Editing Overkill (band) (section)

===Switching labels and drummers (2002–2008)===
[[File:Overkill live at the Whiskey.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Overkill live at the [[Whisky a Go Go]] in 2005.]]
After taking a break, Overkill resurfaced in 2002 with ''[[Wrecking Everything]]'', their second full-length live album, recorded at the [[Paramount Theatre (Asbury Park, New Jersey)|Paramount Theatre]] in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The album contained only songs that had not been on ''Wrecking Your Neck'', some simply because they were released on later albums, but also a few early songs from albums such as ''Taking Over'', ''Under the Influence'' and ''The Years of Decay''. The same show was used for Overkill's first ever DVD, ''Wrecking Everything – An Evening in Asbury Park'', also released in 2002.

The European tour in June 2002, supporting both ''Bloodletting'' and ''Wrecking Everything'', saw [[Blaze Bayley|Blaze]] and Wicked Mystic opening up for Overkill. During the second to last show of the tour in Nuremberg, Germany, Blitz suffered a stroke on stage and collapsed. For nearly three days, rumors ran rampant, reporting everything from Blitz being in a coma, permanently paralyzed, or even that Blitz had died. Finally, three days later, the band announced that the stroke was very minor and had no lasting consequences, as well as no cause that could be determined by the doctors.

Overkill signed to [[Spitfire Records]] and entered the studio in late 2002 to record their twelfth studio album, ''[[Killbox 13]]''. Produced by the band and Colin Richardson, and released in March 2003, the album was actually only their twelfth regular studio album, but the ''Overkill'' EP was also counted to achieve the number 13. The album received critical acclaim,{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}} combining the "new" Overkill with their raw early style as presented on the debut album ''[[Feel the Fire (Overkill album)|Feel the Fire]]''. Touring for the album included a number of European festivals during the summer, and a full European tour followed in November with [[Seven Witches]] and After All. The band played without Derek Tailer, who was absent for undisclosed reasons. Nobody was hired to fill in for him, so Overkill toured as a four-piece for the first time since 1990. Tailer was still considered a full member of the band.

In late 2004, after a Japanese tour with [[Death Angel]] and [[Flotsam and Jetsam (band)|Flotsam and Jetsam]], the band started work on another record in D.D. Verni's own recording studio. The album, ''[[ReliXIV]]'', was produced and mixed by the band themselves and released in March 2005.

Overkill toured the eastern US in April 2005, and just before they went on a European tour in May, it was announced that Tim Mallare would not take part in this tour. Replacing him for the tour was former Hades drummer Ron Lipnicki. A few weeks later, the band announced that Mallare had left permanently and Lipnicki was his replacement. In the summer of 2005, Overkill organized their first US West Coast tour in more than ten years, playing Western Canada to Southern California. The tour was such a success that the band was added to the 2006 [[Gigantour]] bill, as second stage headliners, marking Overkill's first nationwide US tour since 1994.

Now with the Bodog Music label, the band rejoined forces with Jonny and Marsha Zazula, previous owners of Megaforce Records, who were part of the Bodog Team in the United States. Overkill released its 14th studio album, ''[[Immortalis (album)|Immortalis]]'', on October 9, 2007. The album featured the lineup of founders Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth and D.D. Verni, guitarists Dave Linsk and Derek Tailer, and new drummer Ron Lipnicki. [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]] vocalist [[Randy Blythe]] contributed vocals on the song "Skull and Bones".