''Scorched'' is the twentieth studio album by American thrash metal band

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, released on April 14, 2023. It is the band's first studio album in four years, following ''

The Wings of War ''The Wings of War'' is the 19th studio album by American thrash metal band Overkill, released on February 22, 2019. It is the band's first album to feature drummer Jason Bittner, making it their first one without Ron Lipnicki since '' ReliXIV'' ...

'' (2019), the longest gap between studio albums for the band.

Background

Overkill had announced plans to work on the follow-up to ''The Wings of War'' as early as October 2019. Progress on the album had slowly been taking shape for more than two years, with bassist

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having written nine songs for the album by April 2020, and the band began recording it in September. Drum tracks had been finished by that October, and mixing was handled by Colin Richardson, who had previously worked with Overkill in the late 1990s and early 2000s. 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, but it was soon pushed back to the summer or fall of 2021, and then later to early 2022, and finally to the spring of 2023.

Track listing

Personnel

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Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth Robert Ellsworth (born May 3, 1959), best known as Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth, is an American singer who is the lead vocalist of New Jersey thrash metal band Overkill. He has been the vocalist of Overkill since its inception in 1980, and he and b ...

– vocals *

– bass * Dave Linsk – lead guitar * Derek Tailer – rhythm guitar *

Jason Bittner Jason Bittner (born January 11, 1970 in Niskayuna, New York) is an American drummer, best known as the drummer for American metal band Shadows Fall. He is also the current drummer for Overkill since 2017, and was the drummer for the thrash meta ...

– drums

Charts

References

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