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Overkill

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Thrash Metal

http://www.wreckingcrew.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/overkill
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OverkillWreckingCrew

4 дек 2024 :	JASON BITTNER On His Decision To Leave OVERKILL: 'I'd Been Dissatisfied For A Long Time'
3 дек 2024 :	OVERKILL's BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH Explains D.D. VERNI's Absence From Recent Shows
11 ноя 2024 :	Watch: OVERKILL Performs Without Guitarist DEREK TAILER In Milwaukee
25 окт 2024 :	OVERKILL Recruits ex-FEAR FACTORY Bassist CHRISTIAN OLDE WOLBERS For North American Shows
12 окт 2024 :	D.D. VERNI: How OVERKILL Goes About Finding Replacement Musicians
17 сен 2024 :	OVERKILL's D.D. VERNI On JASON BITTNER's Departure: 'We Kind Of Knew It Was Coming'
13 сен 2024 :	OVERKILL Recruits Ex-KREATOR Bassist CHRISTIAN 'SPEESY' GIESLER For European Shows
12 сен 2024 :	BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH: No New OVERKILL Album Before 2026
4 сен 2024 :	OVERKILL Plays First Concert With New Drummer JERAMIE KLING (Video)
24 авг 2024 :	OVERKILL Recruits Ex-VENOM INC. Drummer JERAMIE KLING
5 авг 2024 :	Drummer JASON BITTNER Announces His Departure From OVERKILL
31 июл 2024 :	OVERKILL To Use Stand-In Bassist For Some Shows In September, Says BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH
4 июн 2024 :	See HD Video Of OVERKILL's Entire Concert In Lititz, Pennsylvania During Spring 2024 Tour
21 май 2024 :	OVERKILL Bassist D.D. VERNI Returns To Live Stage After Shoulder Surgery
22 апр 2024 :	Watch: OVERKILL Performs In Quito With Ex-MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON
15 апр 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON Praises OVERKILL: 'They Don't Have A 'Risk' Or A 'St. Anger' Anywhere In Their Catalog'
14 апр 2024 :	Watch: Ex-MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON Performs With OVERKILL For First Time
11 апр 2024 :	Watch OVERKILL Rehearse With DAVID ELLEFSON For Upcoming South American Tour
31 мар 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON Says He Was Originally Approached In Late 2023 About Filling In For D.D. VERNI In OVERKILL
13 мар 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON To Play Bass For OVERKILL On 2024 Latin American Tour
29 янв 2024 :	BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH To People Who Say OVERKILL Is 'A One-Trick Pony': 'You're Not Listening'
28 дек 2023 :	Watch Pro-Shot Video Of OVERKILL's Performance At Colombia's ROCK AL PARQUE Festival
24 авг 2023 :	OVERKILL's BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH Details His Latest Bout With COVID-19: 'It Wasn't Easy'
7 авг 2023 :	See OVERKILL Perform In Parking Lot Of MetLife Stadium Before METALLICA Concert
20 июл 2023 :	OVERKILL - Fan-Filmed Video Of Entire Scorching The Earth US Tour Kick-Off Show In San Francisco Streaming
15 июл 2023 :	Watch: OVERKILL Kicks Off 'Scorching The Earth' U.S. Tour In San Francisco

10 окт 2019

BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH Says New OVERKILL Album 'The Wings Of War' Has A 'Certain Kind Of Committed Brutality'

Metal Exhumator conducted an interview with frontman Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of New Jersey thrash veterans OVERKILL prior to the band's September 15 concert at Le Metronum in Toulouse, France. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET).

On what OVERKILL's "next steps" are after the release of this year's "The Wings Of War" studio album:

Bobby: "We had just a different chemistry. I think that's what is portrayed on this record, and that obviously is Jason [Bittner, drums] and what he brought into the band. We're not the kind of people who are going to say, 'Do it this way.' We wanted to see what he had. I think that I don't know if it's a step, but I do think that we got different results with pretty much the same formula, then add Jason. What's going to happen next? I couldn't even tell you. I think the fun part of doing this is that there is a surprise still. I think this record is a surprise. It's full of melody, but it's full of a certain kind of committed brutality that has melody injected into it. I think they were the good results we got out of it with Jason."

On whether it was important for OVERKILL to inject new blood into the band:

Bobby: "It never hurts. To have new chemistry, you need to have fresh blood. You can't have new chemistry with the same old members. By having somebody like Jason come in, it just changes everything instantly. We think differently. We play differently. The old songs are a little bit different. Things that we take for granted are no longer there. It keeps your game sharp. It keeps the whole thinking about, it's not just another day, but it's another situation by having a new member. New blood can be good sometimes."

On the new song "Distortion":

Bobby: "When I first heard the main riff, I knew there was something special. I think although the band excels at speed, one of our hidden talents is the mid-tempo songs. The mid-tempos are the ones that can be the ones that are the most gratifying because they're harder to put together and still get the same kind of an impact than you would get with speed. So, when I heard this as being the dynamic on the record or one of the dynamics or changes, it was obviously exciting. As it grew, for instance, the introduction, for instance, the chorus being, and making it simple and not overthinking it. It's probably one of the more simple songs on the record. I think it gave us the opportunity to, let's say, re-inject the old days of 'Horrorscope', or something like that, but with a modern twist to it, with 2019 in mind, and with Jason Bittner in mind. It's one of the standout songs based on its contrast to what's the norm for us."

On whether he discusses songwriting ideas with bassist D.D. Verni while on tour:

Bobby: "We just sat down and talked about starting to write in the spring. Maybe late spring, early summer, just say maybe we should just schedule some time to do it. But there's been no ideas with regard to where it's going to go. I think the fun part is that it's kind of a surprise. We know what it's going to be. To us, each record is very different. I think to a lot of people, they say, 'Oh, they never change.' To me, it's always, 'Every record feels different.' You could have never found 'Distortion' on [1994's] 'W.F.O.'. You could have never of found 'Last Man Standing' or '[Welcome To The] Garden State' on 'The Electric Age' [2012]. You can't. It's whatever comes of that era. I think that's the fun thing about still making records, is that it's a representation of what we are at the time when we're writing it. Not about all this thought that goes into it. It's more about action versus reaction: 'That's a great riff. Let me hear that vocal line again.' It's real creation. It's not, 'Okay, here's the plan and here's the map.' It's not that. It just happens. I think that's the most natural way to get the best results."

"The Wings Of War" was released in February via Nuclear Blast.

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