Overkill: Under The Influence (Collector's Edition)
Under The Influence (Collector's Edition)
CD
CD (Compact Disc)
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
- Label: Rock Candy, 1988
- Bestellnummer: 9143871
- Erscheinungstermin: 24.5.2019
Weitere Ausgaben von Under The Influence
*** digitally remastered
Album digital in HD (Werbung)
Whenever the term Thrash Metal is mentioned most people instinctively drawer a connection with the America West Coast and in particular San Francisco’s Bay Area where the likes of Metallica, Megadeth and Exodus originated from. However America’s East Coast scene had, by the mid-80s, also developed a batch of acts lending support to such top notch acts as Anthrax, Testament and Nuclear Assault. Both scenes proved to be fertile breeding grounds for the genre acting as magnets for newer groups to form and feed off the excitement.
Overkill, originating from New Jersey, was one such act throwing themselves into the ring at a time when anything in the world of thrash metal was possible. Signing to the much loved and influential Megaforce label they cut two well received albums prior to unleashing ‘Under The Influence’ in July 1987. Recorded in upstate New York and produced by well-respected studio wizard Alex Perialas (mixed by Michael Wagener), who had already worked with Testament, Anthrax and Flotsam & Jetsam, the album refined the bands style and sound turning them from an interesting curio into world class contenders.
Overkill’s secret ingredient was not just their intense sonic assault but an inherent ability to condense riffs into an almost symphonic cacophony employing a strong melodic sensibility imbued with thick crunching guitar work. The songs resonate with muscle and melody, a trait not often found in the majority of thrash metal outfits, and the production is crisp and clean lending the sound a decidedly sophisticated sheen.
Overkill, originating from New Jersey, was one such act throwing themselves into the ring at a time when anything in the world of thrash metal was possible. Signing to the much loved and influential Megaforce label they cut two well received albums prior to unleashing ‘Under The Influence’ in July 1987. Recorded in upstate New York and produced by well-respected studio wizard Alex Perialas (mixed by Michael Wagener), who had already worked with Testament, Anthrax and Flotsam & Jetsam, the album refined the bands style and sound turning them from an interesting curio into world class contenders.
Overkill’s secret ingredient was not just their intense sonic assault but an inherent ability to condense riffs into an almost symphonic cacophony employing a strong melodic sensibility imbued with thick crunching guitar work. The songs resonate with muscle and melody, a trait not often found in the majority of thrash metal outfits, and the production is crisp and clean lending the sound a decidedly sophisticated sheen.
- Tracklisting
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 Shred
- 2 Never say never
- 3 Hello from the gutter
- 4 Mad gone world
- 5 Brainfade
- 6 Drunken wisdom
- 7 End of the line
- 8 Head first
- 9 Overkill III
