# The Best Exodus Guitar Solos

> The 15 best Exodus guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Bonded by Blood (1985), then The Toxic Waltz and Piranha. Every video starts at the solo.

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Exodus helped invent Bay Area thrash, and Gary Holt's partnership with Rick Hunolt set the pattern for frantic, trade-off lead breaks that sounded like a knife fight. Later, with Lee Altus alongside Holt, the band kept that two-guitar assault going for four decades.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Gary Holt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Holt_(musician)), [Guitar World](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/gary-holt-exodus-slayer-persona-non-grata), [Wikipedia - The Toxic Waltz](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Toxic_Waltz_(song))

1. [Bonded by Blood](https://greatestsolos.com/song/exodus-bonded-by-blood/) — Exodus · solo by Gary Holt, Rick Hunolt · 1985
2. [The Toxic Waltz](https://greatestsolos.com/song/exodus-the-toxic-waltz/) — Exodus · solo by Gary Holt / Rick Hunolt · 1989
3. [Piranha](https://greatestsolos.com/song/exodus-piranha/) — Exodus · solo by Gary Holt / Rick Hunolt · 1985
4. [And Then There Were None](https://greatestsolos.com/song/exodus-and-then-there-were-none/) — Exodus · solo by Gary Holt / Rick Hunolt · 1985
5. [Strike of the Beast](https://greatestsolos.com/song/exodus-strike-of-the-beast/) — Exodus · solo by Gary Holt / Rick Hunolt · 1985
6. [Fabulous Disaster](https://greatestsolos.com/song/exodus-fabulous-disaster/) — Exodus · solo by Gary Holt / Rick Hunolt · 1989
7. [The Last Act of Defiance](https://greatestsolos.com/song/exodus-the-last-act-of-defiance/) — Exodus · solo by Gary Holt / Rick Hunolt · 1989
8. [Deranged](https://greatestsolos.com/song/exodus-deranged/) — Exodus · solo by Gary Holt / Rick Hunolt · 1987
9. [Brain Dead](https://greatestsolos.com/song/exodus-brain-dead/) — Exodus · solo by Gary Holt / Rick Hunolt · 1987
10. [Metal Command](https://greatestsolos.com/song/exodus-metal-command/) — Exodus · solo by Gary Holt / Rick Hunolt · 1985
11. [Impact Is Imminent](https://greatestsolos.com/song/exodus-impact-is-imminent/) — Exodus · solo by Gary Holt / Rick Hunolt · 1990
12. [War Is My Shepherd](https://greatestsolos.com/song/exodus-war-is-my-shepherd/) — Exodus · solo by Gary Holt / Rick Hunolt · 2004
13. [Blacklist](https://greatestsolos.com/song/exodus-blacklist/) — Exodus · solo by Gary Holt / Rick Hunolt · 2004
14. [Blood In, Blood Out](https://greatestsolos.com/song/exodus-blood-in-blood-out/) — Exodus · solo by Kirk Hammett / Gary Holt · 2014
15. [The Beatings Will Continue (Until Morale Improves)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/exodus-the-beatings-will-continue-until-morale-improves/) — Exodus · solo by Gary Holt / Lee Altus · 2021

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