Legendary New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL will unleash their 19th studio record, The Wings Of War, on February 22, 2019, via Nuclear Blast.
The band previously announced an extended European tour due to take place in support of their upcoming studio album. OVERKILL will be joining forces with the German cult thrash metal band and label mates DESTRUCTION, legendary thrash metallers FLOTSAM & JETSAM and up and coming Australian thrash squad MESHIAAK for the ‘KILLFEST TOUR 2019.‘
Commented OVERKILL vocalist Bobby Blitz:
“ONE MORE FUCKING TIME! Let the shit fall away and the metal rule the day. OVERKILL comes to Europe in March 2019 on the release of the new album. So get your necks ready boys and girls, it’s going to be dangerous!”
Schmier from DESTRUCTION adds:
“Touring with some of the most influential American Thrash icons is always a pleasure. We became good friends over all those years, I’m happy we are ALL still around and we can thrash Europe together. Also, some of the Australian boys from MESHIAAK have toured with us Down Under before with their predecessor band 4 ARM. What an intense family-reunion…hahaha!”
KILLFEST TOUR 2019
OVERKILL
DESTRUCTION
FLOTSAM & JETSAM
MESHIAAK
08.03. I Bologna – Zona Roveri
09.03. I Fontaneto d’Agogna (NO) – Phenomenon
10.03. D Munich – Backstage
11.03. H Budapest – Barba Negra Music Club
12.03. PL Wroclaw – A2
13.03. PL Gdansk – B90
14.03. D Berlin – Columbia Theater
15.03. NL Eindhoven – Effenaar
16.03. D Osnabrück – Hyde Park
17.03. D Frankfurt – Batschkapp
18.03. CH Zurich – Dynamo
20.03. F Paris – Le Trabendo
21.03. UK London – O2 Academy Islington
22.03. UK Pwllheli – Hammerfest*
23.03. IRL Dublin – The Academy
24.03. UK Glasgow – SWG3
*without DESTRUCTION
Recently, the band launched the first parts of their multi-part documentary series entitled ‘Welcome To The Garden States‘:
Part I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdKqHP0a_aM
Part II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdmaSx0rRUA
Part III: https://youtu.be/DpH_W529TsE
Part IV: https://youtu.be/X43zqdUU8fA
Stay tuned for the upcoming episodes that will detail the journey to the upcoming album, ‘The Wings Of War’.
Recently, the band released the second single entitled, “Head Of A Pin”. Watch the lyric video here: https://youtu.be/zniDdYOLYt0
Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth comments, “Head of a Pin” took a long time to come together, it is probably the tune that went through the most changes and the last one I finished. Looking back on it’s development, the time invested was all well worth it. The tonality of the guitar shines on it and the song goes ‘other places’, traditional with a touch of the down-low-dirty riff, and a sing-along chorus…personally, one of my favorites offThe Wings of War.”
Watch the lyric video for the first single ‘Last Man Standing’ here: https://youtu.be/uIfUeUCYudo
Pre-order ‘The Wings Of War’ now: http://nuclearblast.com/overkill-thewingsofwar
Available formats:
CD Digipak
CD Digi + T-Shirt + Poster Bundle
Green Cassette
Grey Vinyl (limited to 1,500)
Green with Yellow Splatter vinyl (limited to 500)Please note that imported items will ship
The Wings Of War was recorded at Gear Recording Studio in New Jersey, SKH Studio in Florida, Shorefire Studio and Jrod Productions with engineering handled by DD and Dave. The album was produced by the band while Chris ‘Zeuss’ Harris handled the mixing and mastering. Travis Smith (NEVERMORE, OPETH, SOILWORK, DEATH…) was once again enlisted to create the artwork for the album.
Tracklist for ‘The Wings Of War‘:
1. Last Man Standing
2. Believe In The Fight
3. Head Of A Pin
4. Bat Shit Crazy
5. Distortion
6. A Mother’s Prayer
7. Welcome To The Garden State
8. Where Few Dare To Walk
9. Out On The Road-Kill
10. Hole In My Soul
The gentlemen of OVERKILL are:
Bobby ‘Blitz’ Ellsworth – Vocals
D.D. Verni – Bass
Dave Linsk – Lead Guitar
Derek Tailer – Rhythm Guitar
Jason Bittner – Drums
