Hunting returned to the band in March 2007 in time to record and

Hunting returned to the band in March 2007 in time to record and release their eighth studio album The Atrocity Exhibition… Exhibit A to mostly positive reception. Exodus released a re-recording of their 1985 debut album Bonded by Blood entitled Let There Be Blood in 2008. Gary Holt released the following statement about the band’s decision to revisit their debut album: “After many years in the planning and discussion stage, we have finally completed the re-recording of Bonded by Blood . We have decided to call it Let There Be Blood and it is our way of paying homage to [late singer] Paul Baloff by showing how relevant these songs we had written together still are. We aren’t trying to replace the original; that’s impossible anyway. We are just giving these songs the benefit of modern production. It’s something we talked about before Paul’s death and it’s always been important to us to do. We were super excited about entering the studio once again to record these classics, and now it’s back to writing the next studio record!”