Exodus and Slayer guitarist Gary Holt has provided his ideas on who must be included if thrash’s well-known “Big 4” was expanded to incorporate extra acts.

The “Big 4” of thrash are thought of to be Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax, with the teams all beforehand touring beneath the “Big 4” touring bundle within the early 2010s. But since that point, there’s been loads of discuss of which bands aren’t within the “Big 4” that must be worthy of inclusion. A frequent identify that has popped up within the dialogue over time is Exodus and the band’s guitarist, Gary Holt, has weighed in on the subject.

Who Gary Holt Thinks Should Join Thrash’s ‘Big 4’

Given that Holt has performed in a single band that is already within the “Big 4” in Slayer and a second in Exodus which can be most steadily thought of as the following band up, his opinion on the subject carries some weight.

During an look on Eddie Trunk’s Trunk Nation present on SiriusXM (as transcribed by Blabbermouth), Trunk posed the thought of a “Big Six” with Exodus becoming a member of the 4 others and Holt being left to determine the ultimate band.

“It’s none of the Americans, I’ll tell you that right now,’ Holt stated in pondering who else to add. “It’s Destruction and Kreator. I put Destruction first.”

“Me and [Paul] Baloff have been in love with Destruction lengthy earlier than we ever met them,” confesses Holt. “They have been ripping these albums aside and killing it earlier than these different bands. I imply, all of them deserve a spot in it.”

On the U.S. side, Holt brought up Testament and Overkill. “They’re all a few of my finest mates. In Overkill, Bobby [‘Blitz’ Ellsworth], the man saved my life at Studio 54 [in New York City] from tumbling down the steps. But Overkill used to put on corpsepaint. Testament used to do various things. The Germans get neglected. Sodom as nicely.”

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Then honing down his choices, Holt told Trunk, “It’s at all times centered on who must be within the ‘Big Eight’ or ‘Big Seven,’ they usually all have a spot there, all of them deserve it. Testament offered extra albums than most likely anyone outdoors the ‘Big Four’, however they got here years later. And Destruction and Kreator have been there to start with. So I’m at all times giving credit score the place credit score’s as a result of my mates from abroad. And, after all, Testament has a spot in there, as does Death Angel as does Overkill. And others, I’m positive. But I’ve gotta hand it to these guys — they have been there to start with as nicely.”