Tag: Overkill

Overkill – Scorched (2023)

Overkill - Scorched (2023)

Overkill – Scorched (2023)
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 415 MB
Label: Nuclear Blast | EU | Cat#: NBR 69572 | Genre: Thrash Metal

Light the match! Setting the scene ablaze, the rough and rowdy Overkill have reappeared to bludgeon your ears with their twentieth, that’s right, twentieth studio album: Scorched. For over 3 and a half decades their bottom-line crazy method of thrash has produced some of the most signature moments in the world of metal. Now in the latter half of their career, all the experience is showing face with Scorched as it somehow rings more mature, refined, and embellished with hints of more than just thrash metal. Continue reading “Overkill – Scorched (2023)”

Overkill – Discography (1985-2017)

Overkill - Discography (1985-2017)

Overkill – Discography (1985-2017)
EAC Rip | 93xCD + 3xDVD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 42.9 GB | 3% RAR Recovery
STUDIO ALBUMS | LIVE ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS | BOX SET | SINGLES & EPS | BOOTLEGS
Label: Various | Genre: Thrash Metal

An integral part of the early 1980s thrash metal movement, New Jersey quartet Overkill were formed in 1980 by vocalist Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and guitarist Bobby Gustafson, and also included bassist D.D. Verni and drummer Rat Skates (later replaced by Sid Falck). The band garnered a reputation for brutal, pounding speed and technique, but lacked the musical diversity to compete with heavy hitters like Metallica; still, Overkill built up a strong following in the metal underground with albums like 1985’s Taking Over and 1988’s Under the Influence. Gustafson quit in 1989 following the Years of Decay album Continue reading “Overkill – Discography (1985-2017)”