Bloodletting (Overkill album)

2000 studio album by Overkill

Bloodletting

Studio album by

Overkill

Released

October 24, 2000 (2000-10-24)

Recorded

June–July 2000

Studio

Carriage House Studio, Stamford, Connecticut

Genre

Thrash metal
groove metal

Length

51:32

Label

Metal-Is

Producer

Overkill

Overkill chronology

Coverkill
(1999)

Bloodletting
(2000)

Wrecking Everything
(2002)

Bloodletting is the eleventh studio album by American thrash metal band Overkill, released on October 24, 2000, by Metal-Is. It is the first after the departure of guitarists Joe Comeau and Sebastian Marino and the addition of Dave Linsk. Bloodletting also marked the first and only time since 1989's The Years of Decay that Overkill had recorded together as a four-piece.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

The album sold around 2,450 copies in its first week of release in the U.S.^[2]

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Thunderhead"	5:39
2.	"Bleed Me"	4:30
3.	"What I'm Missin'"	4:36
4.	"Death Comes Out to Play"	5:02
5.	"Let It Burn"	5:18
6.	"I, Hurricane"	5:04
7.	"Left Hand Man"	6:10
8.	"Blown Away"	6:43
9.	"My Name Is Pain"	4:17
10.	"Can't Kill a Dead Man"	4:05
11.	"We Gotta Get Out of This Place (The Animals cover)" (Japanese bonus track)	3:00
Total length:		51:32

Personnel

Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth – lead vocals
D.D. Verni – bass, backing vocals
Dave Linsk – guitars
Tim Mallare – drums

Additional personnel

Produced by Overkill
Engineered by John Shyloski and John Montegnese
Assistant engineered by Chris Jones
Mixed by Colin Richardson at Sonalyst Studios
Mastered by Roger Lian at Masterdisk, New York City, USA

References

^ "Bloodletting - Overkill | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
^ "Metal Sludge - Sludge Scans For November 2000 - The Power & Glory since 1998". Metalsludge.tv. 2000-11-01. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-26.