Dopo 14 anni di militanza negli Overkill, il batterista Tim Mallare ha deciso di lasciare la band.

Il nuovo drummer della thrash band statunitense sarà niente meno che Ron Lipnicki (Hades), che ha ripreso a suonare dopo seri problemi di salute che l'hanno visto lottare contro un cancro ai testicoli.

Ecco le prime dichiarazioni di Dan Lorenzo, amico e compagno di band di Ron:

"So I'm sitting in South Beach on vacation and I see word is out that my friend Ron Lipnicki is now playing drums for OVERKILL. I'm reading the posts and steam is coming out of my ears.

"First off...I won't get into why Tim is not currently on tour with them. I'll let Blitz and DD answer that.

"Blitz told me last Friday that they needed a drummer so I recommended the best drummer in metal — Ron Lipnicki. Ron didn't even have a pasport until yesterday, the day he left for his first European tour.

"Trust me, though — Ron pisses on just about anybody you've seen play drums. He's not good...he's on another level. He hits harder and has better timing than 90 percent of the top-name drummers.

"A couple years ago after Ron went through his first five days in a row of chemotherapy, he told me he wanted to jam! This kid is one tough motherfucker. He's a super-nice kid too, cancer free for two years. Go see him play...then you tell me who you think is better on drums than Ron."