Bloodletting (Overkill album)

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.

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)

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

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

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

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