In a current interview with Moshpit Ardour, Overkill‘s frontman Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth supplied a glimpse into the timeline for the New Jersey thrashers subsequent studio album. Followers eagerly awaiting the follow-up to Scorched (2023) can anticipate a brand new report on the horizon, although it could take some time.
In keeping with Ellsworth, the band is planning to start writing within the first half of 2025, with recording scheduled by the 12 months’s finish and a doable launch in 2026. “Properly, we simply sort of slot it right into a timeframe. We’re taking a look at, I suppose, nearly all of the primary half of 2025 as being that timeframe for the writing. And doubtless recording by the top of 2025 after which releasing in 2026. Now I do not know who we’re gonna launch with — I imply, I assume it is Nuclear Blast; they’ve another possibility. There is no course that we’re taking a look at,” he added.
The dialog additionally touched on the band’s method to adjustments, each musically and inside its lineup. Ellsworth emphasised that these shifts are sometimes extra obvious to these inside the band, and elaborated that Overkill‘s inner dynamics have been key of their decision-making, particularly in relation to personnel adjustments: “I do not assume directional adjustments are essentially acknowledged by the skin. It is extra acknowledged on the within as a result of I am concerned in all the inside workings of the band. We’re just like the mechanics that hold the machine operating, so we all know when one thing must be modified.”
Reflecting on the departure of former drummer Jason Bittner, Ellsworth commented, “Pay attention, he is an important drummer — do not get me flawed; he is an excellent buddy — however it was, like, you simply felt that change was coming as a result of… Pressure generally is a good factor in a heavy steel band, however an excessive amount of pressure can carry you to your personal demise; it might destroy the whole lot. So I believe that reinvention, particularly at this age, will not be essentially the correct manner to consider issues..”
At 65, Ellsworth is not fascinated about reinventing the band however moderately specializing in sharpening his present strengths: “I believe the way in which to consider it, at 65, is what are my strengths? And may I make my strengths stronger? Now after I discuss to you about dropping the cigarettes and the vaping, I bought stronger. Which is fucking bizarre for like a man who’s been doing this for… Guys do not reside so long as this [laughs], not to mention in rock and roll.
“So I believe the truth that I can put cigarettes down and go, ‘I can sing on a regular basis now,’ it is solely gonna make the information higher. And I believe that that was one, for positive, one of many emotions that we bought via ‘Scorched‘ was, like, ‘Take heed to this fucking…’ We sound like a fucking younger, fucking hungry, fucking we-fucking-mean-it band. And that is what the fucking steel is all about. So I am not gonna overthink it. I am not gonna reinvent, however I am gonna play to the strengths.”
When it comes to lineup adjustments, Overkill launched Jeramie Kling (ex-Venom Inc.) as their new drummer on the Posada Rock competition in Romania on August 30, following Bittner’s departure earlier within the month.
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