On the day for Brazilian people choose their new president and another politicians, at the end of the day we have an excellent event again: the most violent and insane Thrash Metal band came to Rio de Janeiro for the third time. Yes, EXODUS was back in town, and they were thirst for blood and mosh pit. Along with them, as the opening act, the home based quartet HATEFULMURDER was chosen.

As the show date was on a Sunday, the show began earlier than usual, about 7 o'clock, with HATEFULMURDER entering the stage and unleashing a violent show, besides the greater part of public stayed outside of the venue, drinking (Big Daddy here will never understand the idea of many people of paying to see many bands and only entering to see one...).

With a very good attitude and moving around all the stage, they showed that they reached another level as a band. Felipe Lameira (Vocals) communicates extremely well with public, as well as Renan Campos (Guitars) and Felipe Modesto (Bass), and the three moves a lot. And Thomás Martin on drums is a monster, maybe one of the best drummers of Brazil, with very good and violent technique.

Their set was based on songs from their first album, "No Peace", as the violent "Gates of Despair", the powerful "Worshipers of Hatred" and charming "Scars to God", as well as their abrasive version for BLACK SABBATH's "N.I.B.", where Felipe's interpretation is at its finest (maybe Ozzy would sing like him, if he was an extreme Metal singer). The public in the venue received them as heroes, applauded and slam danced a lot.

Photos by Carolina Pascoalette

Setlist:
1. Intro
2. No Peace
3. Gates of Despair
4. Caught by The Arms of Death
5. Black Chapter
6. Worshipers of Hatred
7. Fear my Wrath
8. N.I.B (Black Sabbath)
9. Scars To God

Then, a little time for drinking water, breath and rest, for the masters of violence was about to come to the stage, and the great expectative was about the return of Steve "Zetro" Souza to the vocals.

And the Thrash Metal slaughters came to the stage. Finally, EXODUS came to the stage, and set the beast free!

"Zetro" Souza is definitively THE vocalist for the band (with all respect to Rob Dukes and Paul Baloff). He has an excellent attitude on stage, talks a lot with the public as well as make some jokes (the moment he was to announce a song, and Gary corrected him was extremely funny). The legendary Gary Holt (guitars), along with Lee Altus (guitars), are a massive wall of violent and great riffs, and very technical solos, both with good attitude on stage (Gary seemed happy like a child on the stage, I must say). Jack Gibson (bass) moves a lot on the stage, playing his 4-strings strongly and bold. And Tom Hunting (drums) is perfect in his playing, making a strong rhythmic basis, as he shows a lot of sympathy.

The attack started with the classic hymn "Bonded by Blood", with great participation of the public on the chorus, and a great slam dancing circle appeared.

Insanity reigned!

Even Big Daddy entered the mosh pit on songs like "And Then There Were None", "Metal Command", and the hymn to insanity and truculence "Fabulous Disaster". A perfect synergy between the band and the public occurred in a perfect level, as classics as "Piranha", "Pleasures of the Flesh" and "A Lesson in Violence" were played along with massive killing songs as "Blacklist" and "War Is My Shepherd".

Tired?

Of course we were, but the lethal dose of adrenaline was given by them to us on "The Toxic Waltz" and they ended with "Strike of the Beast", with the slam dancing becoming totally insane on this song. It's an EXODUS show!

They left the stage, but of course the public wanted more and more, so they came back and played little parts of classics like SCORPIONS' "Rock You Like a Hurricane", METALLICA's "Motorbreath", IRON MAIDEN's "Phantom of the Opera", and RAINBOW's "Stargazer", kidding with the public, but then "Zetro" announced the last stabs of the night: the insanity called "The Last of Defiance" and the violent "Good Riddance".

The show was over, but they all thanked a lot for the reception, with Gary, "Zetro", Lee, Jack and Tom showing that they are humble and fine guys.

An excellent show, and thanks a lot to Blog'n Roll Produções (for bringing the band to the city and producing the event), to 8X8 Live (for bringing EXODUS to Brazil), to Circo Voador (for having its doors opened to Metal), and to excellent public who was there.

The ones who did not go? They lost...

Photos by Pedro Arantes

Setlist:

1. Bonded by Blood
2. Scar Spangled Banner
3. And Then There Were None
4. Iconoclasm
5. Metal Command
6. Fabulous Disaster
7. Children of a Worthless God
8. Piranha
9. Pleasures of the Flesh
10. A Lesson in Violence
11. Blacklist
12. War Is My Shepherd
13.The Toxic Waltz
14. Strike of the Beast
Encore:
15. Cover Jam
(including Rock You Like a Hurricane / Motorbreath / Stargazer)
16. The Last Act of Defiance
17. Good Riddance