Scorched (Overkill album) explained

Scorched
Type:studio
Artist:Overkill
Cover:Album cover for Scorched by Overkill.jpg
Released:April 14, 2023
Recorded:2020–2022
Studio:Gear Recording Studio, Shrewsbury, New Jersey
SKH Recording Studios, Stuart, Florida
JRod Productions, Pomona, New York
The Recording Company, Sloansville, New York[1]
Genre:Thrash metal
Label:Nuclear Blast
Prev Title:The Wings of War
Prev Year:2019

Scorched is the twentieth studio album by American thrash metal band Overkill, released on April 14, 2023.[2] It is the band's first studio album in four years, following The Wings of War (2019), the longest gap between studio albums for the band. This is also the last Overkill album to feature drummer Jason Bittner, who left the band in August 2024.[3]

Background

Overkill had announced plans to work on the follow-up to The Wings of War as early as October 2019.[4] Progress on the album had slowly been taking shape for more than two years, with bassist D.D. Verni having written nine songs for the album by April 2020,[5] and the band began recording it in September.[6] [7] Drum tracks had been finished by that October,[7] and mixing was handled by Colin Richardson, who had previously worked with Overkill in the late 1990s and early 2000s.[8] Mastering was done by Maor Appelbaum.

The release date of Scorched was postponed on numerous occasions, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The album was intended to be released in April 2021,[9] but it was soon pushed back to the summer or fall of 2021,[7] [8] and then later to early 2022,[10] and finally to the spring of 2023.[11]

Personnel

Overkill

Charts

Chart (2023)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[12] 64
US Current Album Sales (Billboard)[13] 12

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Overkill – Scorched (NBR 69572, NB 6957-2) . Discogs . March 2, 2024.
  2. Web site: Overkill To Release Scorched Album In April; Visualizer For "The Surgeon" Single Streaming Now. Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. January 27, 2023. January 27, 2023.
  3. Web site: Drummer JASON BITTNER Exits OVERKILL. Blabbermouth.net. August 5, 2024. August 5, 2024.
  4. News: Bobby 'Blitz' Ellsworth Says New Overkill Album 'The Wings Of War' Has A 'Certain Kind Of Committed Brutality'. Blabbermouth.net. October 2, 2019. January 23, 2023.
  5. News: Overkill Has Nine Songs Musically Written For Next Album. Blabbermouth.net. April 24, 2020. January 23, 2023.
  6. Web site: OVERKILL To Begin Recording New Album Next Week. Blabbermouth.net. September 5, 2020. January 23, 2023.
  7. Web site: OVERKILL Probably Won't Play Any Socially Distanced Or Drive-In Concerts: Our Singer Is 'Immune System Compromised'. Blabbermouth.net. October 22, 2020. January 23, 2023.
  8. Web site: Overkill Taps Colin Richardson For New Album Mix. Blabbermouth.net. November 27, 2020. January 23, 2023.
  9. Web site: Overkill Has 10 Songs Written For Next Album; April 2021 Release Targeted. Blabbermouth.net. June 10, 2020. January 23, 2023.
  10. Web site: Overkill – Planning To Mix Next Studio Album This Fall. Metal Storm. August 19, 2021. January 23, 2023.
  11. Web site: OVERKILL's New Album Won't Arrive Before April 2023. Blabbermouth.net. March 17, 2022. January 23, 2023.
  12. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of April 19, 2023. Billboard Japan. ja. April 19, 2023.
  13. Web site: Metal By Numbers: Metallica leads the charts – 4/28/2023. Metal Insider. 28 April 2023 . en. May 5, 2023.