As any thrash metal fan will tell you, the US West Coast thrash scene of the 1980s might have been legendary - it was, after all home to the likes of Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth - but it certainly didn't hold a monopoly on the emerging genre. Over on the East Coast, the likes of Anthrax, Nuclear Assault and Overkill were whipping up a storm of their own, helping take the genre global as the 80s wore on.
Over four decades later, thrash veterans Overkill are still going strong, releasing their 20th(!) studio album Scorched on the same day their contemporaries Metallica unveil their eleventh. Hammer caught up with Overkill frontman Bobby 'Blitz' Ellsworth to find out which songs mean most to him after over 40 years of making thrash history.
