New Jersey thrash metal legends OVERKILL have announced that the forthcoming new album will be pushed back from the previously announced release date of March to July of this year. In addition, the band has also postponed all shows originally scheduled for March (except for the U.K. dates) to the fall. OVERKILL’s new CD will be released in North America via eOne Music and in Europe through Nuclear Blast Records.
OVERKILL comments: “We are still working on the new record, but this is gonna be worth the wait, with more old school face-melting thrash!”
OVERKILL released a very special limited tour edition of its latest album, The Electric Age in Europe on April 19, 2013 via Nuclear Blast Records. The limited 2-CD tour edition included the regular album as well as a four additional live tracks on a bonus CD, recorded at The Metro in Sidney, Australia on September 25, 2010. The Electric Age sold 6,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position #77 on The Billboard 200 chart.