![]() ![]() ![]() We're not on everyone's lips until we're touring, or we're on a festival, or we're releasing a record. Metal Assault: And the fact that you've been able to put out an album every two years also must free you up and put less pressure on you, because it's not like you're putting out an album for the first time in seven, eight years where everything depends on it, and what if people don't like it, and that kind of thing.īlitz: "Yeah, this works for us. Now at the end of the day, stamping the OVERKILL brand on it, we made something that has diversity." So, there was separation between all the songs, and then a larger separation. 'The Grinding Wheel' is where we pushed the epic vibe. ![]() When it was straight-out thrash, we wrote 'Our Finest Hour'. When there was a heavy groove coming, we pushed it. When there was a punky feeling, we pushed it on to a song like 'Goddamn Trouble'. What we were doing was writing good songs and trying to separate them based on the emotions we felt while doing so. So, going in there and thinking with regards to time and length only takes that sense away from you. That's what makes it dangerous and gives it a sense of reality that encompasses the whole project. There's a great feeling when we're doing a record that we have nothing to lose. I think that works, because if it's right, it's right. When somebody says, 'You realize that's seven and a half minutes?' I don't give a shit, it sounds right. I think in the OVERKILL school, saying that you don't give a shit really frees you up. Why do you think it came out like that?īlitz: "You're correct. The overall length of the album is also more than the last few. Metal Assault: I think has a more epic feel and there are longer songs, but in a good way. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Aniruddh "Andrew" Bansal of Metal Assault recently conducted an interview with vocalist Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth of New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL. ![]()
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