In a latest 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 count on a brand new file on the horizon, although it could take some time.
In accordance with Ellsworth, the band is planning to start writing within the first half of 2025, with recording scheduled by the yr’s finish and a potential launch in 2026. “Effectively, we simply form of slot it right into a timeframe. We’re , I suppose, nearly all of the primary half of 2025 as being that timeframe for the writing. And possibly 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 yet one more choice. There isn’t any route that we’re ,” he added.
The dialog additionally touched on the band’s strategy to modifications, each musically and inside its lineup. Ellsworth emphasised that these shifts are sometimes extra obvious to these throughout the band, and elaborated that Overkill‘s inner dynamics have been key of their decision-making, particularly in terms of personnel modifications: “I do not suppose directional modifications 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 maintain the machine working, 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 improper; he is good friend — however it was, like, you simply felt that change was coming as a result of… Stress generally is a good factor in a heavy metallic band, however an excessive amount of rigidity can carry you to your personal demise; it will possibly destroy every little thing. So I feel that reinvention, particularly at this age, will not be essentially the appropriate manner to think about issues..”
At 65, Ellsworth is not fascinated by reinventing the band however moderately specializing in sharpening his present strengths: “I feel the way in which to think about 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 obtained 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 feel the truth that I can put cigarettes down and go, ‘I can sing on a regular basis now,’ it is solely gonna make the data higher. And I feel that that was one, for certain, one of many emotions that we obtained via ‘Scorched‘ was, like, ‘Hearken to this fucking…’ We sound like a fucking younger, fucking hungry, fucking we-fucking-mean-it band. And that is what the fucking metallic 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 modifications, 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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