Overkill - The Atlantic Years 1986-1996

Half-speed mastered 180-gram 6LP box set

All of Overkill's Atlantic Records albums back on vinyl after being long out of print!

Includes Taking Over, Under The Influence, The Years Of Decay, Horrorscope, I Hear Black, and W.F.O.

Overkill, the seminal American thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey. They are often called "the Motörhead of thrash metal" based on their unique playing style, which was influenced by punk rock and the new wave of British heavy metal. They were also one of the first thrash metal bands to sign to a major label (having signed to Atlantic Records in 1986), and rose to fame as part of the genre's movement of the mid-to-late 1980s, along with the "big four" (Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax) as well as Exodus and Testament.

Overkill achieved their first mainstream success with their second studio album and Atlantic debut, Taking Over (1987) which earned global acclaim and chart success. The band's next five studio albums were also on Atlantic — Under the Influence (1988), The Years of Decay (1989), Horrorscope (1991), I Hear Black (1993) and W.F.O. (1994) — and were also successful on a global scale, making them one of the most successful East Coast thrash metal bands. Overkill now have 19 studio albums under their belt and continue to tour the world to huge audiences still to this day.

This 6LP vinyl box set includes: Taking Over, Under The Influence, The Years Of Decay, Horrorscope, I Hear Black and W.F.O. All Overkill's Atlantic Albums are back on vinyl after being out of print for many years. Half-speed mastered for dynamic range and pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

 

LP1 - Taking Over (1987)

Side A:

1. Deny the Cross

2. Wrecking Crew

3. Fear His Name

4. Use Your Head

5. Fatal If Swallowed

Side B:

1. Powersurge

2. In Union We Stand

3. Electro-Violence

4. Overkill II (The Nightmare Continues)

LP2 - The Years Of Decay (1989)

Side A:

1. Time to Kill

2. Elimination

3. I Hate

4. Nothing to Die For

5. Playing with Spiders / Skullkrusher

Side B:

1. Birth of Tension

2. Who Tends the Fire

3. The Years of Decay

4. Evil Never Dies

LP3 - W.F.O. (1994)

Side A:

1. Where It Hurts

2. Fast Junkie

3. The Wait / A New High in Lows

4. They Eat Their Young

5. What's Your Problem

Side B:

1. Under One

2. Supersonic Hate

3. R.I.P. (Undone)

4. Up to Zero

5. Bastard Nation

6. Gasoline Dream

LP4 - I Hear Black (1993)

Side A:

1. Dreaming in Columbia

2. I Hear Black

3. World of Hurt

4. Feed My Head

5. Shades of Grey

Side B:

1. Spiritual Void

2. Ghost Dance

3. Weight of the World

4. Ignorance & Innocence

5. Undying

6. Just Like You

LP5 - Under The Influence (1988)

Side A:

1. Shred

2. Never Say Never

3. Hello from the Gutter

4. Mad Gone World

5. Brainfade

Side B:

1. Drunken Wisdom

2. End of the Line

3. Head First

4. Overkill II (Under the Influence)

LP6 - Horrorscope (1991)

Side A:

1. Coma

2. Infectious

3. Blood Money

4. Thanx for Nothin'

5. Bare Bones

6. Horrorscope

Side B:

1. New Machine

2. Frankenstein

3. Live Young, Die Free

4. Nice Day... For a Funeral

5. Soulitude

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