OVERKILL’S ‘The Grinding Wheel’ Album Out Now!

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Michael Juvinall in Uncategorized // 0 Comments

New York long-time thrash metal masters Overkill have just released their latest slab of audio mayhem, The Grinding Wheel, yesterday via Nuclear Blast Records. Let me tell you this album is intense and pure Overkill all-the-way.

From The Press Release

“The Grinding Wheel well surpasses the recent offerings by the Big Four, noble as most of the latter’s recent offerings have been. If DESTRUCTION won the thrash sweepstakes in 2016, consider OVERKILL early on front runners for 2017.”
BLABBERMOUTH (US)

“The Grinding Wheel mixes impressively fast old school vibes with a progressive songwriting, killer choruses and the signature OVERKILL groove of the 90s. New Jersey’s Finest once again managed to both keep and evolve their unique sound This is how traditional fresh thrash should sound in 2017.”
LEGACY (D)

“Fast thrash with a groovy touch, lots of melody and excellent vocals. OVERKILL proves that they are still one of the leading bands in thrash metal. This 18th album is a killer.”
ROCK TRIBUNE (B)

Today, the legendary New Jersey thrash metallers, OVERKILL, release their highly anticipated 18th studio album The Grinding Wheel and unveil another trailer where singer Bobby Blitz speaks about his influences and how he enjoyed to scare his parents with them. Watch the new clip here: https://youtu.be/GFbUC1-g_CQ

Order the physical formats of The Grinding Wheel here: http://nblast.de/OverkillGrindingWheel

Or get the digital album here: http://nblast.de/OverkillDownloads

The Grinding Wheel was produced by the band and mixed by Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, ACCEPT, EXODUS). The artwork was created again by Travis Smith (NEVERMORE, OPETH, SOILWORK, DEATH…).

Below is the track listing for The Grinding Wheel:

1.	Mean Green Killing Machine
2.	Goddamn Trouble
3.	Our Finest Hour
4.	Shine On
5.	The Long Road
6.	Let’s All Go To Hades
7.	Come Heavy
8.	Red White And Blue
9.	The Wheel
10.	The Grinding Wheel

Legendary New Jersey thrashers, OVERKILL, kick-of their 2017 North American trek with Egyptian themed technical death metal champions and label mates NILE on February 14th at The Trocadero in Philadelphia! The trek stops in Chicago, Anaheim, and Washington, DC before ending at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ.

OVERKILL will be touring in support of their upcoming album, The Grinding Wheel, which will be released February 10th via Nuclear Blast. Recently, the band released the video for “Our Finest Hour”. Enjoy an impression of the mighty thrash inferno with this lyric video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElxZ1oz9A68

NILE is touring in support of their latest release What Should Not Be Unearthed. Watch the official lyric video for “Evil To Cast Out Evil” on the Nuclear Blast Youtube Channel.

Joining OVERKILL and NILE for select shows are melancholic progressive metallers AMORPHIS and melodic doom/death merchants SWALLOW THE SUN.

Tickets for the confirmed shows are now available for purchase at Enterthevault.com and all other ticket outlets.

Catch OVERKILL live at the following dates:
2/14/2017 Trocadero Theatre – Philadelphia, PA
2/15/2017 Agora Ballroom (w/ LORDI) – Cleveland, OH
2/16/2017 Park Street Saloon – Columbus, OH
2/17/2017 Concord Music Hall – Chicago, IL
2/18/2017 The Cabooze – Minneapolis, MN
2/19/2017 Granada Theater – Lawrence, KS
2/20/2017 Gothic Theatre – Englewood, CO
2/22/2017 El Corazon – Seattle, WA
2/23/2017 Hawthorne Theater – Portland, OR
2/24/2016 Slim’s – San Francisco, CA
2/25/2017 City National Grove – Anaheim, CA
2/26/2017 Club Red – Tempe, AZ
2/27/2017 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
2/28/2017 Trees – Dallas, TX
3/01/2017 Scout Bar – Houston, TX
3/02/2017 Alamo City Music Hall – San Antonio, TX
3/03/2017 Southport Music Hall – New Orleans, LA
3/04/2017 The Ritz Ybor – Ybor City, FL
3/05/2017 Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA
3/6/2017 The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC **
3/7/2017 The NorVa – Norfolk, VA **
3/8/2017 Howard Theatre – Washington, DC **
3/9/2017 Upstate Concert Hall – Clifton Park, NY **
3/10/2017 Palladium – Worcester, MA
3/11.2017 Starland Ballroom – Sayerville, NJ **
** With AMORPHIS & SWALLOW THE SUN