DAVID ELLEFSON to play bass for OVERKILL on 2024 Latin American tour
13-03-2024
New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL have recruited David Ellefson to play bass for the band on their “Scorching Latin America 2024” tour. The former MEGADETH member will be filling in for original OVERKILL bassist D.D. Verni, who will be unable to make the shows as he is recovering from shoulder surgery.
OVERKILL‘s 10-date “Scorching Latin America 2024” tour will kick off on April 11 in Guadalajara, Mexico and will include stops in Costa Rica, Chile and Peru before closing on April 28 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
OVERKILL singer Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth states: “South, Central America and Mexico, with D.D. on the mend from surgery and the opportunity in front of us, where to go but back to the roots of THRASH! Please welcome Mr. David Ellefson to the OVERKILL, touring ranks this April 2024! ‘David, can you help?’ The answer: ‘Yes, let’s go!’ We can’t wait to see you guys! Horns up!”
Verni comments. “Bummed to not be able to thrash it up with our Latin America fans, but gotta get this wing workin!!….but who better than one of the great original thrash bass players, and old friend, David Ellefson to fill in.”
Ellefson comments, “It’s an honor to fill in for my friend, the mighty D.D. Verni, as he takes time to heal up right now. OVERKILL always brings the fury and I’m looking forward to scorching Latin America with them!”
Confirmed dates for OVERKILL‘s “Scorching Latin America” tour are:
April 11 – MX – Guadalajara
April 13 – MX – CDMX
April 15 – SV – San Salvador
April 17 – CR – San Jose
April 19 – EC – Quito
April 21 – CH – Santiago
April 22 – AR – Buenos Aires
April 24 – BO – La Paz
April 26 – PE – Lima
April 28 – BR – Sao Paulo
Ellefson was fired from MEGADETH nearly three years ago, just days after sexually tinged messages and explicit video footage involving the bassist were posted on Twitter.
MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine ended up hiring TESTAMENT‘s Steve DiGiorgio to re-record Ellefson‘s bass parts on MEGADETH‘s latest album, “The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!”
In May 2022, MEGADETH announced bass player James LoMenzo as a permanent member of the band. LoMenzo was MEGADETH‘s bass player in the mid-2000s and initially stepped back in as a touring member for “The Metal Tour Of The Year”.
The official music video for “Scorched”, the title track of the new album from New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL, can be seen below. The band’s twentieth studio album was released last year (April 14, 2023) via Nuclear Blast Records.
Watch the visualiser for “Scorched” below.
OVERKILL singer Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth spoke in more detail about “Scorched” in an interview with Canada’s The Metal Voice . When interviewer Jimmy Kay suggested that the pandemic has been “good” to OVERKILL by giving the group a chance to focus on making a new LP without the distractions of being on the road, Bobby clarified: “It hasn’t been good to us. We took advantage of the opportunity of the luxury of time. I think that that would probably be the best way to put it. It’s directly responsible, I think, for the results, especially my results on it. I think the other guys, they tweaked and pushed and pulled and pinched and added things over that three-year period. But for me, I tore that record down a few times, just to make sure that it was a metal record worthy of the luxury of time, as opposed to a hit-and-run kind of a thing.”
Watch the visualiser for “Wicked Place” and “The Surgeon” below.
Scorched offered a new recording environment as all members were able to record on their own. The mixing of the record was handled by Colin Richardson and his assistant engineer Chris Clancy. Johnny Rodd helped with producing vocals, and finally, Maor Appelbaum took over mastering and adding finishing touches. The band returned to artist Travis Smith to create the album cover art.
Scorched will be available in the following formats:
- CD Jewel
- Fluorescent Green Cassette (Limited to 400 worldwide)
- Longbox (Limited to 1,000 worldwide)
- CD Jewel
- Button
- Sticker
- Double LP
- Black
- Aztec Gold (Limited to 2,500 worldwide)
- Fresh Green (Limited to 1,000 worldwide)
- Trans Amber w. Fluorescent Green
OVERKILL are expanding their reach but don’t be fooled, the band will remain the filthy, massive gutter thrashers that we all know and love.Pre-order Scorched in the format of your choice here: https://bfan.link/Overkill-Scorched Below is the track listing for Scorched:1. Scorched2. Goin’ Home3. The Surgeon4. Twist OF The Wick5. Wicked Place6. Won’t Be Comin Back7. Fever8. Harder They Fall9. Know Her Name10. Bag O’ Bones
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