ENCARTE: EXODUS [2]
Gary Holt, malaco e velhaco, dizendo q as re-regravações em “Let There Be Blood” (2008) ñ superam o disco original, mas ao mesmo tempo representam como vinham tocando tais músicas ultimamente, q servem pra toda uma nova leva de gente conhecer a formação e disco originais… sem abrir o jogo sobre ter sido eventualmente feito pra cumprir contato, hum?
“‘Why re-record Bonded By Blood‘? It’s a question I’ve been asked more than once lately. Whether we are trying to replace the original classic. The answer is simple: no way. You could never replace Bonded By Blood, nor would I try. Amidst two weeks of total chaos all those years ago we managed to make something truly special. Through all the booze, fistfights, and cabin thrashing we made an amazing piece of metal. To us, this is just our way of showing how much these songs still mean to us, now viable they still are, and after all these years how much we still love playing them. They are my lifetime connection to Paul, and the more people know about them the better. Maybe someone through this may discover Paul, Rick, Robbie, Tom and myself and our classic debut for the first time.
We recorded these songs the way we play them now. The fast is faster and the slow sometimes slower, the crunch even cruncher, some things will never change. We still close our shows with Strike Of the Beast (although lately we tag Shovel Headed Kill Machine at the end for the final blow). As we have for years. And these songs always have a place in our live set that will never change. Nor will the fact the original is still the true classic, never to be topped by me in my lifetime, consider this a companion recording, a reflection of our love for these songs today, and I think if Paul could hear this he’d have one thing to say: ‘Why so heavy’?“