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Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Entertainment
Tamlin Magee

"A riot broke out. The barrier had collapsed and broke somebody’s leg...people were just tearing stuff apart!" From being hired, fired and hired again by one of metal's most influential bands to a life of sobriety, Exodus' Rob Dukes reveals all

Rob Dukes holding a cigar.

With nearly 50 years of violence to their name, thrash pioneers Exodus have come back with another face-stomper, Goliath. It’s the first since 2010’s Exhibit B: The Human Condition to feature vocalist Rob Dukes, who split from the band in 2014. We talked to him about taking over from Steve ‘Zetro’ Souza in 2004, making his album debut the following year with Shovel Headed Kill Machine, and how he taught himself everything he knows about both kinds of metal: high-octane thrashy snarls and welding sheets of the stuff together.

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