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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Overkill - The Electric Age + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Apr-11-2012 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2012 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........10 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... http://wreckingcrew.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Overkill Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : The Electric Age Label : nUCLEAR bLAST ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Nearly two years ago, when I reviewed the early ║ │
│║ album of OVERKILL, "Ironbound", I was pleased to ║ │
│║ find out that they chose to get back to their ║ │
│║ old 80s classic era. Even though that I didn't ║ │
│║ have any issue with their groovy approach that ║ │
│║ they began planting in their material since the ║ │
│║ mid 90s, the old school fist will always be on ║ │
│║ top of everything else. With the mixing of the ║ │
│║ old and late realities, the NY based OVERKILL ║ │
│║ kept on preserving their own little niche in US ║ │
│║ Thrash Metal. There might be a few similarities ║ │
│║ but their musical output has often rather ║ │
│║ different than the famous Bay Area style. Now ║ │
│║ the wrecking crew is back with a new album under ║ │
│║ Nuclear Blast Records, "The Electric Age". Have ║ │
│║ no mistake, there is seemed to be nothing that ║ │
│║ can stop them for bombing with great Thrash ║ │
│║ music even if it wasn't as big as the previous ║ │
│║ album.s ║ │
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│║ What I have always liked about OVERKILL is their ║ │
│║ sound consistency. While many bands tend to make ║ │
│║ modifications in their production, which mostly ║ │
│║ end in a direction that entirely different and ║ │
│║ not necessarily good like SEPULTURA for example, ║ │
│║ OVERKILL pretty much have been savoring the same ║ │
│║ sound, though in the process of two decades it ║ │
│║ has been renewed with a modern backbone, of ║ │
│║ "Feel The Fire" and "Taking Over". On "The ║ │
│║ Electric Age" the same known distorted barrage, ║ │
│║ led by the active sound of D.D. Verni's bass, ║ │
│║ continued to slam. Also I was pleased of the ║ │
│║ lead guitar sound of Dave Linsk that sounded ║ │
│║ even better than on the previous. On the other ║ │
│║ hand, I think that the drum sound was a little ║ │
│║ weak for the stuff that OVERKILL play as it ║ │
│║ needed more depth and less the orientation to a ║ │
│║ chop stick. ║ │
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│║ Alongside the band's sound, which as always is a ║ │
│║ treat, "The Electric Age" continues the fine ║ │
│║ work of the previous album with ten destructive ║ │
│║ tracks in the well known street type attitude ║ │
│║ that OVERKILL has been sharing since "Under The ║ │
│║ Influence". The rolling Thrash thunder of the ║ │
│║ opening title, "Come And Get It", nearly ripped ║ │
│║ my face off with its violent nature. It is an ║ │
│║ amazing example of the great melding between ║ │
│║ groove and killing old school American Thrash ║ │
│║ just as only OVERKILL know how to produce and of ║ │
│║ course I think it is the best performance of the ║ │
│║ seems to be immortal voice of Blitz Ellsworth. ║ │
│║ What started well also ended well and that is ║ │
│║ the tale of "Good Night". At its intro I thought ║ │
│║ that OVERKILL had gone soft with a closing ║ │
│║ ballad, but after a minute it was push comes to ║ │
│║ shove and straight into the moshpit. ║ │
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│║ What went in between these two tracks also ║ │
│║ showed the band's worth with some blasting songs ║ │
│║ as 80s directed "Save Yourself", which is a ║ │
│║ runner up for the early hit "Bring Me The ║ │
│║ Night", and the early groove style of ║ │
│║ "Bloodletting" in the face of "Old Wounds, New ║ │
│║ Scars". When it came to the "Electric ║ │
│║ Rattlesnake" and most of the other tracks, I was ║ │
│║ somewhat puzzled. OVERKILL seemed to have tried ║ │
│║ to perfect their music in order to sound a ║ │
│║ little bit more assorted than before, yet while ║ │
│║ doing so I felt as if they wrote rhythms and ║ │
│║ riffs on tracks like "Electric Rattlesnake" that ║ │
│║ weren't that connected to the main riffing and ║ │
│║ the concept of the track. ║ │
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│║ In general, the written riffs and passages were ║ │
│║ great and shredding but I believe that there ║ │
│║ were times where OVERKILL stretched it too far ║ │
│║ on trying to possibly complex things up. I can ║ │
│║ understand the reason for doing so but they ║ │
│║ shouldn't dwell on it in the next one. "The ║ │
│║ Electric Age" might be a little less than the ║ │
│║ previous but it is still much recommend. ║ │
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│║ Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth - Vocals ║ │
│║ D.D. Verni - Bass, Vocals ║ │
│║ Dave Linsk - Guitars (lead) ║ │
│║ Derek ''The Skull'' Tailer - Guitars (rhythm) ║ │
│║ Ron Lipnicki - Drums ║ │
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│║ Discography ║ │
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│║ Power in Black Demo, 1983 ║ │
│║ Overkill EP, 1984 ║ │
│║ Feel the Fire Demo, 1984 ║ │
│║ Feel the Fire Full-length, 1985 ║ │
│║ US Speed Metal Attack Video/VHS, 1986 ║ │
│║ Taking Over Full-length, 1987 ║ │
│║ The Can Boxed set, 1988 ║ │
│║ Fuck You EP, 1988 ║ │
│║ Hello from the Gutter Single, 1988 ║ │
│║ Under the Influence Full-length, 1988 ║ │
│║ The Years of Decay Full-length, 1989 ║ │
│║ Horrorscope Full-length, 1991 ║ │
│║ Videoscope Video/VHS, 1991 ║ │
│║ Rotten to the Core Best of/Compilation, 1992 ║ │
│║ Live to the Core EP, 1992 ║ │
│║ I Hear Black Single, 1993 ║ │
│║ Spiritual Void Single, 1993 ║ │
│║ I Hear Black Full-length, 1993 ║ │
│║ Fast Junkie Single, 1994 ║ │
│║ W.F.O. Full-length, 1994 ║ │
│║ Wrecking Your Neck Live Live album, 1995 ║ │
│║ The Killing Kind Full-length, 1996 ║ │
│║ !!!Fuck You!!! and Then Some Best ║ │
│║ of/Compilation, 1996 ║ │
│║ From the Underground and Below Full-length, 1997 ║ │
│║ The Rip 'n Tear Single, 1997 ║ │
│║ Necroshine Full-length, 1999 ║ │
│║ Coverkill Full-length, 1999 ║ │
│║ 3 Pints From the Album Bloodletting... EP, 2000 ║ │
│║ Bloodletting Full-length, 2000 ║ │
│║ Hello from the Gutter Best of/Compilation, 2002 ║ │
│║ Wrecking Everything DVD, 2002 ║ │
│║ Wrecking Everything - Live Live album, 2002 ║ │
│║ Extended Versions Live album, 2002 ║ │
│║ Then & Now Best of/Compilation, 2002 ║ │
│║ Killbox 13 Full-length, 2003 ║ │
│║ ReliXIV Full-length, 2005 ║ │
│║ Devil by the Tail Best of/Compilation, 2005 ║ │
│║ Immortalis Full-length, 2007 ║ │
│║ Live at Wacken Open Air 2007 DVD, 2008 ║ │
│║ Ironbound Full-length, 2010 ║ │
│║ Electric Rattlesnake Single 2012 ║ │
│║ Wish You Were Dead Single 2012 ║ │
│║ The Electric Age Full-length 2012 ║ │
│║ 6 Songs EP 2012 ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Come And Get It [06:18] │
│ 02 - Electric Rattlesnake [06:20] │
│ 03 - Wish You Were Dead [04:19] │
│ 04 - Black Daze [03:55] │
│ 05 - Save Yourself [03:44] │
│ 06 - Drop The Hammer Down [06:25] │
│ 07 - 21st Century Man [04:13] │
│ 08 - Old Wounds, New Scars [04:12] │
│ 09 - All Over But The Shouting [05:30] │
│ 10 - Good Night [05:37] │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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