“Every guy’s got another band,” said Bittner. Category 7 is beginning to set up plans for a tour in Spring 2025, in between the touring and recording schedules of their other bands.

Category 7 – the new band vocalist John Bush (Armored Saint, ex-Anthrax), guitarists Mike Orlando (ex-Adrenaline Mob) and Phil Demmel (Kerry King, ex-Machine Head, ex-Vio-lence), bassist Jack ...

Weeks after they were supposed to embark on their first tour as a group that they ultimately had to cancel, heavy metal super group Category 7 recently announced the band’s live debut will finally ...

It’s an announcement that no band wants to make, let alone a supergroup of this caliber, but Category 7 publicly revealed that their March 2025 U.S. tour has been axed due to low ticket sales figures.

New Band, Old Friends — About Category 7 Category 7 are a new band comprised of metal vets. Their self-titled debut comes out July 26 and pre-orders can be placed at the Metal Blade webstore .

Drummer Jason Bittner has split with Overkill after seven years of being in the band. Bittner joined Overkill in 2017 and drummed on their records The Wings Of War in 2019 and Scorched in 2023.