Exodus, Havok, Candy, Dead Heat [garage]

Exodus dropped a Day of the Dead tribute to Bon Scott and Malcolm Young with a cover of AC/DC’s Highway to Hell snarl “Beating Around the Bush.” That proved a wiry encore to the thrash metal co-founders’ May fan find, British Disaster: The Battle of ’89 (Live at the Astoria), documenting remaining originator/drummer Tom Hunting, plus mainstays Steve Souza and Gary Holt. Equally Día de los Muertos, Denver thrash trio Havok also struck last Friday with hacking EP New Eyes. Both will have Richmond, Va., hardcores Candy to contend with following last month’s flattening EP Flipping and June Relapse Records crusher It’s Inside You. – Raoul Hernandez