Legendary New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL are proud to announce their return to Jersey on November 13th at The Wellmont Theater. The night will feature a special guest and long-time friend of the band Phil Demmel who will be filling in for Dave Linsk. Don’t miss the band’s first show since…
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OVERKILL: ‘The Atlantic Years 1986 -1994’ Vinyl And CD Box Sets Due In October
An integral part of the early-’80s thrash metal movement that spawned acts like METALLICA and ANTHRAX, New Jersey’s OVERKILL garnered a reputation for brutal, pounding speed and technique. Taking their moniker from the 1979 MOTÖRHEAD album of the same name, an early demo, “Power In Black”, made waves in the…
D.D. VERNI & THE CADILLAC BAND Share “Olivia…That’s Who!” Second Single + Video From Their Debut Album ‘Let’s Rattle’ Out September 17
D.D. VERNI & THE CADILLAC BAND today (August 18) unveil “Olivia…that’s Who!” the second single and video from their debut album LET’S RATTLE, due out September 17 (via MVD). As with the album’s lead single and video “Cadillac Man,” the new single underlines the high-energy original swingin’ and rockin’ big-band…
BPMD – Featuring Bobby Blitz, Mike Portnoy, Mark Menghi and Phil Demmel – to Release New Album, American Made
The time has come! Shortly following the recent announcement of their signing with Napalm Records, BPMD – the new juggernaut featuring heavy metal icons Bobby Blitz (Overkill) on vocals, drummer Mike Portnoy (The Winery Dogs, Sons of Apollo), bassist Mark Menghi (Metal Allegiance) and guitarist Phil Demmel (Vio-lence, ex-Machine Head) –…
Best of 2019
Top 20 Metal Albums of 2019 As always, the top albums of the year are for full albums (no EP’s or demos) released in 2019. They are new studio albums for the year, not re-recordings, re-releases, cover songs, or live albums. Below the combined top 20 you will find links…
Best of 2019: Marko Syrjälä
BEST ALBUMS OF 2019 WHITESNAKE FLESH & BLOOD David Coverdale and his snakes return with FLESH AND BLOOD. The album is the band’s most fresh and vital album since SLIP OF THE TONGUE (1989). The renewed line-up sounds just fantastic together. Reb Beach and Joel Hoekstra make a great guitar…
Overkill + Destruction + Flotsam and Jetsam @ SWG3, Glasgow
Overkill + Destruction + Flotsam and Jetsam @ SWG3, Glasgow Sunday, 24th March 2019 Review By: Pete Mutant Photography By: Gavin Lowrey Overkill were back in Glasgow, almost three years after their last visit to these parts where some stuff happened which messed with the supporting acts, and what could…
Overkill – The Wings of War
Reviewed: April, 2019 Released: 2019, Nuclear Blast Rating: 4.0/5 Reviewer: Pete Mutant Bloody hell, it’s Overkill album time yet again and here is album nineteen, ‘The Wings of War’. Having just seen Overkill on their most recent tour, I was leaving the writing of this until the last minute so…
Overkill-The Wings Of War
Overkill – The Wings Of War Label: Nuclear Blast Released: 2019 Reviewed: April 2019 Reviewed by: Manos X Rating: 4.5 / 5 It’s 2019 and OVERKILL are back with their 19th album!! Man I’m having such a hard time digesting this. Can’t believe it’s 30 years since the time I…
Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth of Overkill on New CD, The Wings of War – We Have to Have Some Fun and Keep Ourselves Interested!
Interview by Robert Cavuoto Overkill will be releasing their 19th CD, The Wings of War on February 22th via Nuclear Blast Records. It is by far the band’s most brutal CD to date. Right out of the gate Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth [Vocals], D.D. Verni [Bass], Dave Linsk [Guitar], Derek Tailer…
Overkill bassist D.D Verni- solo album details revealed
D.D. VERNI REVEAL ARTWORK AND TRACKLIST OF HIS SOLO ALBUM “BARRICADE” “Barricade” tracklist: 01. Fire Up 02. Miracle Drug 03. Off My Leash 04. (We are) The Broken Ones 05. Lost In The Underground 06. The Party of No 07. Night of the Swamp King 08. We Were Young…
OverKill Release Third Single & Video Clip For “Second Son”
Legendary New Jersey thrashers, OVERKILL have announced they will release their Live In Overhausen album on May 18, 2018 via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band have released the video clip for the third digital single “Second Son”. The video can be seen here: The band states: “The old school is alive in Live at Overhausen, let the thrashing begin, or…
Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth on New DVD/CD, Live in Overhausen – The Name of the band is Overkill So We Had to Make this it Bigger & Better!
Interview by Robert Cavuoto Legendary New Jersey thrashers, Overkill have announced the release of their new DVD/CD, Live in Overhausen due out on May 18, 2018, via Nuclear Blast. For over 36 years, Overkill has dominated and with the coinciding 30 year anniversary of Feel the Fire and the 25th anniversary…
OVERKILL Release Second Single & Video Clip
Pre- Order Available Here Legendary New Jersey thrashers, OVERKILL have announced they will release their Live In Overhausenalbum on May 18, 2018 via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band have released the video clip for the second digital single “Thanx For Nothin’”. The video can be seen here: The band states: “I think what made this special for us…
D.D. VERNI of OVERKILL signs worldwide deal with Mighty Music; Solo album out this Autumn
Overkill songwriter and bassist DD Verni will be releasing his long awaited debut album worldwide through Mighty Music in October. “There’s some metal, punk, classic rock…..its all in there, from Queen to Green Day to Metallica, I think we covered all the basses!”, declares D.D. Verni. D.D. Verni’s first effort…