Overkill
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New Jersey, United States (1980 – present)
1) Overkill formed in 1980 in New Jersey, as one of the first thrash bands to hit the U.S.A. east coast. They rose first as a cover band called Virgin Killers from the ashes of The Lubricunts which had been a project of Carlos “D.D.” Verni and Lee “Rat Skates” Kundrat. They recruited Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth. Formerly a bassist as well as a vocalist, Bobby was recruited strictly as a vocalist for the band. By the end of 1980 the band re-branded themselves as Overkill and in 1981 they completed their first original songs which included Unleash The Beast Within, Overkill I: The Nightmare Begins and Raise the Dead. These thrash metal songs pre-date the formation Exodus, Anthrax, Metallica, and many others of the genre.
Their original unknown guitarist was replaced by Dan Spitz. When Dan left to go to Anthrax, he was replaced by the guitars of Bobby Gustafson and Rich Conte. After Rich’s departure that same year, the band was left with a single guitarist, Bobby Gustafson.
With a long string of infamous live performances in New York City area clubs like L’Amours, Overkill established a reputation as a blue-collar, working man’s band.
After the band released a self-financed demo, Power in Black in 1983 and the self-titled EP Overkill in 1984, Overkill had a breakthrough hit in 1985 with Feel the Fire, a crushing thrash album released on Megaforce Records (and re-released on Noise International in 1988).
Top Albums
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Taking Over
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Feel the Fire
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The Years of Decay
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Horrorscope
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Shoutbox
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xdevilbunny wrote:
holy shit Ironbound fucking slays. one of their best!!
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eban_666 wrote:
Elimination !!!
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floydisgod wrote:
someone said they went for a more groovy direction lately? well their new album has gotta make the trve metal fans happy
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miqmiranda wrote:
AWESOOOMEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
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mysteremetal wrote:
Some great stuff on new album
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ProgresiveLanD wrote:
ironbound FTW
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666Angelripper wrote:
new one is fucking great!
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PieruG wrote:
New Album is Amazing!!! Great Trash I love It
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CanadaRiot2312 wrote:
Wow, people already have the new album?
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nana_oosaki wrote:
great fucking band
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Dustspell wrote:
Yeah..People already saying that Ironbound it's the best work of 2009..Go easy..Not yet was released lol
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HEHY wrote:
! ! ! The Green And Black ! ! !
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dalej_thrash wrote:
New Album Fuckins Pawns
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Evuuul wrote:
Probably the best thrash band
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winterized wrote:
making good music again by overkill
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Regdot wrote:
Illegal downloading ftw.
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HolyCr4p wrote:
basses on new album are great..
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Eye666 wrote:
in union we stand overkill forever
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Donniegambler wrote:
New album sounds awesome
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Polytoximaniac wrote:
Great Album!!!
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Featured Tracks
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Devils in the Mist full track | 4:33 |
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Overkill full track | 4:16 |
Events
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Feb
6
Killfest Tour 2010
De Pul, Uden, Netherlands
11 shouts
| 9 attendees
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Feb
7
Killfest Tour 2010
Hyde Park, Osnabrück, Germany
6 shouts
| 19 attendees
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Feb
9
Killfest Tour 2010
Godset, Kolding, Denmark
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| 2 attendees
News
Bobby video interview from Mexico
3 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/overkill
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29 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/overkill
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Recent Activity
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DarkPanika and TUROK1134 added Overkill to their libraries. 5 minutes ago
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blastrula added Overkill to the lineup of Unirock Open Air Fest 2010 at Solar Beach. 3 hours ago
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norcalchapter and SeNoRpEpE44 added Overkill to their libraries. 4 hours ago
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Psaro tagged Overkill with ‘thrash metal’. 8 hours ago
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Psaro, Hellorado, gms2006 and 4 other people added Overkill to their libraries. 8 hours ago
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sfusyron added Overkill to the lineup of Overkill at U.B.'S. yesterday evening
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Merciless_Death, -eXodus_Attack- and Mnemosyne89 added Overkill to their libraries. yesterday evening
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makinachico tagged Overkill with ‘thrash metal’. yesterday afternoon
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Jejk_ connected Overkill to the group Stay Heavy. yesterday afternoon
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