Legendary New Jersey thrashers, OVERKILL, recently announced their upcoming eighteenth album, The Grinding Wheel, which will be released on February 10th, 2017 via Nuclear Blast. Last week, the band revealed their second video trailer in which they talked about the lyrics of the brand new songs. Today, they publish the follow-up discussing the musical direction of the new album:

 

 

 

Catch up on the first trailers here:
Trailer #1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieuZx-wffsQ
Trailer #2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B65O3asbMj8#

Pre-order The Grinding Wheel digitally and receive ‘Our Finest Hour‘ instantly: http://nblast.de/OverkillTGWIT
Limited Edition Gatefold Splatter or Green Vinyl or Limited Edition Box Set at the Nuclear Blast UK store:  http://nblast.de/OverkillTGWNBUK
Limited Edition Digipack CD, CD or Limited Edition Gatefold Double Vinyl from Amazon.co.uk:  http://nblast.de/OverkillTGWAmzUK

 

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

Recently, the band released ‘Our Finest Hour‘. Enjoy an impression of the mighty thrash inferno with this lyric video and prepare to bang your heads even wilder in 2017:

 

OVERKILL live:
w/ NILE
14.02.  USA     Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero Theatre
15.02.  USA     Cleveland, OH – Agora Ballroom (w/ LORDI)
16.02.  USA     Columbus, OH – Park Street Saloon
17.02.  USA     Chicago, IL – Concorde Music Hall
18.02.  USA     Minneapolis, MN – The Cabooze
19.02.  USA     Lawrence, KS – Granada
20.02.  USA     Englewood, CO – Gothic Theater
22.02.  USA     Seattle, WA – El Corazon
23.02.  USA     Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
25.02.  USA     Anaheim, CA – City National Grove
26.02.  USA     Tempe, AZ – Club Red
27.02.  USA     Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
28.02.  USA     Dallas, TX – Trees
01.03.  USA     Houston, TX – Scout Bar
02.03.  USA     San Antonio, TX – Alamo City Music Hall
03.03.  USA     New Orleans, LA – Southport Music Hall
04.03.  USA     Ybor City, FL – The Ritz Ybor
05.03.  USA     Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse

w/ NILE, AMORPHIS, SWALLOW THE SUN
06.03.  USA     Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore
07.03.  USA     Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
08.03.  USA     Washington, DC – Howard Theatre
09.03.  USA     Clifton Park, NY – Upstate Concert Hall
10.03.  USA     Worcester, MA – Palladium*
11.03.  USA     Sayerville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
* with NILE only

22. – 24.06.     DK       Copenhagen – Copenhell
09. – 12.08.     E          Villena – Leyendas Del Rock
10. – 12.08.     D         Schlotheim – Party.San Open Air
01./02.12        D         Geiselwind – Christmas Bash
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More info:
www.wreckingcrew.com