During a March 11 appearance on SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”, OVERKILL singer Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth spoke about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band’s follow-up to their latest album, “Scorched”, which came out in April 2023 via Nuclear Blast. He said: “I think we’re always working on new music. That’s been the motif since all the way back in the days. You’re always kind of in a writing mode. You’re keeping your eyes open, you’re in a writing mode, or at least my end of it. But we look to record it maybe at the end of our upcoming U.S. tour (with TESTAMENT and DESTRUCTION). It’s pretty much done musically. I have to add a few melody lines and a few harmonies and melodies and a few lyrics here and there. But we’re looking at a ’27 tour and maybe a late ’26 release.”

Asked if he and his OVERKILL bandmates are going to perform any new music on the tour with TESTAMENT and DESTRUCTION, which is scheduled to kick off on March 14 in Portland, Oregon, Blitz said: “No, we’re not. We’re just gonna get out there on the road and stretch our legs again. It’s gonna feel good. (OVERKILL bassist) D.D.‘s (Verni) been going through a rehab for a long period of time with his shoulders and stuff, so it’s kept everybody from going out and doing this stuff. I think he’s gone through three operations at this point — it’s, like, two on the right and one on the left, and all three of them are rotator cuff injuries. I’m just looking to get out there and sing again.”

He added: “I think this period of time and the pandemic were the times that I’ve done the least amount of shows in my career, since even before I was signed, running around at L’Amours or out in Staten Island or some of the Jersey clubs.”

Asked if D.D. is going to be able to take part in OVERKILL‘s U.S. tour with TESTAMENT and DESTRUCTION, Blitz said: “No, he’s not gonna be able to do (those shows). Christian (Olde Wolbers) from FEAR FACTORY‘s coming out. He sat in for D.D. in ’24. But that’s when D.D. only had one operation, so D.D. did some of (the shows), but this one, it’s just too much. He just said he couldn’t do it.”

Olde Wolbers previously filled in for Verni in the fall of 2024 when OVERKILL supported KING DIAMOND on a North American tour.

Olde Wolbers shared an admat for the “Thrash Of The Titans” tour and he included the following message: “See you guys and gals out there on the ‘Thrash Of The Titans’ Tour!”