open today 12 to 7 ! on this date in 1985 ! Bonded by Blood is the debut studio alb** by the San Francisco thrash metal band Exodus. Although the alb** was completed in the summer of 1984, it was not released until 1985 due to issues with Exodus and their record label. It is considered one of the most influential thrash metal alb**s of all time,] utilizing the solo trade-off method which would later become a staple of many thrash and death metal songs. It is also the only full length studio alb** of Exodus to feature Paul Baloff on vocals, though he was also on their 1982 Demo. Baloff was back in Exodus for five years (from 1997 to his death in 2002), and appeared on their 1997 live alb** Another Lesson in Violence.
