Bloodletting is the eleventh full-length album released by the thrash metal

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

 band Overkill

Overkill (band)

Overkill is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey. They have gone through many line-up changes, with singer Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth and bassist D.D. Verni remaining from the original lineup. Along with Anthrax , the band is one of the most successful East Coast thrash metal...

 in the fall of 2000, and the first after the departure of guitarists Joe Comeau

Joe Comeau

Joe Comeau is an American singer, guitarist and songwriter from Rochester, New York. He best known for his work with Annihilator, Liege Lord and Overkill.-With Overkill:The Killing Kind - From The Underground And Below - Coverkill -...

 and Sebastian Marino and the addition of Dave Linsk.

While its direct predecessor Necroshine

Necroshine

Necroshine is the tenth full-length album released by the thrash metal band Overkill in early 1999, on CMC International records.It is the first Overkill album to feature a guest vocalist, with singer Blitz's sister Mary Ellsworth performing background vocals on "Let Us Prey" and a duet with Blitz...

showed a lot of variation, venturing quite far from the band's typical style, Bloodletting is a blue-collar thrash metal album with very few modern or uncommon elements.

Track listing

• All songs by D.D. Verni and Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth

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

Credits

• D.D. Verni – Bass
• Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth – Vocals
• Tim Mallare – Drums
• Dave Linsk – Guitars

• Recorded June – July, 2000 at Carriage House Studio, Stamford, Connecticut
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  , USA
• Produced by Overkill
  Overkill (band)
  Overkill is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey. They have gone through many line-up changes, with singer Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth and bassist D.D. Verni remaining from the original lineup. Along with Anthrax , the band is one of the most successful East Coast thrash metal...
  
  
• Engineered by John Shyloski and John Montegnese
• Assistant engineered by Chris Jones
• Mixed by Colin Richardson
  Colin Richardson
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   at Sonalyst Studios
• Mastered by Roger Lian at Masterdisk
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  , New York City
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  , USA