Tag: Overkill

Bootleg: Overkill at Wacken!

New Jersey Thrash overlords Overkill were caught partying on camera on the Louder stage at Wacken Open Air Festival last year and the powers that be have dropped no less than three cuts from thar set, pro-shot for your viewing pleasure. That’s “Hello From The Gutter“, “Mean Green Killing Machine” and “Ironbound” with new album

Interview: Overkill talk “Scorched” with Belgian Jasper!

After 43 years of playing trailblazing Thrash Metal you could excuse them if Overkill wanted to rest on their laurels and tour their existing material without any desire to write anything new. However that simply isn’t on the agenda for them and new album “Scorched” proves there is still plenty of fight left in the

NEWS: Overkill love the smell of Napalm in the morning!

Celebrating the arrival of the highly anticipated twentieth studio album from Overkill, label home Nuclear Blast have shared a music video for the title track “Scorched“. Mixed by the legendary Colin Richardson (Fear Factory, Machine Head, Sepultura) the record marks their second with Shadows Fall and former Flotsam and Jetsam drummer Jason Bittner gracing the

NEWS: Overkill play the wicked game?

Fresh from that interview with Heavy New York Overkill main man Bobby Blitz is describing new single “Wicked Place” as “One of my favorite rides on the record, a big thick groove reminiscent of days gone by, with a modern punch in the snoot! Get Wicked!”. The cut is the second to be unleashed ahead

Interview: Overkill talk “Scorched” with Heavy New York!

Hardcore Vs Metal, lyrical inspirations, upcoming album #20 in “Scorched” and a deep dive into the bands catalog are all on the cards as Heavy New York talk to Bobby Blitz from legendary American Thrash powerhouse Overkill in this latest in their long running line of high quality interviews. The new album will see the

NEWS: Overkill prepare for surgery…

Wrecking necks since 1980, New Jersey Thrash overlords Overkill have shared their second new cut in three years with one called “The Surgeon” which follows the live debut in December at Ruhrpott Metal Meeting Festival in Germany another called “Wicked Place“. Both will appear on the bands twentieth studio album “Scorched” which will drop via

Live Review: Rabidfest 2022 Day #2 (Sunday)!

It maybe pouring with rain outside but we have the warmth of The Bullingdon as refuge in the heart of Oxford for day two of this year’s incarnation of Rabidfest. We just hope that any homeless folks have managed to find shelter from the inclement weather as we prepare for another tsunami of riffs, powerhouse

Live Review: Rabidfest 2022 Day #1 (Saturday)!

The day is finally upon us and Oxford beckons for 20 bands at The Bullingdon and this year’s incarnation of Rabidfest. A celebration of the great and the good in the UK underground Metal scene that also pays attention to some of the local talent, it’s a vitally important event in the calendar for the

Rabidfest 2022: Breaking Down The Bands #18: Red Method!

“We live it everyday, in this cycle of violence, Through your world I bring suffering and grief, In this endless cycle of violence, Through your world I bring suffering and grief, I, It feels I’m getting colder, I, demons calling my name, Yeah! Now I know, I’m dependent again, I swear deep down I’m clinical,

Rabidfest 2022: Breaking Down The Bands #17: Krysthla!

“Blood is running through your hands like a vision without colour lifeless grey burn the gift of life itself premonition see the end the darkest day feigning truth a wretched lie is a weapon live and die now by the sword poisoning their brainwashed minds like a venom suffer through a new dischord Caught in