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Scorched (Overkill album)

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Scorched
Studio album by
Overkill
ReleasedApril 14, 2023
Recorded2020–2022
StudioGear Recording Studio, Shrewsbury, New Jersey
SKH Recording Studios, Stuart, Florida
JRod Productions, Pomona, New York
The Recording Company, Sloansville, New York[1]
GenreThrash metal
Length51:05
LabelNuclear Blast
Overkill chronology
The Wings of War
(2019) 		Scorched
(2023)
Singles from Scorched
  1. "The Surgeon"
    Released: January 27, 2023[2]
  2. "Wicked Place"
    Released: March 14, 2023[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net8/10[4]
Classic Rock[5]
KNAC.com4.8/5[6]
Metal Forces8.5/10[7]
Metal injection7/10[8]

Scorched is the twentieth studio album by American thrash metal band Overkill, released on April 14, 2023.[9] 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.[10]

Background

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Overkill had announced plans to work on the follow-up to The Wings of War as early as October 2019.[11] 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,[12] and the band began recording it in September.[13][14] Drum tracks had been finished by that October,[14] and mixing was handled by Colin Richardson, who had previously worked with Overkill in the late 1990s and early 2000s.[15] 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,[16] but it was soon pushed back to the summer or fall of 2021,[14][15] and then later to early 2022,[17] and finally to the spring of 2023.[2][18]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by D.D. Verni and Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth

Scorched track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Scorched"6:13
2."Goin' Home"4:31
3."The Surgeon"5:33
4."Twist of the Wick"5:34
5."Wicked Place"5:00
6."Won't Be Comin' Back"4:30
7."Fever"5:33
8."Harder They Fall"4:23
9."Know Her Name"5:11
10."Bag o' Bones"4:37
Total length:51:05

Personnel

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Overkill

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Charts

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Chart performance for Scorched
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[19] 29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[20] 154
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[21] 147
French Albums (SNEP)[22] 164
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[23] 10
Japanese Hot Albums (Billboard Japan)[24] 64
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[25] 13
Scottish Albums (OCC)[26] 12
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[27] 66
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[28] 7
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[29] 54
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[30] 7
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[31] 4
US Current Album Sales (Billboard)[32] 12

References

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  1. ^ "Overkill – Scorched (NBR 69572, NB 6957-2)". Discogs. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Overkill To Release New Single, 'The Surgeon', Next Week". Blabbermouth.net. January 20, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  3. ^ "Overkill Shares New Single 'Wicked Place' From Scorched Album". Blabbermouth.net. March 14, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  4. ^ Dom Lawson (2023-04-11). "Scorched". Blabbermouth. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
  5. ^ Sleazegrinder (2023-04-14). "Overkill's Scorched: No ballads, no compromises, just pure, vicious thrash metal". loudersound.com. Classic Rock. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  6. ^ "Reviews – Overkill 'Scorched'". knac.com. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  7. ^ Neil Arnold. "Overkill — Scorched (2023) — Album Review". metalforcesmagazine.com. Metal Forces. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  8. ^ Kevin Stewart-Panko (2023-04-13). "Album Review: OVERKILL Scorched". Metal Injection. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
  9. ^ "Overkill To Release Scorched Album In April; Visualizer For "The Surgeon" Single Streaming Now". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. January 27, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  10. ^ "Drummer JASON BITTNER Exits OVERKILL". Blabbermouth.net. August 5, 2024. Retrieved August 5, 2024.
  11. ^ "Bobby 'Blitz' Ellsworth Says New Overkill Album 'The Wings Of War' Has A 'Certain Kind Of Committed Brutality'". Blabbermouth.net. October 2, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  12. ^ "Overkill Has Nine Songs Musically Written For Next Album". Blabbermouth.net. April 24, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  13. ^ "OVERKILL To Begin Recording New Album Next Week". Blabbermouth.net. September 5, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  14. ^ a b c "OVERKILL Probably Won't Play Any Socially Distanced Or Drive-In Concerts: Our Singer Is 'Immune System Compromised'". Blabbermouth.net. October 22, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  15. ^ a b "Overkill Taps Colin Richardson For New Album Mix". Blabbermouth.net. November 27, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  16. ^ "Overkill Has 10 Songs Written For Next Album; April 2021 Release Targeted". Blabbermouth.net. June 10, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  17. ^ "Overkill – Planning To Mix Next Studio Album This Fall". Metal Storm. August 19, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  18. ^ "OVERKILL's New Album Won't Arrive Before April 2023". Blabbermouth.net. March 17, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
  19. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Overkill – Scorched" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  20. ^ "Ultratop.be – Overkill – Scorched" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  21. ^ "Ultratop.be – Overkill – Scorched" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  22. ^ "Lescharts.com – Overkill – Scorched". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  23. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Overkill – Scorched" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  24. ^ "Billboard Japan Hot Albums – Week of April 19, 2023". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  25. ^ "OLiS - oficjalna lista sprzedaży - albumy" (in Polish). OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. Note: Change the date to 14.04.2023 under "zmień zakres od–do:". Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  26. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  27. ^ "Top 100 Albums Weekly". El portal de Música. Promusicae. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  28. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Overkill – Scorched". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  29. ^ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  30. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  31. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  32. ^ "Metal By Numbers: Metallica leads the charts – 4/28/2023". Metal Insider. 28 April 2023. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
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