In a new interview with Metal Kaoz, EXODUS drummer Tom Hunting discussed the band's twelfth studio album, "Goliath", which came out on March 20 via Napalm Records.

Speaking about the recording process for the follow-up to 2021's "Persona Non Grata", Tom said: "It was awesome.

We recorded in Pacheco [California], at our friend Juan Urteaga's studio [Trident Studios].

A lot of bands have done work there.

TESTAMENT's done a bunch of work there.

And we've known him for years, but we never tracked there.

And it was a really good experience." Asked how it felt, on a personal level, to go back in the studio to record new music, Tom said: "Oh, it felt great.

It's pretty organic, the formula.

Gary [Holt, EXODUS guitarist] and I, we were near his house where our jam room is in Northern California.

We were kind of traversing the state, or I was, anyway, while we were writing stuff.

And he would come up with a riff and I would meet up with him and we'd jam it out.

So we went in with the makings of, like, seven songs, seven or eight maybe, and we ended up recording 18.

Lee [Altus, EXODUS guitarist] and Gary both, even in the midst of me tracking, whoever was tracking, they were writing constantly.

So, it was an explosion, pretty much, of being creative.

So it was a really fun thing to be a part of.

It was inspiring.

We were inspiring each other.

It was really cool." On the topic of the songwriting process for "Goliath", Tom said: The process has always been the same.

We like to play music, and we like to jam and we like hanging out with each other.

We enjoy each other's company.

So, the music's kind of a byproduct of our life, if you look at it that way.

We have to tour — we have to tour to make a living.

But if the worst thing that happens to me is I gotta wake up in the world somewhere and play music, I'm fucking winning, dude.

We're lucky people to have this journey, so we understand that." Regarding why "Goliath" ended up being EXODUS's most collaborative album to date, Tom said: The ideas were flowing so much, and they were coming from everybody.

Jack [Gibson, EXODUS bassist] was helping with arranging, Gary was spitting out riffs, Lee was spitting out riffs, and I was trying to keep up.

It didn't feel like hard work.

It just felt inspirational, is the best word I could describe it with.

And it was just a fun thing to be a part of.

If you're in a band and that's going on, you wanna jump in." Hunting also talked about the return of EXODUS singer Rob Dukes, who replaced Steve "Zetro" Souza in January 2025.

Tom said: The return of Rob was great for the band.

He brought a lot of really good ideas to the table and it felt like maybe there was a little unfinished business with him.

And he came out crushing.

Vocally on this record, he took it to places that we didn't even know it could go.

And nobody ever says, 'That's not heavy enough.' There's no specific formula.

We are who we are, so if we make music, it's gonna sound like EXODUS just naturally." In December EXODUS filmed music videos for three songs from "Goliath", including "3111".

The clips were helmed by Jim Louvau, a musical and visual creative artist based in Phoenix, Arizona, who previously worked on EXODUS's music video for the song "The Fires Of Division" from the band's 2021 LP "Persona Non Grata".