How metal can one man be? Exodus / Slayer guitarist Gary Holt is already a monstrous player and a thrash pioneer, but he's just taken part in the most bad ass thing we've ever seen. Bringing the title Bonded by Blood to a new level, Holt had his own blood extracted and painted onto a new custom guitar.

This marks the first time a guitar has ever been painted entirely in its player's own blood. The work was done by artist Vincent Castiglia, who specializes in art painted with human blood. Castiglia took 18 full vials of blood from Holt backstage at a recent Slayer gig in Long Island, Calif. and the finished product was debuted at the 2016 National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) trade show.

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