NEWS: OVERKILL ANOUNCE 2017 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WITH NILE!
Legendary New Jersey thrashers, OVERKILL, have announced their 2017 North American trek with Egyptian themed technical death metal champions and labelmates NILE. The 25-date tour will kick-off on February 14th at The Trocadero in Philadelphia, make stops in Chicago, Anaheim, and Washington, DC before ending at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville, NJ.
Bobby "Blitz Ellsworth comments, "Can't wait to roll 'the wheel' down the road. This Feb & Mar, USA, coming to a stage near you! Let's make it another one to remember! Onward! Upward!"
OVERKILL will be touring in support of their upcoming album, The Grinding Wheel, which will be released February 10th via Nuclear Blast. Recently, the band released the video for "Our Finest Hour". Enjoy an impression of the mighty thrash inferno with this lyric video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElxZ1oz9A68
NILE is touring in support of their latest release What Should Not Be Unearthed. Watch the official lyric video for "Evil To Cast Out Evil" on the Nuclear Blast Youtube Channel.
“All of us in NILE are really looking forward to the upcoming USA Tour with OVERKILL. This Tour is going to be Metal as Fuck,” comments NILE Mastermind Karl Sanders.
Joining OVERKILL and NILE for select shows are melancholic progressive metallers AMORPHIS and melodic doom/death merchants SWALLOW THE SUN.
Tickets for the confirmed shows are now available for purchase at Enterthevault.com and all other ticket outlets.
Catch OVERKILL live at the following dates:
2/14/2017 Trocadero Theatre - Philadelphia, PA
2/15/2017 Agora Ballroom (w/ LORDI) - Cleveland, OH
2/16/2017 Park Street Saloon - Columbus, OH
2/17/2017 Concord Music Hall - Chicago, IL
2/18/2017 The Cabooze - Minneapolis, MN
2/19/2017 Granada Theater - Lawrence, KS
2/20/2017 Gothic Theatre - Englewood, CO
2/22/2017 El Corazon - Seattle, WA
2/23/2017 Hawthorne Theater - Portland, OR
2/24/2016 Slim's - San Francisco, CA
2/25/2017 City National Grove - Anaheim, CA
2/26/2017 Club Red - Tempe, AZ
2/27/2017 Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, NM
2/28/2017 Trees - Dallas, TX
3/01/2017 Scout Bar - Houston, TX
3/02/2017 Alamo City Music Hall - San Antonio, TX
3/03/2017 Southport Music Hall - New Orleans, LA
3/04/2017 The Ritz Ybor - Ybor City, FL
3/05/2017 Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA
3/6/2017 The Fillmore - Charlotte, NC **
3/7/2017 The NorVa - Norfolk, VA **
3/8/2017 Howard Theatre - Washington, DC **
3/9/2017 Upstate Concert Hall - Clifton Park, NY **
3/10/2017 Palladium - Worcester, MA
3/11.2017 Starland Ballroom - Sayerville, NJ **
** With AMORPHIS & SWALLOW THE SUN
ABOUT OVERKILL: Although everybody seems to have a different account of who came first in the world of New York/New Jersey area thrash metal, it seems certain that New Jersey’s OVERKILL have stayed around the longest, and have never let their fans down by remaining musically consistent and true to their roots for over 30 years.
There are few names as well respected as OVERKILL, and with the resurgence of metal in the music world, this band is poised to return to the top. OVERKILL are ready to show mature metal heads they still have it and are geared up to teach the new schoolers exactly how it’s done.
The men of OVERKILL are:
- Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth - Vocals
- D.D. Verni - Bass
- Dave Linsk - Lead Guitar
- Derek Tailer - Rhythm Guitar
- Ron Lipnicki - Drums
Visit OVERKILL online at:
www.facebook.com/OVERKILLWRECKINGCREW
ABOUT NILE: Founded by Karl Sanders (guitars, vocals), Chief Spires (bass, vocals) and Pete Hammoura (drums) in 1993, NILE released their first EP Festivals Of Atonement (1995) through their own label, Anubis Records. The band’s second EP Ramses Bringer Of War was released via Visceral Productions. Dallas Toler-Wade (guitars) joined the band in time to support the release of their first album Amongst The Catacombs Of Nephren-Ka (1998), with NILE touring the US as support of the famous MORBID ANGEL, and Europe as support for VADER and SIX FEET UNDER. The debut was followed up by two other blasting records - Black Seeds Of Vengeance (2000) and In Their Darkened Shrines (2002). Drummer George Kollias joined the band in 2004, becoming the 4th legendary drummer to occupy the drum throne of NILE. Several long months of intense songwriting and pre-production by the band culminated with the release of their paramount album Annihilation of The Wicked (2005). NILE’s continuing success led the band to signing with the record label par excellence Nuclear Blast;releasing NILE’s NB label debut finally in 2007, called Ithyphallic. A two month long blitzkrieg tour as support on Ozzfest in the USA brought the band to the attention of a much wider, diverse audience; gaining new NILE fans across a wide demographic and expanding the band into new touring opportunities worldwide.
After releasing their remarkable follow-up albums Those Whom The Gods Detest (2009) and At The Gate Of Sethu (2012), NILE are ready to unleash their new, eighth bone-crushing masterpiece to the masses now - What Should Not Be Unearthed.
The band had only one goal for their new record: “The goal for the new record was sheer epic brutality,” guitarist Karl Sanders jokes, but then he answers seriously: “Really though, the focus this time around is on brutal Heavy Metal riffing and songwriting; kind of like of an »Annihilation Of The Wicked« approach but very streamlined to achieve maximum destructive impact. So we believe that we have a truly crushing disc to bring to metal fans. Although Unearthed is still full of the kind of undeniable musicianship people have come to.
The men of NILE are:
- Karl Sanders - Guitars, Vocals
- Dallas Toler-Wade - Guitars, Vocals
- George Kollias - Drums
- Brad Parris - Bass, Vocals
Visit NILE online at:
www.Facebook.com/NILECatacombs
