![]() ![]() This is most apparent with the drums, sounding like they were recorded using an electric drum kit in a garage. Tracks like “ Thunderhead”, “ Bleed Me”, and “ Death Comes Out to Play” are great Overkill songs, but the sound quality just isn’t there. This is unfortunate, because some of the song-writing on this album has a lot of potential. What came out the other side of these changes was “ Bloodletting”, a hastily produced album whose production is, to put it bluntly, a mess. Guitarists Joe Comeau and Sebastian Marino (who both performed on the groups 3 previous albums) were no longer in the band and, with the addition of guitarist Dave Linsk, Overkill became a 4-piece unit for the first time since 1989’s “The Years of Decay”. First, they had moved to a new label, Metal-Is, after 5 years with CMC records. The turn of the century came with a lot of changes for the band. Highlights: “ Within Your Eyes”, “ Bats in the Belfry”, “ Keeper”. There are still several songs here worth adding to your song playlist the album just is not going to win over new fans or catch the attention of anyone outside the Overkill fan-base. Just because the album is bad by Overkill standards, however, does not make it a truly bad album. Even more surprising: both “Killbox 13” and “ReliXIV” were recorded in the same studio and with the same record label. Some of these issues are a bit surprising since they are a complete 180 from the groups previous album, “Killbox 13”, which was critically acclaimed and arguably the most well-produced album of Overkill’s career. Most of us don’t even know how to pronounce the album title. “ReliXIV” is a largely uninspired, generic effort and includes no innovation. The production sounds like a demo-tape – the guitars sound like they were recorded in a trash can – and the album contains the only two Overkill songs I actively dislike (“Love” and “Old School”). It’s difficult for me to say this, because Overkill has never released a bad album, but “ ReliXIV” is the band’s worst effort to date. After grading and ranking, I re-listened to every album and took notes before deciding on a final list.Each Album was graded out of 10 points for each category (40 points total).Average Professional Review Scores (i.e.So, we decided to do our part in continuing to promote one of the greatest metal bands of all-time, by ranking all of their albums! CRITERIA OVERKILL has always been underrated and undervalued when it comes to their impact on the music world and they deserve more attention then they have received. OVERKILL has released 19 studio albums between 19, and every one of those albums ranges from solid thrash, to monumental and groundbreaking metal. New Jersey-based thrash pioneers, OVERKILL, may not have the same popularity, or get as much publicity, as the “BIG 4” (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax) but this group has been more productive and consistent over their career than any BIG 4 band.
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