Gary Holt has confirmed that Steve “Zetro” Souza was fired from Exodus, commenting in a post to social media that the “marriage” between the singer and the rest of the band was “done and over.” Last month Exodus announced it had “parted ways” with Zetro and had been rejoined by Robb Dukes. both the band and Dukes had commented about the occasion, but Zetro had remained quiet. Last week in a comment to his own post Zetro confessed he was let go, not that he had quit. Now Holt has confirmed that Zetro was let go because the relationship had ended, though he wished him well. Zetro has had several acrimonious splits from the band over the years.

Asked by fan on Instagram why Zetro was “let go,” Gary replied: “If I told you you’d understand. I’ve no desire to talk badly about him. It’s a marriage, being in a band. Behind closed doors, the marriage was done and over”.

On February 7th, Souza addressed his latest exit from Exodus in the comments section below an Instagram post hinting that he was contributing lyrics to the next Testament album.

When one of Zetro’s followers wrote, “We need a statement why you left Exodus again”, the singer replied: “Really no statement, I was let go , if you read the [band’s official] statement it says Exodus has parted ways , not Zetro has parted ways !”

After another one of his followers asked, “Why did you leave Exodus?”, Zetro replied: “I did not leave , I was let go !! Exodus parted ways with Zetro”.

Zetro previously commented:
“Really no statement, I was let go, if you read the statement it says Exodus has parted ways , not Zetro has parted ways !

Another user asked why Souza left, to which he clarified:

I did not leave , I was let go !! Exodus parted ways with Zetro