While on tour Dominguez left the band and was replaced by bassist Jerry Garcia, who had his debut on Bonded by Blood's second full length Exiled to Earth, released in 2010.

[2] The idea of creating a band was conceived by lead vocalist Jose Barrales, a singer with hardcore punk and crossover thrash backgrounds, influenced by groups like Bad Brains, Cryptic Slaughter, D.R.I.

[3] Exodus' debut album Bonded by Blood had a profound impact on Barrales, and it was inspiring to the point he idealized the creation of a thrash metal band, as he had noticed that there were few or even no groups in this genre in the music scene.

[2] Lee decided to join Barrales, and together, they went on searching until they found themselves the drummer Carlos Regalado, who was known locally by playing covers of Megadeth and Metallica.

[8] Bonded by Blood commenced the recording of its first full-length, Feed the Beast, in January 2008 at J Street studios in Sacramento, California with producer Michael Rosen.

They toured the United States between June and July along with Fueled by Fire and Merciless Death,[10] and in Europe between September and October with Gama Bomb headlining.

[12] In November 2009 they announced the departure of Dominguez,[13] who was replaced by bassist Jerry Garcia from San Bernardino thrash metal band Taking Over.

[14] Just a month after the release of Exiled to Earth, Bonded by Blood have parted ways with Barrales, who decided to leave the band due to personal and financial reasons.

The reunion includes 3 of the founding members (Alex Lee, Jose Barrales and Juan Juarez) and Exiled to Earth era bassist (Jerry Garcia).

[17] "Despite the name, Bonded by Blood are far from a mere Exodus tribute act, taking the riffs, ideas and neck-snapping tempos of their heroes and bolstering them with two decades of momentum, making every pummeling beat, dizzying solo and juvenile lyric sound completely relevant."

"[3] Bonded by Blood along with its labelmates Evile, Gama Bomb, and Municipal Waste are part of the thrash metal revival movement.

[20] Even though the members of Bonded by Blood were not born when their favorite 1980s thrash metal bands released their debut albums, the music and fashion of that era had a profound impact on them.

[3] Aside from being aficionados by the 1980s thrash metal,[5] the band has expressed their love of skateboarding,[1] comic books, cartoons (most notably the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), and writing detailed articles about themselves.

Initially, Bonded by Blood played the song in live performances, but after receiving positive feedback from the audience the band decided to record it.