OVERKILL
Thrash veterans prove you can teach old dogs new tricks after all
Overkill: still thrashin’ with passion
Scorched
NUCLEAR BLAST
AS THE WORLD gets to grips with Metallica’s 11th studio album proper, Overkill are close to lapping them with their 20th. The New Jersey thrashers might have spent four decades jostling elbows with Exodus and Testament just outside the Big 4, but they’ve always maintained their distinct approach, complete with pneumatic grooves, holler-along hooks and Bobby ‘Blitz’ Ellsworth’s instantly recognisable warbling growl.