Overkill - The Electric Age - review
Overkill - The Electric Age - review
Tracklist
01. Come And Get It02. Electric Rattlesnake
03. Wish You Were Dead
04. Black Daze
05. Save Yourself
06. Drop The Hammer Down
07. 21st Century Man
08. Old Wounds, New Scars
09. All Over But The Shouting
10. Good Night
A review by
Daniell April 03, 2012
Ironbound was brilliant in its own right, perhaps on a par with Overkill's classics from the 80's and 90's. It was not really feasible to top that release, and The Electric Age doesn't, but it's brilliant as well. Overkill isn't a revivalist band, they don't need to rehash their old ideas, nor do they ride the bandwagon of their old glory. They simply soldier on, starting the fourth decade of their career, still playing their own, unique brand of thrash that sounds like no other band. Hell, they sound angrier, faster and more aggressive than they ever have.
Ever since they started playing thrash, Overkill have had this endearing, energetic, slightly punk-ish vibe. It was already present on their debut, Feel the Fire, and it seems to be alive and kicking almost 30 years later.
The festival of thrash mastery begins with the inspired gallop of "Come and Get It" - over six minutes of juicy, bloody thrash metal steak of the highest quality. Every following song is a testament to Overkill's enduring excellence. Whether it is a dazzling headbanger called "Electric Rattlesnake", or a groovy rocker "Black Daze", the force is there. Mr Ellsworth and Co. have lost none of their potency, and they even acquired some new hues of it. "Drop the Hammer Down" is so super melodic, especially its guitar solos, that even Iron Maiden's guitar trio should feel embarrassed. Not that it'd be hard, seeing how much their last album sucked anyway...
All the Warbringers, Vektors, Toxic Holocausts and other thrash babies of this world may as well sell their guitars and become altar boys, because they are unlikely reach the level of excellence that Overkill seems to have claimed for good with their last 2 albums. Dear Padawans, to the great Overkill bow now you must.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 9 |
| Originality: | 8 |
| Production: | 9 |
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Exellent indeed sir! The review and the latest of the Mad Bat. But not perfect.
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I gotta be the only one who doesn't like overkill much.
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Posts: 40071 Written by Big-Al on 06.04.2012 at 09:38 Nope. I don't like them that much either.
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Posts: 1941 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 03.04.2012 at 16:32 Agreed.
---- They shake your hand and they smile and they buy you a drink They say we'll be your friends we'll stick with you till the end But everybody's only looking out for themselves And you say who can you trust I'll tell you nobody
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Posts: 1941 Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 03.04.2012 at 22:23 I'm probably the first who mentioned Nightbringer on this board. I love this band.
---- They shake your hand and they smile and they buy you a drink They say we'll be your friends we'll stick with you till the end But everybody's only looking out for themselves And you say who can you trust I'll tell you nobody
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I really like this album and think it's one of their best. It seems to pretty much continue where Ironbound left off but I think some of the songs on here are a bit better and have more enjoyable choruses to sing along to, such as 'Come and Get It' and 'Electric Rattlesnake'.
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Ironbound II. Now thats not a bad thing haha
---- Goodspeed on the Devils Thunder
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