35/n #Overkill #Metaljourney
3rd to last album: The Grinding Wheel from 2017
I love the opener because Bobby Blitz absolutely nails the vocals. It's so damn catchy how he stresses the syllables when he rhymes. He's a master on the vocals for sure.
馃幍 Mean, Green, Killing Machine by Overkill
馃捒 The Grinding Wheel, 2017
鈻讹笍 https://song.link/y/OFAdLIYk5ws
36/n #Overkill #Metaljourney
Overkill delivers high quality thrash metal and The Grinding Wheel is no exception.
Just like a grinding wheel Overkill keeps turning round and round and round....
(that was a reference to the title track and my favourite album closer in case you didn't notice)
馃幍 The Grinding Wheel by Overkill
馃捒 The Grinding Wheel, 2017
鈻讹笍 https://song.link/y/AoUKGKzybFI
Ranking:
Ironbound
Under the Influence
The Years of Decay
Feel the Fire
ReliXIV
White Devil Armory
The Grinding Wheel
From the Underground and Below
Bloodletting
The Electric Age
Killbox 13
Necroshine
Horrorscope
Immortalis
The Killing Kind
W.F.O.
Taking Over
I Hear Black
37/n #Overkill #Metaljourney
"Fuck it, this ends today!" Jesus said to his Apostles.
"Fuck yeah!" they chanted back, put on some thrash metal and started a holy moshpit.
Since it is #ThrashThursday I say yes, this metal journey ends today! Only 2 more to go and they are both bangers.
In 2019 Overkill released their 19th studio album called "Wings of War" and it is - spoiler alert - one of my favourites.
馃幍 Last Man Standing by Overkill
馃捒 Wings of War, 2019
鈻讹笍 https://song.link/y/ttzxGjx8l8k
38/n #Overkill #Metaljourney
Silvio: "Frankly, you got a problem with authority"
Tony: "All due respect, you got no fucking idea what it's like to be number one".
Start a song with a Sopranos quote and I am all yours.
Do states in the US have anthems?
Because this one should be New Jersey's anthems 馃憞
馃幍 Welcome To The Garden State by Overkill
馃捒 Wings of War, 2019
鈻讹笍 https://song.link/y/0Pg8_9c3eUk
39/n #Overkill #Metaljourney
Wings of War has a different taste to it. It is very much a thrash metal album but Overkill managed to bring in new elements leaning a tiny bit towards NWOBHM.
And I love it for exactly this.
It's one of their very best and my personal no 2.
Bobby and DD, thank you!
馃幍 Hole in My Soul by Overkill
馃捒 Wings of War, 2019
鈻讹笍 https://song.link/y/AFCkzOw-O70
Ranking:
Ironbound
Wings of War
Under the Influence
The Years of Decay
ReliXIV
White Devil Armory
Griding Wheel
Feel the Fire
From the Underground and Below
Bloodletting
The Electric Age
Killbox 13
Necroshine
Horrorscope
Immortalis
The Killing Kind
W.F.O.
Taking Over
I Hear Black
40/n # Overkill #Metaljourney
Here we are, album number 20: "Scorched".
This album was my #ThrashMetal album of the year 2023.
My runner up of the "Old Farts Still Got It" album of the #AlbumOddTheYear2023 awards and my overall no 16 of my 2023 AOTY list.
Let's see how it holds up in direct comparison to their gigantic and high quality back catalogue...
馃幍 Scorched by Overkill
馃捒 Scorched, 2023
鈻讹笍 https://song.link/y/64eVO-at7kc
@Kitty I think this was your first Overkill album, right? Do you still hear that Bag o' Bones rattling?
@derthomas Ohhh yeah! 馃幍 Twist of the wick!
It's a great recommendation 馃檹
