest, Belgium. He plays his signature ESP single-cut.
Gary Holt on his thrash metal redemption, balancing Exodus and Slayer – and why even Hetfield cheats on downpicking

By Jon Wiederhorn Published

Exodus and Slayer mainstay Gary Holt reveals what compelled him to finally roll up his sleeves and unflinchingly tell his life story

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Gary Holt of Exodus performs at Alcatraz Metal Fest on August 11, 2024 in Kortrijk, Belgium
Gary Holt's favorite pedal emulates Eddie Van Halen's iconic “Brown Sound” – and it retails for less than a $100

By Janelle Borg Published

Holt reveals his new go-to budget-friendly brand – and offers some of his mini-pedal recommendations

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The Shredderz
“Playing scales up and down is dumb… this isn’t a f**king recital!” We meet the outspoken cartoon shredder who teamed up with Gary Holt, Alex Skolnick and George Lynch for one of this year’s biggest shred guitar albums

By Amit Sharma Published

Led by a guitarist who claims to be the Bay Area lovechild of James Hetfield, The Shredderz just put out an all-star thrash metal album like no other. We get the lowdown on how a fictional band recruited some of today’s finest soloists for an orgy of sweep picking and searing shred

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ESP LTD Signature Series guitars 2023
NAMM 2023: ESP meets fan demand with James Hetfield Olympic White Vulture and debuts 12 LTD signature guitars, including Gary Holt’s “very pointy” GH-SV

By Matt Parker Published

Bill Kelliher, Stephen Carpenter, Nergal, Lars Frederiksen and Javier Reyes all have at least one new guitar on the way from the LTD stable

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[L-R] Zakk Wylde, Scott Ian and Gary Holt
Zakk Wylde, Scott Ian and Gary Holt on the furious riffs, high-octane gear and lifer philosophies that shaped their careers – and why everyone cheats with downpicking

By Amit Sharma Published

Midway through their Anthrax and Black Label Society co-headlining tour with special guests Exodus, the metal legends share how they developed their distinctive tones and techniques, and why Tony Iommi is the “Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Lennon, McCartney and Burt Bacharach of riffs”

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Gary Holt: “I had one job in Slayer and one job only. Go out, play killer, bang your head and play a little bit of a guitar hero role. I wear a lot more hats in Exodus”

By Jon Wiederhorn Published

Gary Holt on life after Slayer, making a triumphant return with Exodus on the ferocious Persona Non Grata, and why you'll reap the rewards if you record song ideas as you go

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Gary Holt: “Making this album, we were under no time constraints. It was a perfect breeding ground for creativity”

By Greg Prato Published

Holt talks why if there was a “Big Five” of thrash metal, the final spot would belong to Exodus, and the making of the band's 11th album, Persona Non Grata, during the pandemic

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Gary Holt Frank Iero
My Chemical Romance’s Frank Iero gave Gary Holt a signed Ampeg Dan Armstrong electric guitar

By Richard Bienstock Published

The Exodus/Slayer guitarist has called My Chem’s The Black Parade album “a masterpiece”

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