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OVERKILL Recruit SHADOWS FALL Drummer Jason Bittner
May 4th, 2017

New Jersey-based thrash metal group Overkill have recruited drummer Jason Bittner, also of Shadows Fall. Replacing Ron Lipnicki, Bittner’s addition to the ranks was revealed on May 4th, 2017. Longtime drum technician Eddy Garcia had been holding down the fort.

Vocalist Bobby ‘Blitz’ Ellsworth issued the following statement: “Overkill would like to announce its newest member, behind the kit and steering the ship, Jason ‘Sticks’ Bittner. We wholeheartedly would like to thank Eddy ‘The Mexicutioner’ Garcia for holding down the ship and keeping the momentum up for the band over this past year plus. Eddy has, and always will be, part of the Overkill machine.

“Jason is a long time friend of the band and his abilities have always spoke for themselves. Let the touring continue… onward-upward!”

Jason Bittner shared the following words, meanwhile: “When my phone rang about two months ago and Blitz said ‘Hey, me and D.D. (Verni, Overkill bassist) are wondering if you would be interested in joining?’ It really didn’t take much for me to write back a one-word answer…. ABSOLUTELY! I am extremely excited to be a part, once again, of thrash metal history, and I cannot wait to get out on the road and wreck stages across the world with the ‘Mean Green Killing Machine!’”

Overkill’s line-up is as follows;

Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth (vocals)
Dave Linsk (lead guitar)
Derek Tailer (rhythm guitar)
D.D. Verni (bass)
Jason Bittner (drums, Shadows Fall / ex-Flotsam And Jetsam)

A member of Overkill from 2005 until 2016, Ron Lipnicki stepped behind the drumkit for Overkill studio albums 14 through to 18, namely; Immortalis (2007), Ironbound (2010), The Electric Age (2012), White Devil Armory (2014), and The Grinding Wheel (2017).

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