On their upcoming second album, “Buckle Up”, D.D. VERNI & THE CADILLAC BAND make big band music more accessible and relatable than ever before, marrying rock ‘n’ roll’s visceral energy and succinct songwriting to suave, […]
D.D. VERNI & THE CADILLAC BAND will release its second album, “Buckle Up”, in September. The follow-up to 2021’s “Let’s Rattle” picks up (and goes further) than the debut. With the success of the last […]
Drummer Jason Bittner has announced his departure from Overkill after a seven-and-a-half-year stint with the veteran thrash band. Bittner shared the news via a statement, revealing that the split was amicable and that he will now […]
CATEGORY 7, the new band featuring former MACHINE HEAD and current KERRY KING guitarist Phil Demmel, ex-ADRENALINE MOB guitarist Mike Orlando, ARMORED SAINT/ex-ANTHRAX singer John Bush, OVERKILL/SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner and EXODUS bassist Jack […]
New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL will embark on a European tour in late summer. Support on most of the dates will come from Spanish thrashers ANGELUS APATRIDA. OVERKILL tour dates: Aug. 30 – Posada, Romania – […]
Original OVERKILL bassist D.D. Verni, who was forced to miss the band’s Latin American tour while he was recovering from shoulder surgery, returned to the live stage this past Friday (May 17) at the Milwaukee […]
CATEGORY 7, the new band featuring former MACHINE HEAD and current KERRY KING guitarist Phil Demmel, ex-ADRENALINE MOB guitarist Mike Orlando, ARMORED SAINT/ex-ANTHRAX singer John Bush, OVERKILL/SHADOWS FALL drummer Jason Bittner and EXODUS bassist Jack […]
Fan-filmed video of OVERKILL‘s April 19 concert at The Metal Fest at Parque Bicentenario in Quito, Ecuador can be seen below. In a recent interview with The Metal Podcast, David Ellefson spoke about the announcement […]
On January 25, 2024, METAL ALLEGIANCE reassembled at the House Of Blues Anaheim for the band’s 10th-anniversary celebration (which also coincided with the return of the winter NAMM show). The night was sponsored by Dean […]
METALLICA‘s shows at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey this weekend included pre-concert performances by PRONG (August 4) and OVERKILL (August 6) in the G section of the MetLife parking lot, at 3 p.m. […]
New Jersey thrash metal veterans OVERKILL have been forced to cancel their performance tonight (Saturday, July 22) at the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale, Florida due to transportation issues. Earlier today, OVERKILL released the following […]
Jack Black has led tributes to late ex-Urge Overkill drummer Johnny ‘Blackie Onassis’ Rowan. The alt-rock star – who played drums in the Chicago rock group from the start of the 1990s until 1996 – […]
John Rowan, the drummer for ’90s Chicago rock band Urge Overkill who performed under the name Blackie Onassis, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 57. A spokesperson for the band confirmed his death […]
Blackie Onassis, drummer for the alt-rock act Urge Overkill during their ’90s heyday, has died. A spokesperson for the band reported his passing to the Los Angeles Times, but no cause of death was given. […]
Heavy Song of the Week is a new feature on Heavy Consequence breaking down the top metal and hard rock tracks you need to hear every Friday. This week the honor goes to Overkill’s “The […]
Legendary New Jersey thrash band Overkill have announced their 20th studio album, Scorched, set to arrive April 14th via Nuclear Blast Records. In advance of the LP, Overkill have released the first single, the pummeling […]
Sebastian Marino, who played guitar in the bands Overkill and Anvil, died at the age of 57 in the early morning of January 1st after being rushed to a hospital while working a sound job […]