I was a big fan of Overkill in the 80's and rated them pretty much on the same level as Megadeth and Anthrax, just below Metallica and Slayer. In hindsight I rate them higher than Megadeth and much higher than Anthrax based on their 'classic era' output as well as their live shows. Anthrax hasn't aged well for me aside from Spreading The Disease.
Aside from seeing them live for the fourth, and unfortunately last, time in 1999 I had mostly lost track of them after 1994's WFO, which I hated, until I heard Ironbound in 2010. Ironbound totally blew me away and I've been back on the bandwagon since. The three albums after, The Electric Age, White Devil Armory and The Grinding Wheel are all very solid and I was expecting more of the same from album #19. What I wasn't expecting was another album as good as Ironbound. The Wings Of War is a fabulous album, completely in the vein of old school thrash without sounding dated or forced (cough, Hardwired, cough).
Overkill "The Wings of War"
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I was a big fan of Overkill in the 80's and rated them pretty much on the same level as Megadeth and Anthrax, just below Metallica and Slayer. In hindsight I rate them higher than Megadeth and much higher than Anthrax based on their 'classic era' output as well as their live shows. Anthrax hasn't aged well for me aside from Spreading The Disease.
Aside from seeing them live for the fourth, and unfortunately last, time in 1999 I had mostly lost track of them after 1994's WFO, which I hated, until I heard Ironbound in 2010. Ironbound totally blew me away and I've been back on the bandwagon since. The three albums after, The Electric Age, White Devil Armory and The Grinding Wheel are all very solid and I was expecting more of the same from album #19. What I wasn't expecting was another album as good as Ironbound. The Wings Of War is a fabulous album, completely in the vein of old school thrash without sounding dated or forced (cough, Hardwired, cough).
9.5/10