Scorched (Overkill album)

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Scorched
Album cover for Scorched by Overkill.jpg
Studio album by
Overkill
ReleasedApril 14, 2023
Recorded2020–2022
StudioGear Recording Studio, Shrewsbury, New Jersey
SKH Recording Studios, Stuart, Florida
JRod Productions, Pomona, New York
The Recording Company, Sloansville, New York [1]
Genre Thrash metal
Length51:05
Label Nuclear Blast
Overkill chronology
The Wings of War
(2019)		Scorched
(2023)
Singles from Scorched
  1. "The Surgeon"
    Released: January 27, 2023 [2]
  2. "Wicked Place"
    Released: March 14, 2023 [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net 8/10 [4]
Classic Rock Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
KNAC.com4.8/5 [6]
Metal Forces 8.5/10 [7]
Metal injection7/10 [8]

Scorched is the twentieth studio album by American thrash metal band Overkill, released on April 14, 2023. [9] It is the band's first studio album in four years, following The Wings of War (2019), the longest gap between studio albums for the band. This is also the last Overkill album to feature drummer Jason Bittner, who left the band in August 2024. [10]

Contents

Background

Overkill had announced plans to work on the follow-up to The Wings of War as early as October 2019. [11] Progress on the album had slowly been taking shape for more than two years, with bassist D.D. Verni having written nine songs for the album by April 2020, [12] and the band began recording it in September. [13] [14] Drum tracks had been finished by that October, [14] and mixing was handled by Colin Richardson, who had previously worked with Overkill in the late 1990s and early 2000s. [15] Mastering was done by Maor Appelbaum.

The release date of Scorched was postponed on numerous occasions, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The album was intended to be released in April 2021, [16] but it was soon pushed back to the summer or fall of 2021, [14] [15] and then later to early 2022, [17] and finally to the spring of 2023. [2] [18]

Track listing

All tracks are written by D.D. Verni and Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth

Scorched track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Scorched"6:13
2."Goin' Home"4:31
3."The Surgeon"5:33
4."Twist of the Wick"5:34
5."Wicked Place"5:00
6."Won't Be Comin' Back"4:30
7."Fever"5:33
8."Harder They Fall"4:23
9."Know Her Name"5:11
10."Bag o' Bones"4:37
Total length:51:05

Personnel

Overkill

Charts

Chart performance for Scorched
Chart (2023)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [19] 29
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [20] 154
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [21] 147
French Albums (SNEP) [22] 164
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [23] 10
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [24] 64
Polish Albums (ZPAV) [25] 13
Scottish Albums (OCC) [26] 12
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [27] 66
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [28] 7
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [29] 54
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [30] 7
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [31] 4
US Current Album Sales (Billboard) [32] 12

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