Formidable Thrash Metal pioneers, OVERKILL, will be releasing their 20th studio album, Scorched, via Nuclear Blast Records on April 14th. This is phenomenal Metal news! Long live OVERKILL!!
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OVERKILL – New Studio Album “Scorched” Releases On April 14th
Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, music news, news with tags bobby "blitz" ellsworth, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Metal News, metal odyssey, Music, music news, news, overkill, thrash, Thrash Metal on February 25, 2023 by Metal OdysseyOVERKILL – Wings Over The USA – Tour Dates Announced
Posted in concerts, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, music news, news, rock music, world news with tags exhorder, Heavy Metal, metal odyssey, overkill, rock music news, Thrash Metal on January 25, 2020 by Metal Odyssey
OVERKILL – Wings Over The USA:
Feb. 26 – Anaheim CA – House of Blues
Feb. 27 – San Francisco CA – Slims
Feb. 28 – Las Vegas NV – House of Blues
Feb. 29 – San Diego CA – House of Blues
Mar. 01 – Phoenix AZ – Crescent Ballroom
Mar. 02 – Albuquerque NM – Sunshine Theater
Mar. 04 – San Antonio TX – Aztec
Mar. 05 – Corpus Christi TX – House of Rock
Mar. 06 – Houston TX – Warehouse
Mar. 07 – Dallas TX – Gas Monkey
Mar. 08 – New Orleans LA – House of Blues
Mar. 09 – Tampa FL – The Ritz
Mar. 10 – Orlando FL – House of Blues
Mar. 11 – Atlanta GA – Buckhead
Mar. 12 – Charlotte NC – Underground @ The Fillmore
Mar. 13 – Silver Springs MD – The Fillmore
Mar. 14 – Montclair NJ – Wellmont Theater *
* with M.O.D. featuring Billy Milano and DEMOLITION HAMMER
More info: Overkill
LONG LIVE OVERKILL.
STONE.
OVERKILL – Headlining Metal Alliance Tour – September 2017
Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, Music, news, rock music, world news with tags crowbar, havok, Heavy Metal, metal odyssey, overkill, Thrash Metal on June 21, 2017 by Metal Odyssey
OVERKILL – PRESS RELEASE: We are pleased to announce the Metal Alliance US Tour September 2017 with our Metal brothers in Crowbar HAVOK Black Fast INVIDIA Band – This is going to be one killer tour that you sure won’t want to miss! See you in the pit wrecking everything!
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Source: Overkill
LONG LIVE OVERKILL.
LONG LIVE METAL.
Stone.
OVERKILL – Thrash Metal Warriors Announce 2017 North American Tour With NILE!
Posted in Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, music news, news, rock music, world news with tags Heavy Metal, metal albums 2017, metal odyssey, nile, overkill, Thrash Metal on December 24, 2016 by Metal Odyssey
Legendary New Jersey thrashers, OVERKILL, have announced their 2017 North American trek with Egyptian themed Technical Death Metal champions and label mates NILE. The 25-date tour will kick-off on February 14th at The Trocadero in Philadelphia, make stops in Chicago, Anaheim, and Washington, DC before ending at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ.
Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth comments, “Can’t wait to roll ‘the wheel’ down the road. This Feb & Mar, USA, coming to a stage near you! Let’s make it another one to remember! Onward! Upward!”
OVERKILL will be touring in support of their upcoming album, The Grinding Wheel, which will be released February 10th via Nuclear Blast. Recently, the band released the video for Our Finest Hour.
NILE is touring in support of their latest release What Should Not Be Unearthed.
“All of us in NILE are really looking forward to the upcoming USA Tour with OVERKILL. This Tour is going to be Metal as Fuck,” comments NILE Mastermind Karl Sanders.
Joining OVERKILL and NILE for select shows are melancholic progressive metallers AMORPHIS and melodic Doom/Death merchants SWALLOW THE SUN.
Tickets for the confirmed shows are now available for purchase at bit.ly/overkilltour and all other ticket outlets.
Catch OVERKILL live at the following dates:
2/14/2017 Trocadero Theatre – Philadelphia, PA
2/15/2017 Agora Ballroom (w/ LORDI) – Cleveland, OH
2/16/2017 Park Street Saloon – Columbus, OH
2/17/2017 Concord Music Hall – Chicago, IL
2/18/2017 The Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
2/19/2017 Granada Theater – Lawrence, KS
2/20/2017 Gothic Theatre – Englewood, CO
2/22/2017 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
2/23/2017 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
2/24/2016 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
2/25/2017 City National Grove – Anaheim, CA
2/26/2017 Club Red – Tempe, AZ
2/27/2017 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
2/28/2017 Trees – Dallas, TX
3/01/2017 Scout Bar – Houston, TX
3/02/2017 Alamo City Music Hall – San Antonio, TX
3/03/2017 Southport Music Hall – New Orleans, LA
3/04/2017 The Ritz Ybor – Ybor City, FL
3/05/2017 Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA
3/6/2017 The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC **
3/7/2017 The NorVa – Norfolk, VA **
3/8/2017 Howard Theatre – Washington, DC **
3/9/2017 Upstate Concert Hall – Clifton Park, NY **
3/10/2017 Palladium – Worcester, MA
3/11.2017 Starland Ballroom – Sayerville, NJ **
** With AMORPHIS & SWALLOW THE SUN
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LONG LIVE OVERKILL.
LONG LIVE NILE.
Stone.
OVERKILL – To Release 7″ Vinyl Single, Snippet Launched! “The Grinding Wheel” Releases In February, 2017
Posted in Heavy Metal, Music, music news, news, rock music, Thrash Metal, world news with tags metal albums 2017, metal odyssey, overkill, thrash, Thrash Metal on October 1, 2016 by Metal Odyssey
OVERKILL – Legendary New Jersey thrashers, OVERKILL, are putting the finishing touches to their upcoming studio record entitled The Grinding Wheel. To give their fans a taster of what to expect from their forthcoming record, a brand-new single called Our Finest Hour, will be released in the first week of OVERKILL‘s European tour, on November 4th.
The 7″ single will be purchasable on black, clear, green and splatter vinyl.
Pre-order now: http://nblast.de/OverkillFinestHourNB
“Looks like the ‘machine’ is up and rolling, but for all good things we wait. The delay for “The Grinding Wheel” will take us to 2/17, at the start of the US tour… but fear not, the Euro tour will happen and happen with some new music! Friday Nov. 4th, we will let go of the first cut; “Our Finest Hour”, available on various colors of vinyl along with some ear shattering madness. We will also have it with us on the road to quench your thirst and fill the hunger. So you heard it here first and you can hear more live the first time on tour! To the road, onward and upward into ’17!”
BB, OVERKILL
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LONG LIVE OVERKILL.
LONG LIVE METAL.
Stone.
KILLFEST 2016 Tour Announced: OVERKILL, CROWBAR, DESECRATOR And SHREDHEAD
Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Metal, metal music, Music, news, rock music with tags crowbar, Heavy Metal, Metal News, overkill, Thrash Metal on July 9, 2016 by Metal Odyssey
New Jersey Thrash Metal veterans OVERKILL will embark on a European headlining tour in November. Support on the trek will come from U.S. Sludge Metal kings CROWBAR, Aussie thrashers DESECRATOR and Israel-based metallers SHREDHEAD.
Commented OVERKILL vocalist Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth: “Let the killing begin – yes, yes, yes, here we go again. With a lead foot and speed, and a hammering stampede, as our ears they will bleed… we are preparing to start recording our next project… indeed. The riffs and ideas have been flying and exploding, all systems are go and the ‘wheels’ are rolling. This October, the next OVERKILL, we will be there…will you?”
Killfest 2016 Dates:
Nov. 02 – CH – Zürich – Dynamo
Nov. 03 – I – Brescia – Circolo Colony
Nov. 04 – I – Pinarella – Rockplanet Club
Nov. 05 – A – Graz – Explosiv
Nov. 06 – D – Stuttgart – LKA Longhorn
Nov. 07 – D – München – Backstage
Nov. 08 – D – Frankfurt – Batschkapp
Nov. 09 – D – Köln – Essigfabrik
Nov. 10 – D – Erfurt – HSD Erfurt
Nov. 11 – D – Osnabrück – Hyde Park
Nov. 12 – D – Weissenhäuser Strand/Ostsee – Metal Hammer Paradise
Nov. 13 – D – Berlin – SO36
Nov. 15 – PL – Warsaw – Progresja
Nov. 16 – PL – Krakow – Kwadrat
Nov. 17 – H – Budapest – Barba Negra Club
Nov. 18 – A – Vienna – Szene
Nov. 19 – CZ – Zlin – Winter Masters Of Rock
Other OVERKILL Dates:
Jul. 13 – D – Balingen – Bang Your Head!!! Festival
Jul. 15 – S – Gävle – Gefle Metal Festival
Jul. 16 – E – Barcelona – Rock Fest
OVERKILL is scheduled to enter the studio this month to begin recording the drums for the follow-up to 2014’s “White Devil Armory”, tentatively due in October via Nuclear Blast.
Regarding how OVERKILL approaches the songwriting process nowadays, Blitz told Metal Wani: “What we do is we couple where we came from and where we are. Where we came from is the days of rolling two-inch tape, being in a room together, feeling the music, feeling the walls, sweating… That’s the old-school way of doing. So that’s the way it’s gotta start. But then as it starts developing, we start using more technology. We start using Pro Tools. We go to different studios and we’ll work simultaneously. Dave [Linsk, guitar] will be in Florida doing some guitar leads. I might be in Jersey doing some vocals. D.D. [Verni, bass] might be dropping some bass down at his home studio. So it becomes this really cool process of being able to upload those files at the end of the day, have the other guy pull them down and go, ‘Oh, I see what he’s doing now.’ So we use both. We’re in the room together, and then later on it develops into a wonderful world of Pro Tools and file sharing over Dropbox.”
Blitz also talked about the general musical direction of OVERKILL‘s new material and how it compares to some of the band’s previous efforts. He said: “I never can really tell until it’s done. I mean, that’s always the surprise for me. I know even before we start the record it’s gonna be an OVERKILL record. But when it’s taking shape, I can’t say it feels like this or it feels like that. It’s more the more current OVERKILL. And what I mean by that is that it’s got that ‘Ironbound’, ‘The Electric Age’, ‘White Devil Armory’ feel to it, with the way especially the drums have been written. And I think that’s probably the only characteristic that is solid right now in this opinion, because everything else has changed around, which is kind of cool at this point.”
OVERKILL played a special anniversary show on April 16 at Turbinenhalle 2 in Oberhausen, Germany. The evening saw the band perform their classic records “Horrorscope” (which is celebrating its 25th anniversary) and “Feel The Fire” (30th anniversary) in their entirety. And if that wasn’t enough, the show was professionally filmed and recorded for an upcoming DVD and CD.
OVERKILL utilized a stand-in drummer – their soundman Eddy Garcia, who is also a member of the El Paso, Texas band PISSING RAZORS – for their recent European tour because the band’s regular drummer, Ron Lipnicki, was forced to stay home due to undisclosed family issues.
Garcia previously played with OVERKILL for their appearance on the 2012 edition of the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise.
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Source: ClawHammer PR
LONG LIVE OVERKILL.
LONG LIVE METAL.
Stone.
OVERKILL – ANNOUNCE EUROPEAN HEADLINER TOUR FOR “WHITE DEVIL ARMORY”
Posted in Heavy Metal, metal music, Music, music news, rock music, rock music news with tags Metal, metal albums 2014, Metal News, metal odyssey, overkill, Thrash Metal, white devil armory on June 21, 2014 by Metal Odyssey
With the release of their new album White Devil Armory scheduled for this Summer, New Jersey Thrash Metal veterans OVERKILL now announce an extended European tour for October and November 2014. The band will hit the road in support of their upcoming output. Joining OVERKILL on tour will be L.A.-based metalheads PRONG, Swedish speed youngsters and labelmates ENFORCER as well as Greek Heavy Metal outlet DARKOLOGY.
Commented OVERKILL vocalist Bobby Blitz: “We hit the European shores on October 30th of this year, with our White Devil Armory version of ‘Killfest’. With us will be PRONG & ENFORCER. We look forward to banging out the new tunes, as well as some of the old school classics we have banged our heads to over these past 28 years of touring. Until then, Horns UP!”
Check out OVERKILL live at the following dates:
30.10. ESP Barcelona – Razz2
31.10. ESP Madrid – Shoko
01.11. PT Lisbon – Paradise Garaje
02.11. ESP Bilbao – Kafe Antzokia
04.11. I Milano – Live Club
05.11. CH Pratteln – Z 7
06.11. D Karlsruhe – Substage
07.11. D Osnabrück – Rosenhof
08.11. D Bremen – Tivoli
09.11. D Nürnberg – Hirsch
11.11. D Aschaffenburg – Colos Saal
12.11. D Hamburg – Markthalle
13.11. D Berlin – Postbahnhof
14.11. D Cologne – Essigfabrik
15.11. NL Uden – De Pul
Presented by EMP, Rock Hard, Guitar, EMP Rock Invasion
White Devil Armory will be out on July 18, 2014 via Nuclear Blast. The effort was tracked at Gear Recording and mixed by Greg Reely, who also worked on 2012’s The Electric Age.
The track listing of White Devil Armory will be as follows:
01. XDM
02. Armorist
03. Down To The Bone
04. PIG
05. Bitter Pill
06. Where There’s Smoke
07. Freedom Rings
08. Another Day To Die
09. King Of The Rat Bastards
10. It’s All Yours
11. In The Name
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(Source: Nuclear Blast)
* For more info on OVERKILL:
Facebook: Overkill
Website: http://www.wreckingcrew.com
USA: http://www.nuclearblastusa.com
Europe: http://www.nuclearblast.de
LONG LIVE OVERKILL.
LONG LIVE NEW JERSEY.
LONG LIVE THRASH METAL.
Stone.
OVERKILL – COVER ARTWORK AND TRACK LISTING OF “WHITE DEVIL ARMORY” UNVEILED!
Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, news, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, world news with tags bobby "blitz" ellsworth, metal albums 2014, Metal News, metal odyssey, overkill, overkill white devil armory, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands, world news on March 30, 2014 by Metal Odyssey
New Jersey Thrash Metal veterans OVERKILL will release their new album, White Devil Armory, on July 18, 2014 via Nuclear Blast. The effort was tracked at Gear Recording and will be mixed by Greg Reely, who also worked on 2012’s The Electric Age.
The track listing of White Devil Armory will be as follows:
01. Freedom Rings
02. Where There’s Smoke…
03. Pig
04. Amorist
05. Down To The Bone
06. Bitter Pill
07. King Of The Rat Bastards
08. Another Day To Die
09. It’s All Yours
10. In The Name
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Said OVERKILL in a statement: “We are still working on the new record, but this is gonna be worth the wait, with more old-school, face-melting thrash!”
Speaking to Steppin’ Out magazine, OVERKILL vocalist Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth stated about the band’s upcoming album: “The new record has a blend of what we’ve done over the past half-decade. I’m noticing it’s a more punchy heavy metal record with more dimension than the last record had. Where is it going to end up on the food chain? I really don’t know. But my feeling is it’s an eclectic collection of moments from us. “The Electric Age” came across, to me, as kind a of two-dimensional Thrash record. This one is punchy but has a whole different bunch of ways to go and things to hear on it.”
OVERKILL released a very special limited tour edition of “The Electric Age” in Europe on April 19, 2013 via Nuclear Blast. The limited 2CD tour edition included the regular album as well as four additional live tracks on a bonus CD, recorded at The Metro in Sidney, Australia on September 25, 2010.
You can order your copy of “The Electric Age” at this address: http://smarturl.it/OverkillCD
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(Source: Nuclear Blast)
* For more info on OVERKILL:
Facebook: Overkill
Website: http://www.wreckingcrew.com
Website: http://www.nuclearblast.de
LONG LIVE OVERKILL.
LONG LIVE THRASH METAL.
Stone.
KREATOR + OVERKILL = LEGENDS OF THRASH TOUR 2013
Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal bands, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags Kreator, legends of thrash tour 2013, Metal News, metal odyssey, overkill, Thrash Metal, warbringer on September 4, 2013 by Metal Odyssey
Thrash Metal icons KREATOR and OVERKILL will be touring North America together, beginning October 30th in Baltimore Maryland! This “Legends Of Thrash Tour 2013” will no doubt be raising the fiery depths of hell, for our Metal masses to revel in! Thrash Metal warriors WARBRINGER will be lending their lethal support as well! Metal be thy name!
Check out the tour dates and venues below! The “Legends Of Thrash Tour 2013” will be raging right through November! Whoa!
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KREATOR – OVERKILL – WARBRINGER – 2013 North American Tour Dates:
10/30 – Baltimore, Md. @ Soundstage
10/31 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ The Trocadero
11/01 – Worcester, Mass. @ The Palladium
11/02 – Montreal, Quebec @ Club Soda
11/03 – Toronto, Ontario @ Opera House
11/04 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Altar Bar
11/05 – Columbus, Ohio @ Al Rosa Villa
11/06 – Joliet, Ill. @ Mojoes
11/07 – Lawrence, Kansas @ Granada
11/08 – Englewood, Colo. @ Gothic Theater
11/09 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ In the Venue
11/11 – Vancouver, British Columbia @ Rickshaw Theater
11/12 – Seattle, Wash. @ El Corazon
11/13 – Portland, Ore. @ Hawthorne Theatre
11/14 – San Fran, Calif. @ Filmore
11/15 – Anaheim, Calif. @ The Grove
11/16 – Tempe, Ariz. @ Marquee Theatre
11/17 – Albuquerque, N.M. @ Sunshine Theater
11/18 – Dallas, Texas @ Trees
11/19 – San Antonio, Texas @ Backstage Live
11/21 – Louisville, Ky. @ Diamond Pub & Billiards
11/22 – W. Springfield, Va. Empire
11/23 – New York, N.Y. @ Stage 48
11/24 – New York, N.Y. @ Stage 48
http://www.kreator-terrorzone.de
http://www.warbringermusic.com
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(Source: http://www.wreckingcrew.com)
LONG LIVE KREATOR.
LONG LIVE OVERKILL.
LONG LIVE WARBRINGER.
LONG LIVE THRASH METAL.
Stone.
OVERKILL – TO RELEASE LIMITED “THE ELECTRIC AGE” TOUR EDITION!
Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags metal albums, Metal News, overkill, overkill live from oz, overkill the electric age tour edition on March 19, 2013 by Metal Odyssey
Over the course of their upcoming European tour, followed by several festival shows, legendary U.S. Thrash metallers OVERKILL are going to release a very special limited tour edition of their latest masterpiece “The Electric Age” – only available for a short time!
The ltd. 2CD tour edition will be released on April 19, 2013 and comprise the regular album as well as a 4 additional live tracks on a bonus CD, recorded at “The Metro” in Sidney, Australia, on September 25, 2010.
The tracklist reads as follows:
CD 1 “The Electric Age”:
1. Come And Get It
2. Electric Rattlesnake
3. Wish You Were Dead
4. Black Daze
5. Save Yourself
6. Drop The Hammer Down
7. 21st Century Man
8. Old Wounds, New Scars
9. All Over But The Shouting
10. Good Night
CD 2 “Live from OZ” –recorded in Sidney, Australia, (The Metro, Sept. 25th, 2010):
01. Horrorscope
02. Long Time Dyin’
03. Necroshine
04. Walk Through Fire
Make sure to get it, before it’s gone: http://bit.ly/16zCo8w
Catch OVERKILL live on tour in spring and summer (# = together with LOST SOCIETY):
17.04. FIN Tampere – Pakkahoune (#)
18.04. FIN Helsinki – Tavastia (#)
19.04. FIN Joensuu – Kerubi (#)
20.04. FIN Oulu – Club Teatria (#)
21.04. FIN Rytmikojaamo – Sinajoki (#)
22.04. EST Tallin – Tapper
23.04. LV Riga – Meina Piektdina
24.04. LT Vilnius – New York
25.04. PL Warsaw – Proxima
26.04. D Hamburg – Markthalle
27.04. DK Copenhagen – Amager Bio
29.04. S Gothenburg – Sticky Fingers
30.04. N Oslo – John Dee
01.05. S Stockholm – Debaser Slussen
02.05. N Haugesund – Karmoygeddon Festival
03.05. N Grimstad – Bluebox
05.05. TR Istanbul – Headbangers Weekend
08.06. HR Zadar – Burning Sea Festival
29.06. B Dassel – Graspop
22.07. SLO Tolmin – Metal Days Festival
25.07. D Brande-Hörnerkirchen – Headbangers Open Air
09.08. CZ Jaromer – Brutal Assault Festival
10.08. I Chiaromonte – XIX Agglutination Metal Festival
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(Source: Nuclear Blast)
* For more info on OVERKILL, click on the links below!
facebook: Overkill
LONG LIVE OVERKILL.
Stone.
TESTAMENT – Dark Roots Of Thrash Tour 2013 > OVERKILL, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, 4ARM Are Special Guests!
Posted in Heavy Metal, Metal, metal albums, metal music, Music, rock concerts, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags metal albums 2012, Metal News, overkill, testament, testament dark roots of earth, testament dark roots of thrash tour, Thrash Metal on December 5, 2012 by Metal Odyssey
Bay Area Thrash Metal legends, TESTAMENT, are proud to announce their first U.S. headlining tour since their phenomenal chart success with their new album, Dark Roots of Earth. The trek promises to be one of the best Thrash Metal lineups of the year, with support coming from the world-renowned OVERKILL and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, as well as Australian Thrashers 4ARM.
“It’s a thrill to announce our upcoming dates with OVERKILL and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM,” commented guitarist Alex Skolnick. “It’s a tour that brings together three different Metal bands from three different regions: West Coast, East Coast and Southwest. All three bands sound very different from one another yet are highly compatible. All have been around the block (and the world) a few times and all have managed to keep a sound that feels current. This tour will be a ‘must see’ for fans who remember the early days of Thrash/Speed Metal as well as those whose age is younger than the genre itself.”
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TESTAMENT with OVERKILL, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM & 4ARM
30.01. USA San Francisco – The Filmore*
31.01. USA Anaheim – House Of Blues*
01.02. USA Tempe – The Marquee*
02.02. USA Hollywood – House Of Blues*
04.02. USA Albuquerque – Sunshine Theater*
05.02. USA Austin – Emo’s
06.02. USA Houston – House Of Blues
07.02. USA Dallas – House Of Blues
09.02. USA Atlanta – Masquerade
10.02. USA Charlotte – The Filmore
12.02. USA Silver Spring – The Filmore
13.02. USA Philadelphia – Trocadero
14.02. USA New York – Best Buy Theatre
15.02. USA Huntington – The Paramount
16.02. USA Worcester – The Palladium
17.02. USA Buffalo – Town Ballroom
18.02. CDN Toronto – Phoenix Concert Theatre
20.02. USA Cincinnati – Bogart’s
21.02. USA Grand Rapids – The Intersection
22.02. USA Milwaukee – The Rave
23.02. USA Minneapolis – First Avenue
25.02. USA Denver – The Summit Music Hall
26.02. USA Salt Lake City – In The Venue
27.02. USA Reno – Knitting Factory
28.02. USA Sacramento – Ace Of Spades
* without FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
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* For more info on these bands, click on the link below!
Nuclear Blast USA: http://www.nuclearblastusa.com/
Testament: http://www.testamentlegions.com
Overkill: http://www.wreckingcrew.com
Flotsam And Jetsam: http://www.flotsam-and-jetsam.com
4ARM: www.4arm.net
LONG LIVE GENE HOGLAN.
LONG LIVE THRASH METAL.
LONG LIVE TESTAMENT & OVERKILL.
LONG LIVE FLOTSAM AND JETSAM.
LONG LIVE 4ARM.
Stone.
OVERKILL “HORRORSCOPE” – 1991 Thrash Metal Classic Is: Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day!
Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, Metal, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands, thrash metal music with tags chaly overkill mascot, horrorscope, overkill, overkill horrorscope, stone's metal pick of the day, Thrash Metal, thrash metal albums 1991 on October 22, 2012 by Metal Odyssey
OVERKILL – When I think back to 1991, I remember being piss-poor and madly in love with my eventual wife. Best Metal Buddy Scott Coverdale would stop over my house to play endless hours of Sega Genesis games; with NHLPA Hockey and John Madden Football being insanely addictive to us both! Yeah, 1991 sure seems like a long time ago… then there are days when it seems like 1991 was yesterday. Go figure.
When I did have a ten bill to spend on myself back then, I would usually buy a cassette cause CD’s had cost at least five to seven dollars more. One cassette I bought that I still own to this day is Overkill’s 5th release known as: Horrorscope. What an amazing Thrash Metal listen it still is, after all these (many) years! Man, I cannot tell you how many times I’ve listened to Horrorscope.
That Horrorscope cassette never wore out though. It’s now buried in a box of other cassettes of mine, somewhere among other boxes of stuff. I would’ve dug it out to take a photo of it for this post, only I got too damn excited to announce Horrorscope as Stone’s METAL Pick Of The Day! I did upgrade my ownership of Horrorscope to CD just a few years ago, believe it or not. My cassette version of Horrorscope boasts the cover you see at the very top of this post. Here is what the alternate cover looks like on my CD version:
Chaly graces this alternate cover for Horrorscope. F’n cool, huh?
This Overkill lineup heard on Horrorscope may not have been the original lineup, still, I’ve appreciated every Overkill lineup over the years. The mainstay duo of Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni keeping this Overkill Thrash Metal machine thriving, over the decades, is nothing short of spectacular. The non-stop Thrash Metal assault upon my ears, which I’ve enjoyed from Horrorscope, is nothing short of spectacular either!
If you’ve begun compiling an Overkill collection of CD’s, vinyl or cassettes, you absolutely must buy Horrorscope sooner rather than later! Overkill even covers the 1973 Rock instrumental classic from The Edgar Winter Group: Frankenstein. Trust me when I say that this Overkill cover version is killer! I especially love this song (both the original and Overkill cover) during the Halloween season. Makes sense to me.
As with any Overkill album from their gloriously Thrashing catalog, Horrorscope is comfort food to my Metal lovin’ ears and Metal hungry soul. Some things in life were meant to bring me happiness: family, friends, Metal Buddies, Metal, mashed potatoes, cold beer, doritos and of course… Overkill. Metal be thy name.
Above is the back cover of the Horrorscope CD.
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OVERKILL – Lineup On Horrorscope:
Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth – vocals
D.D. Verni – 4 & 8 string bass, backing vocals
Sid Falck – drums
Merritt Gant – guitars, backing vocals
Rob Cannavino – guitars, acoustic guitars, backing vocals
HORRORSCOPE – Track Listing:
Coma
Infectious
Blood Money
Thanx For Nothin’
Bare Bones
Horrorscope
New Machine
Frankenstein
Live Young, Die Free
Nice Day… For A Funeral
Soulitude
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* Horrorscope was originally released on Atlantic Records.
* For more info on OVERKILL, click on the links below!
facebook: Overkill
LONG LIVE OVERKILL.
Stone.
OVERKILL – KILLFEST 2012 European Dates Announced!
Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags heavy metal albums 2012, heavy metal news, killfest tour dates 2012, overkill, the electric age, Thrash Metal on June 29, 2012 by Metal Odyssey
Mighty Thrash veterans OVERKILL have announced the dates of the European run of this years Killfest tour in support of their most recent effort The Electric Age which was released earlier this year.
Commented legendary frontman Bobby Blitz: “It’s the Electric Age and you’re invited! See you on tour this October, let’s tear it up together, AGAIN!”
Also check out the official lyric video for Wish You Were Dead at http://youtu.be/ouQdIR15l-0
OVERKILL:
Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth – Vocals
D.D. Verni – Bass
Dave Linsk – Lead Guitar
Derek “The Skull” Tailer – Rhythm Guitar
Ron Lipnicki – Drums
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KILLFEST
Presented by: Rock Hard, Blast!, Metaltix, Metalnews.de & Rock It
04.10. D Hannover – Musikzentrum
05.10. D Osnabrück – Rosenhof
06.10. NL Den Haag – Paard Van Troje
07.10. UK London – O2 Islington Academy
08.10. UK Sheffield – Corporation
10.10. IT Milano – Alcatraz
11.10. CH Pratteln – Z7
12.10. D Geiselwind – Musichall
13.10. D Straubing – Metal Invasion Festival
14.10. PL Katowice – Mega Club
15.10. CZ Prague – Meet Factory
16.10. D Saarbrücken – Garage
17.10. D Karlsruhe – Substage
18.10. B Antwerp – Trix
19.10. D Andernach – JUZ
20.10. D Bochum – Zeche
21.10. D Hamburg – Markthalle
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(Source: Nuclear Blast News)
* For more info on OVERKILL, click on the link below!
LONG LIVE OVERKILL.
Stone.
OVERKILL ‘The Electric Age’ – Once Again, A Reminder Of Thrash Metal Supremacy
Posted in Metal with tags 80's thrash metal, heavy metal albums 2012, heavy metal news, Metal, overkill, the electric age, Thrash Metal on April 2, 2012 by Metal Odyssey
OVERKILL – Yes that’s Chaly once again on the front cover of this new Overkill album. Another sign of Chaly and another new Overkill release means that the Thrash Metal genre is once again bigger, badder, meaner and stronger than it was before. Our Pit Bull of Thrash is once again unleashed. That’s how important Overkill is to Thrash Metal, in my most honest of Metal opinions. Overkill is THE worldwide leader of Thrash Metal. Why? Pure talent. Consistency. Legitimacy. Quality. Forget longevity… it’s their damn incredible and admirable perseverance that makes this band the iconic leader they are to Thrash Metal… and Metal in general too.
Okay, my ranting as a lifelong Overkill fan is now over. Um, no it’s not. On March 27th, 2012, The Electric Age, the sixteenth studio album from Overkill, was released on eOne Music. From the album opening drum blasts from Ron Lipnicki to the intensified vocals of Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth on Come And Get It, straight on through to this album’s completion, I felt and heard the authority and passion of a Thrash Metal band that boasts a true classic lineup in 2012. Metal as my witness, these five men of Thrash have been together long enough to be considered a “classic” Overkill lineup.
The jaw-dropping guitar licks of Dave Linsk and Derek “The Skull” Tailer cannot be denied, a one-two power-packed punch of guitar grandeur. The all-encompassing Thrash energy I receive from The Electric Age swirls around my senses, making me feel like I’ve landed feet-first in a Thrash Metal field of dreams, with my Metal chick by my side… and kegs of cold beer aplenty. D.D. Verni plays his bass (as usual) with a Thrashing vengeance and his trademark backing vocals are as powerful as ever.
Once I heard Come And Get It, Electric Rattlesnake and Wish You Were Dead, it’s as if the thunder strike had been aimed upon my brain, driving home the clear fact that Overkill is kicking some insane Thrash Metal ass in 2012, almost like they’ve never kicked ass like this before. Seriously. I’m so damn astonished by the totality of this Overkill ambush of Thrash on The Electric Age, that I want to fall to my knees and beg for mercy. Um, forget mercy… I want more.
What’s so damn crazy about Overkill, is there is always melody in them there grooves of Thrash they administer to my ears. Black Daze has the thick Groove Metal and Thrash Metal alliance happening and it’s superlatively played by Overkill on all counts. Whoa and throw some F’n cold water in my face. 21st Century Man is a song that’s ablaze with every fabulous aspect about Overkill that I could possibly think of. Killer vocals. Killer speed. Killer guitar solo. Killer double bass. Killer riffs. Killer everything. Metal be thy name.
If we’re talking about “Metal Album Of 2012” contenders, I am placing The Electric Age at the very top of my list right now. Overkill could have given up years ago and returned in 2012 as a “reunion band”. Instead, Overkill never went anywhere, this Thrash Metal band has done more than “stood the test of time”, Overkill has established themselves as THE measuring stick within our Thrash Metal community, never letting us loyal fans down. The Electric Age is just another fitting example of this band’s extensive Thrash supremacy. Metallica who?
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THE ELECTRIC AGE – Track Listing:
Come And Get It
Electric Rattlesnake
Wish You Were Dead
Black Daze
Save Yourself
Drop The Hammer
21st Century Man
Old Wounds, New Scars
All Over But The Shouting
Good Night
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* For more info on OVERKILL, click on the links below:
LONG LIVE OVERKILL.
Stone.
OVERKILL – THE ELECTRIC AGE TOUR 2012: With Support From God Forbid, Diamond Plate and Sudikara
Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags bobby "blitz" ellsworth, d.d. verni, heavy metal news, Metal, overkill, the electric age tour 2012, Thrash Metal on March 18, 2012 by Metal Odyssey
OVERKILL – Thrash Metal Pioneers. Thrash Metal Legends. Undeniable Metal Influence. OVERKILL. Spanning through 4 decades with unparalleled touring and 16 studio albums, OVERKILL is the Metal epitome of warrior-like consistency and quality. Heading out on the road once again, in support of The Electric Age, releasing on March 26, 2012, via eOne Music, The Electric Age Tour 2012 will fill the months of April and May.
With direct support from God Forbid, Diamond Plate and Sudikara, this looks to be one multi-potent tour of kick-ass Metal. Check the tour dates below and see if The Electric Age Tour 2012 is raging through your area!
APRIL 2012:
20 – Trocadero Theater – Philadelphia, PA
21 – The Palladium – Worcester, MA
22 – Lost Horizon – Syracuse, NY
23 – Screamin’ Willie’s – Columbus, OH
24 – Blondie’s – Detroit, MI
25 – Bottom Lounge – Chicago, Ill
26 – Beaumont Club – Kansas City, MO
27 – Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
28 – The Complex – Salt Lake City, UT
30 – El Corazon – Seattle, WA
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MAY 2012:
01 – Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
02 – The Grand Ballroom at the Regency Center – San Francisco, CA
03 – Club Nokia – Los Angeles, CA
05 – Emo’s East – Austin, TX
06 – Trees – Dallas, TX
08 – Orpheum – Tampa, FL
09 – Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
10 – The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
11 – Jaxx Nightclub – Springfield, VA
12 – Best Buy Theater – NYC, NY (Special Guest: D.R.I.)
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(Source: The Official Overkill Website)
* For more info on OVERKILL, click on the links below:
LONG LIVE OVERKILL.
Stone.
OVERKILL – Studio Video Online: Reveals Recording Process For ‘The Electric Age’
Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags bobby "blitz" ellsworth, d.d. verni, heavy metal albums 2012, heavy metal news, Metal, overkill, the electric age album, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands on February 12, 2012 by Metal Odyssey
Iconic Thrashers OVERKILL have revealed a behind the scenes video that outlines the recording process they used for their upcoming new record The Electric Age. Recorded at GEAR Studios, owned and operated by bassist D.D. Verni, the video outlines specific gear and techniques used and how it had shaped the bands raw unfiltered sound over the last few releases. View the video HERE! The Electric Age is set to be unleashed March 30, 2012 via Nuclear Blast.
(Source: Nuclear Blast News)
* For more info on OVERKILL, click on the link below:
LONG LIVE OVERKILL.
Stone.
OVERKILL – Details On New Album ‘The Electric Age’ Revealed!
Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums, heavy metal news, metal music, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal, thrash metal bands with tags heavy metal albums 2012, heavy metal news, metal music, overkill, the electric age, Thrash Metal on January 27, 2012 by Metal Odyssey
Legendary Thrash band, OVERKILL have announced their next full length entitled “The Electric Age” due out on Nuclear Blast March 30, 2012.
“The Electric Age” was recorded and mixed at Gain Studios in New Jersey, owned and operated by bassist D.D. Verni. This is the bands followup record to “Ironbound” released in 2010 which received much critical praise. Decibel Magazine went as far to add, “Call this Thrash, or whatever: to us, it’s just Metal. And damn good Metal, at that.”
OVERKILL:
Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth – (Vocals)
D.D. Verni – (Bass, Backing Vocals)
Dave Linsk – (Lead and Rhythm Guitars)
Derek “The Skull” Tailer – (Rhythm Guitars, Backing Vocals)
Ron Lipnicki – (Drums)
(Source: Nuclear Blast News)
* For more info on OVERKILL, click on this link: OVERKILL
LONG LIVE OVERKILL.
Stone.
THE BRONX CASKET CO. – Announce New Record Details, New Song Streaming Now!
Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news with tags antihero album 2011, bronx casket co., d.d. verni, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal albums 2011, metal music, metal odyssey, overkill, rock music news on January 7, 2011 by Metal Odyssey
(New York, NY) — BRONX CASKET CO. will be releasing their forthcoming record titled “ANTIHERO” on Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 via eOne Music. “This Bronx Casket record is the best we’ve done, and we are looking forward to getting out on the road and doing some shows,” says front man DD Verni. The record also features master shredder Mike Romeo from Symphony X. Romeo can be heard on all guitar solos.
The title track “ANTIHERO” is streaming in full here: http://bit.ly/f4EMDn
The record can now be pre-ordered via iTunes as well, click here to get it: http://bit.ly/hAy1g3
The band originally formed in 1998 by Overkill co-founder and bassist DD Verni. Having played in one of the most respected thrash bands ever for over 2 decades, why have another band? Two reason states DD, “the challenge of writing interesting new material and for fun of course!” The bands second release caught the ear of playwright Andrea Lepcio. Soon after, Verni and Lepcio were collaborating with 3-time Tony Winner Hinton Battle to direct and choreograph. Soon the seeds of The “Bronx Casket Co, A New Musical” were planted.
Verni quickly recruited several members from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra to perform. The cast consisted of performers from the Broadway shows Hairspray, Rent and Dance of the Vampire. There have been several performances off-Broadway for producers/backers and the show is still in the writing stages. It has a gothic/Broadway score with a twisted love story woven throughout. Songs from the first two Bronx Casket Co. releases are included in the show, as well as 13 new songs D.D. Verni penned just for the musical.
It’s been five years since the BRONX CASKET CO. last released an album and has been well worth the wait.
(Source: eOne Music press release, January 7, 2011)
LONG LIVE THE BRONX CASKET CO.
Stone.
OVERKILL – European Killfest Tour 2011 Tour Dates!
Posted in Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags destruction, Extreme Metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, killfest tour 2011, metal music, metal odyssey, overkill, Thrash Metal, thrash metal tours 2011 on November 30, 2010 by Metal Odyssey
OVERKILL – My fellow European Metalheads, Thrashers and Old School Metallers… whatever Metal label you go by, the European Killfest Tour 2011 looks to be your destination for the ultimate Thrash Metal experience. Thrash Metal Legends Overkill will be headlining, with fellow Thrash legends Destruction supporting! Thrash veterans Heathen will be on the bill along with After All. The month of March, 2011 is going to be a Thrashtastic one to remember… courtesy of Overkill and their European Killfest Tour!
The following are tour dates for the European Killfest Tour 2011:
03/03/11 – GBR – London @ O2 Islington Academy
03/04/11 – GER – Köln @ Esslgfabrik
03/05/11 – GER – Geiselwind @ Music Hall
03/06/11 – GER – Stuttgart @ Longhorn
03/07/11 – GER – Frankfurt @ Batschkapp
03/08/11 – SWI – Zürich @ Volkshaus
03/09/11 – ITA – Milano @ Live Club
03/10/11 – AUT – Wörgl @ Komma
03/11/11 – HUN – Budapest @ Petőfi Hall
03/12/11 – TCH – Brno @ Fleda
03/13/11 – POL – Warsaw @ Stodola
03/15/11 – GER – Berlin @ Columbia Club
03/16/11 – GER – Hamburg @ Markthalle
03/17/11 – GER – Braunschweig @ Meier Music Hall
03/18/11 – BEL – Antwerpen @ Trix
03/19/11 – NED – Enschede @ Atak
(Source: Overkill official website: http://www.wreckingcrew.com)
* For more info on this European Killfest Tour 2011 and more Overkill news, just click on this link: OVERKILL
LONG LIVE OVERKILL.
LONG LIVE DESTRUCTION, HEATHEN and AFTER ALL.
THRASH METAL REIGNS.
Stone.
OVERKILL Side Project – THE BRONX CASKET CO. Signs To eOne Music
Posted in Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, Music, rock music, rock music news, Thrash Metal with tags antihero album 2011, d.d. verni, gothic metal, Heavy Metal, heavy metal news, metal music, metal odyssey, overkill, rock music news, the bronx casket co., Thrash Metal on November 27, 2010 by Metal Odyssey
Left to right: Jack Frost/guitar, Rob Pallotta/drums, Charlie Calv/keyboards and DD Verni/vocals & bass
(New York, NY) — eOne Music has signed a world wide deal with NY rock band THE BRONX CASKET CO. “I am totally psyched to be working with eOne for the new Bronx Casket release! They did an amazing job with the Overkill record and I know they will do the same for this. Having a label home where people “get” it and are psyched to work a record is a great feeling”, says front man DD Verni.
The band originally formed in 1998 by Overkill co-founder and bassist DD Verni. Having played in one of the most respected thrash bands ever for over 2 decades, why have another band? Two reasons, states DD, “the challenge of writing interesting new material and for fun of course!”
The bands second release caught the ear of playwright Andrea Lepcio. Soon after, Verni and Lepcio were collaborating with 3-time Tony Winner Hinton Battle to direct and choreograph. Soon the seeds of “The Bronx Casket Co., A New Musical” were planted. Verni quickly recruited several members from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra to perform. The cast consisted of performers from the Broadway shows Hairspray, Rent and Dance of the Vampire. There have been several performances off-Broadway for producers/backers and the show is still in the writing stages. It has a gothic/Broadway score with a twisted love story woven throughout. Songs from the first two Bronx Casket Co. releases are included in the show, as well as 13 new songs D.D. Verni penned just for the musical.
It’s been five years since THE BRONX CASKET CO. last released an album and has been well worth the wait. Verni concludes, “This Bronx Casket record is the best we have done, and we are looking forward to getting out on the road and doing some shows.” As with every Bronx Casket Co. release, Verni has charted new territory, and stretched his writing boundaries.
* The forthcoming 2011 album, from The Bronx Casket Co. is titled: Antihero
* Antihero has been produced and engineered by DD Verni, at his New Jersey based – Gear Recording Studio.
* For more info on THE BRONX CASKET CO., click on the link below:
THE BRONX CASKET CO. – myspace music
THE BRONX CASKET CO.
DD Verni – Vocals & Bass
Jack Frost – guitars
Charlie Calv – keyboards
Rob Pallotta – drums
Michael Romeo – shredding guitar solos on new album – Antihero
PARTIAL TRACK LISTING FOR ANTIHERO:
Antihero
Bonesaw
Holy Mother
NYC (Devil’s Playground)
You Look Like Hell
I Never Loved You Anyway
Death On Two Legs (Queen cover song)
My Way (Frank Sinatra cover song)
(Source: eOne Music press release, November 22, 2010)
LONG LIVE THE BRONX CASKET CO.
Stone.
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