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The Metal Voice recently interview singer Rob Dukes of Exodus and spoke about the bands 12th studio album called ‘Goliath’ which will be released on Napalm records on March 20th 2026.

Watch the full interview below.

When asked about the fans’ reaction of him being back in the band and on tour? 

” I mean, it’s been awesome, man. I mean, nobody’s come up and said to me, “Hey, you suck.” I mean,  nobody’s ever said that to my face. Uh, they say it online, but they don’t ever say it to my face. It’s been awesome, man. I mean, the fans have been killer. You know, we meet people before the show and they’re always really stoked and happy  we’re here and then um the crowd reaction seems to be, you know, [ __ ] great, man. I mean, they’re just singing along with the songs and having a blast and having a good time and everybody’s big [ __ ] goofy grin on their face, you know what I mean? I’m sure I got one on my face. I’m happy to be back up there again, you know what I mean? And I acknowledge that. So, yeah, it’s been uh it’s been really good. “

When asked about the online polarization of him being back in the band

 “Let me clarify. I don’t read the online comments, but my people do and they kind of give me the synopsis. It’s kind of like Blaze Bailey. Well, there’s two things to do. I always jokingly said I’m the Blaze Bailey of [ __ ] Exodus. You know what I mean? Only because I was the third singer. So, but whatever. It’s just that I look at it like this. I love music as much as everyone else. I would have never thought to go on a website and trash anything they do or even make a positive comment. I just don’t, I’m not that guy. So, I don’t I don’t really get why people do it. But then again, I kind of get it. You know what I mean? You’re captivated by music because when you hear a song, it puts you in a moment of time. It does. And that moment of time is forever encapsulated in your emotions. But now that there’s like this internet and the websites and stuff, everyone can inject their opinion whether it means anything or not. I don’t give a [ __ ] what people think of me. 99.9% of the people that talk [ __ ] about me have never [ __ ] met me. So, you could have your opinion. You’re more than entitled to it. And that’s fine. It doesn’t affect my way I’m going to do things or the way I live my life or who I am as a person. You’re not gonna do it it doesn’t matter. So you can just keep talking [ __ ] It doesn’t bug me.”

When asked how he felt when he was asked to rejoin the band?

 “I needed a day (to say yes). I had to talk with my family and uh and my  people I work with. I have a whole another life.  I’ve become a welder in the last 10 years and a fabricator and I  work at a at a business and I uh you know work for myself and and I had to contemplate  can I take this time off and go do tours and and still maintain my my life and and um so it took me a day to think about it and and then um I said yeah I said all right cool I’ll go do it. “

When asked if he completed the  Album Blood in, Blood out  with his vocals before Zetro came back into the band

 “Yeah. Nuclear Blast has it. It’s complete. Yeah,. I did the whole album “.

When asked how he felt when we was let go after Blood in Blood out

“I was [ __ ] pissed, man. It wasn’t my identity, but it had become my livelihood and it was all taken from me, you know what I mean? And it was really bad timing. Um, Hurricane Sandy had happened and I had a lot of fallout from that from where I lived. Uh I lived in uh in North Jersey at the time and um uh it was just I I just got married and it was just I mean the worst [ __ ] timing and I I was really um I was angry about it at first but then when the anger subsided.  I was terrified because now if I was just alone it was just me I wouldn’t it wouldn’t have been as bad. I think I would have handled it much better. But the fact that I had other people that I was responsible for it, it threw me for a for a loop and I was pretty angry for about a year and then uh then it subsided and then I just totally and moved on and uh I made my peace with it and um didn’t hold the resentment or and let the anger go and and all that.”

 When asked about the musical direction of the new album Goliath

 “I just think it’s Exodus, you know, in  2026, man. I mean, it’s just evolutionary progress. It’s a really really diverse record because it’s absolutely  Exodus. Especially Gary (Holt). There’s just no denying that it’s Exodus. It gives you curveballs. It gives you straight up [ __ ] thrash when you [ __ ] the way you want to hear it. The lead playing on this. I mean, Lee (Altus) and Gary were [ __ ] I mean, I watched him do every solo and it’s [ __ ] phenomenal. Jack (Gibson) blew my mind with the way he played on this record. Jack would walk in and go, “What key is it in?” Okay. And then he’d [ __ ] just It was I mean, and Tom (Hunting), too. It’s been uh it was an amazing experience