OVERKILL frontman Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth recently spoke with Greece's Metal Zone about the band's new album, Ironbound. An excerpt is available below.

Metalzone.gr: Talking about your upcoming release on January 29th in Europe through Nuclear Blast, IronBound. Tell us about this new release.

Bobby: "Ironbound is our 16th album. After 16 albums you learn things, if you don’t you’re either an idiot or you weren’t paying attention. When I think about this record, obviously excited, it’s a record that’s rooted in the past but is more of a re invention of that. Re-invention being the key word. It was never a conscious effort but more of a result. The reason this happened is, we did a lot of touring over the past album, and many thrash tours. We did OVERKILL – EXODUS - GAMMA BOMB - TORTURE SQUAD, OVERKILL - MORTAL SIN, some newer thrash metal bands, WARBRINGER and what stayed with us is that live feeing we took into the studio. The chemistry that was captured in the album was that we were at a perfect pitch point where everyone was really working together depending on each other. We did the shows with EXODUS at the end of March of this year and started assembling that record in April. And I think that’s really the X Factor on why the record sounds like that. By the time it was done we handed it over to Peter Tägtgren of HYPOCRISY and PAIN fame. Peter gave it that re-inventive feel and contemporary vibe. Contemporary in 2010 is more about the big picture and Peter has brought that to the record."

Go to this location for the complete interview. Listen to the audio (poor quality) here.

Overkill recently announced dates for the North American leg of their Killfest 2010 tour, with support from VADER, GOD DETHRONED, WARBRINGER, EVILE and WOE OF TYRANTS. Dates include:

April

1 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
2 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
3 - Hartford, CT - Webster Hall
4 - Quebec City, QC - Imperial de Quebec
5 - Montreal, QC - FouFounes
6 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theater
7 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts
8 - Detroit, MI - Blondies
9 - Chicago, IL - The Metro
10 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
11 - Minneapolis, MN - Station 4
13 - Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
15 - Vancouver, BC - Red Room
16 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
17 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
18 - San Francisco, CA - The Grand Ballroom
19 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
20 - Los Angeles CA - House of Blues
21 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
22 - Phoenix, AZ - O.K.'s
23 - Tucson, AZ - The Rock
24 - Farmington, NM - Gators
25 - Tulsa, OK - Marquee
26 - Austin, TX - Emu's
27 - Houston, TX - Scout Bar
28 - Dallas, TX - Trees
29 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
30 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx

May

1 - New York City, NY - Nokia Theater

Tickets are on sale now exclusively through EnterTheVault.com up to December 19th, when they will be available via regular outlets.