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Band
Overkill
Title
The Electric Age
Type
LP/EP
Company
Nuclear Blast
YOR
2012
Style
Thrash
3/23/2012 - Review by: Chris Kincaid

Overkill
The Electric Age

Company: Nuclear Blast
Release: 2012
Genre: Thrash
Reviewer: Chris Kincaid

  • Feels like Overkill are playing for their lives



  • My first taste of Overkill came in 1994 from the gravely underrated W.F.O album. I snagged it for $5 bucks at The Hock Shop. Helluva deal! It still remains one of my favorite albums from the green & black attack. And while other metal bands have lost it by catering to trends or artistic expression, Overkill has kept their balls intact continuing to pound out badass thrash.

    "The Electric Age" is no exception. It picks up where "Ironbound" left off. No changes needed! No frills! No need for an orchestra or extra musicians! Blitz and the boys keep it simple with an album that takes no prisoners. Charging out of the gates with a smoking opener in 'Come And Get It', to the sheer frenzy of 'Electric Rattlesnake' and the grinding assault of 'Black Daze'. Weakspots? Good luck finding any amidst the monster riffs, fierce double kicks, solos that'll have you air shredding and that rumbling bassline that's the staple of every Overkill album. All delivered at full throttle, neck snapping speed leaving you no time to catch your breath. And just when you think it's safe to come up for air during the first few seconds of the closing track 'Goodnight', it's pace switches and kicks you between the legs one more time.

    One would think with constant touring and a stroke during a show back in 2002 that Bobby Blitz would be showing his age. Wrong! The man might be pushing 53 but his voice has managed to retain it's brash, gritty, attitude. Seriously, I can't hear a difference between Blitz now and Blitz on 1989's "The Years of Decay".

    "The Electric Age" feels like Overkill are playing for their lives; holding nothing back and pushing themselves to the brink of metal madness. Maybe being underrated is a good thing. Keeps you hungry and true to your roots.

    Yes, Virgina...the wrecking crew are back!


    • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
      5 :AVE RATING

    ALL REVIEWS FOR: OVERKILL
    TITLE
    DOR
    COMPANY
    REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
    Hellish Videos
    2005
    Sanctuary Records
    Ken Pierce8/17/2005
    -
    Ironbound
    2010
    Nuclear Blast
    Vinaya Saksena5/18/2010
    4
    Killbox 13
    2003
    Spitfire
    Eric Compton4/10/2003
    -
    RelixIV
    2005
    Spitfire
    Susan Wright4/7/2005
    -
    Taking Over
    1986
    Atlantic
    Anthony Burke7/10/2005
    -
    The Electric Age
    2012
    Nuclear Blast
    Chris Kincaid3/23/2012
    5
    The Grinding Wheel
    2017
    Nuclear Blast
    Eric Compton2/15/2017
    4.5
    The Grinding Wheel
    2017
    Nuclear Blast
    Frank Hill1/17/2017
    4.5
    The Wings Of War
    2019
    Nuclear Blast
    David Loveless2/24/2019
    4.5
    White Devil Armory
    2014
    Eone
    T. Ray Verteramo7/23/2014
    4.5
    Wrecking Everything
    2002
    Spitfire
    Ken Pierce4/1/2005
    -
    Wrecking Everything Live
    2002
    Spitfire
    Ken Pierce4/1/2005
    -

    ALL INTERVIEWS FOR: OVERKILL
    INTERVIEW INTERVIEWER DATE TAGLINE
    DD VerniEric Compton, Stygian Steel1/2/2006


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