Overkill frontman Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth recently spoke with The Metal Voice and gave an update on the band’s forthcoming new album. Regarding that, he stated:
“I think we caught a wave on the last 4 records part of that wave was Ron Lipnicki behind the drums and now Ron is now gone so now I don’t know what to expect. The beauty of it is that when you are inside the writing team that’s what becomes motivational. Obviously the new album is going to be a heavy metal record we don’t deviate so much from our formula but what is that record going to sound like?
At this point it sounds like a metal record to me. Jason Bittner‘s (Shadows Fall, Flotsam And Jetsam) addition to the band as the drummer is going to make it bombastic in some cases he is the state of the art when it comes to hitting the skins. So I really think that we have an opportunity here to make something here that is great. I’m not going to say out do anything but who knows it can be a new chapter of Overkill.”
While the band are keeping quiet for now on who will produce the effort, he stated that a February 2019 release date is being planned for the album. May 18th will see the release of a new live release from the band called “Live In Overhausen“. It features a special 25th anniversary live performance of “Horrorscope” and a 30th anniversary performance of “Feel The Fire” that took place at the Turbinenhalle 2 in Oberhausen, Germany back on April 16th, 2016.
