Scorched (Overkill album)

Overkill had announced plans to work on the follow-up to The Wings of War as early as October 2019.^[12] Progress on the album had slowly been taking shape for more than two years, with bassist D.D. Verni having written nine songs for the album by April 2020,^[13] and the band began recording it in September.^[14][15] Drum tracks had been finished by that October,^[15] and mixing was handled by Colin Richardson, who had previously worked with Overkill in the late 1990s and early 2000s.^[16] Mastering was done by Maor Appelbaum.

The release date of Scorched was postponed on numerous occasions, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The album was intended to be released in April 2021,^[17] but it was soon pushed back to the summer or fall of 2021,^[15][16] and then later to early 2022,^[18] and finally to the spring of 2023.^[2][19]