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Overkill (1980 - )

Group - United States US thrash metal band fronted by Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth

 Also known as (1)

Releases (57)

Official

Album

  1. Feel the Fire Apr 1985
  2. Taking Over 01 Sep 1987
  3. Under the Influence 01 Jul 1988
  4. The Years of Decay 13 Oct 1989
  5. Horrorscope 03 Sep 1991
  6. I Hear Black 05 Mar 1993
  7. W.F.O. 15 Jul 1994
  8. The Killing Kind 05 Mar 1996
  9. From the Underground and Below 11 Sep 1997
  10. Necroshine 23 Feb 1999
  11. Bloodletting 23 Oct 2000
  12. Killbox 13 25 Mar 2003
  13. ReliXIV 22 Mar 2005
  14. Immortalis 08 Oct 2007
  15. Ironbound 29 Jan 2010
  16. The Electric Age 27 Mar 2012
  17. White Devil Armory 16 Jul 2014
  18. The Grinding Wheel 10 Feb 2017
  19. The Wings of War 22 Feb 2019
  20. Scorched 14 Apr 2023
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Album - Compilation

  1. !!!Fuck You!!! and Then Some Oct 1996
  2. Coverkill 01 Oct 1999
  3. Then and Now 08 Oct 2002
  4. Hello From the Gutter 2002
  5. Fuck You and Then Some / Feel the Fire 22 Feb 2005
  6. Wrecking Everything / Killbox 13 17 Nov 2009
  7. Historikill (1995–2007) 16 Oct 2015
  8. Elimination 10 Jan 2020
  9. The Complete Albums 87-94 01 May 2020
  10. The Atlantic Years (1986–1994) 03 Dec 2021
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Album - Live

  1. Wrecking Your Neck: Live 1995
  2. Wrecking Everything 18 Jun 2002
  3. Extended Versions 23 Jul 2002
  4. Wrecking Everything: An Evening in Asbury Park 2002
  5. Live in Overhausen 18 May 2018
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Single

  1. Ironbound 11 Jan 2010
  2. Electric Rattlesnake 27 Feb 2012
  3. Wish You Were Dead 06 Mar 2012
  4. Armorist 29 Jun 2014
  5. Our Finest Hour 04 Nov 2016
  6. Mean, Green, Killing Machine 23 Dec 2016
  7. Goddamn Trouble 03 Feb 2017
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EP - Demo

  1. Power in Black 1983
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Promotion

Single

  1. Fast Junkie
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Single - Live

  1. Live 'Kill 1990
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Bootleg

Album - Compilation

  1. Rotten to the Core 1992
  2. Power in Black and Then Some
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Album - Live

  1. Elvis Is Dead 1993
  2. Feel The Fire Tour 2024
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Relationships (15)

Members

  1. D.D. Verni (1980) original
  2. Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth (1980) original
  3. Rat Skates (1980 - 1987)
  4. Dan Spitz (1980)
  5. Bobby Gustafson (1981 - 1989)
  6. Sid Falck (1987 - 1992)
  7. Merritt Gant (1989 - 1995)
  8. Rob Cannavino (1989 - 1995)
  9. Tim Mallare (1992 - May 2005) drums (drum set)
  10. Sebastian Marino (1995 - 2000)
  11. Joe Comeau (1995 - 1999)
  12. Dave Linsk (1999)
  13. Derek Tailer (2001)
  14. Ron Lipnicki (2005)

Supporting By

  1. Steve Jones guitar

Recordings by (311)

  1. Hell's Getting Hotter 1:09 (1983)
  2. Overkill 3:23 (1983)
  3. The Beast Within 4:05 (1983)
  4. There's No Tomorrow 3:25 (1983)
  5. Death Rider 3:50 (1983)
  6. Raise the Dead 3:13 (1983)
  7. Feel the Fire 5:33 (1984)
  8. Second Son (live) 5:21 (1984)
  9. Kill at Command (live) 4:38 (1984)
  10. Rotten to the Core 4:59 (Apr 1985)
  11. There’s No Tomorrow 3:23 (Apr 1985)
  12. Second Son 3:53 (Apr 1985)
  13. Sonic Reducer 2:52 (Apr 1985)
  14. Hammerhead 4:01 (Apr 1985)
  15. Blood and Iron 2:40 (Apr 1985)
  16. Kill at Command 4:48 (Apr 1985)
  17. Fatal If Swallowed 6:20 (1985)
  18. The Answer 8:49 (1985)
  19. Over the Edge 3:33 (1986)
  20. Hell’s Getting Hotter 1:08 (1986)
  21. Our War 1:30 (1986)
  22. Burn the School 1:15 (1986)
  23. Don’t Wanna Be Told 0:46 (1986)
  24. Deny the Cross 4:43 (01 Sep 1987)
  25. Wrecking Crew 4:32 (01 Sep 1987)
  26. Fear His Name 5:24 (01 Sep 1987)
  27. Use Your Head 4:19 (01 Sep 1987)
  28. Powersurge 4:36 (01 Sep 1987)
  29. In Union We Stand 4:26 (01 Sep 1987)
  30. Electro-Violence 3:45 (01 Sep 1987)
  31. Overkill II (The Nightmare Continues) 7:07 (01 Sep 1987)
  32. Fuck You 2:20 (1987)
  33. Electro‐Violence 3:50 (1987) live, 1987-06-03, The Phantasy Theatre, Cleveland, OH, USA
  34. Shred 4:05 (01 Jul 1988)
  35. Never Say Never 4:58 (01 Jul 1988)
  36. Hello From the Gutter 4:13 (01 Jul 1988)
  37. Mad Gone World 4:31 (01 Jul 1988)
  38. Brainfade 4:09 (01 Jul 1988)
  39. Drunken Wisdom 6:17 (01 Jul 1988)
  40. End of the Line 7:03 (01 Jul 1988)
  41. Head First 6:02 (01 Jul 1988)
  42. Overkill III (Under the Influence) 6:31 (01 Jul 1988)
  43. Time To Kill 6:16 (13 Oct 1989)
  44. Elimination 4:35 (13 Oct 1989)
  45. I Hate 3:46 (13 Oct 1989)
  46. Nothing to Die For 4:22 (13 Oct 1989)
  47. Playing With Spiders / Skullkrusher 10:15 (13 Oct 1989)
  48. Birth of Tension 5:04 (13 Oct 1989)
  49. Who Tends the Fire 8:11 (13 Oct 1989)
  50. The Years of Decay 8:00 (13 Oct 1989)
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On Recordings (50)

Produced

  1. Powersurge 4:36 Overkill (01 Sep 1987)
  2. Deny the Cross 4:43 Overkill (01 Sep 1987)
  3. Use Your Head 4:19 Overkill (01 Sep 1987)
  4. Overkill II (The Nightmare Continues) 7:07 Overkill (01 Sep 1987)
  5. Electro-Violence 3:45 Overkill (01 Sep 1987)
  6. Fear His Name 5:24 Overkill (01 Sep 1987)
  7. Wrecking Crew 4:32 Overkill (01 Sep 1987)
  8. In Union We Stand 4:26 Overkill (01 Sep 1987)
  9. Head First 6:02 Overkill (01 Jul 1988)
  10. Never Say Never 4:58 Overkill (01 Jul 1988)
  11. Hello From the Gutter 4:13 Overkill (01 Jul 1988)
  12. Overkill III (Under the Influence) 6:31 Overkill (01 Jul 1988)
  13. Shred 4:05 Overkill (01 Jul 1988)
  14. Brainfade 4:09 Overkill (01 Jul 1988)
  15. Drunken Wisdom 6:17 Overkill (01 Jul 1988)
  16. Mad Gone World 4:31 Overkill (01 Jul 1988)
  17. End of the Line 7:03 Overkill (01 Jul 1988)
  18. Nothing to Die For 4:22 Overkill (13 Oct 1989)
  19. The Years of Decay 8:00 Overkill (13 Oct 1989)
  20. I Hate 3:46 Overkill (13 Oct 1989)
  21. Birth of Tension 5:04 Overkill (13 Oct 1989)
  22. Time to Kill 6:16 Overkill (13 Oct 1989)
  23. Who Tends the Fire 8:11 Overkill (13 Oct 1989)
  24. Elimination 4:35 Overkill (13 Oct 1989)
  25. Playing With Spiders / Skullkrusher 10:15 Overkill (13 Oct 1989)
  26. E.vil N.ever D.ies 5:49 Overkill (13 Oct 1989)
  27. Horrorscope 5:49 Overkill (03 Sep 1991)
  28. Soulitude 5:24 Overkill (03 Sep 1991)
  29. Bare Bones 4:51 Overkill (03 Sep 1991)
  30. New Machine 5:18 Overkill (03 Sep 1991)
  31. Frankenstein 3:28 Overkill (03 Sep 1991)
  32. Coma 5:22 Overkill (03 Sep 1991)
  33. Blood Money 4:07 Overkill (03 Sep 1991)
  34. Thanx for Nothin’ 4:06 Overkill (03 Sep 1991)
  35. Nice Day… for a Funeral 6:15 Overkill (03 Sep 1991)
  36. Infectious 4:04 Overkill (03 Sep 1991)
  37. Live Young, Die Free 4:09 Overkill (03 Sep 1991)
  38. Ignorance & Innocence 5:00 Overkill (05 Mar 1993)
  39. Feed My Head 5:36 Overkill (05 Mar 1993)
  40. World of Hurt 5:19 Overkill (05 Mar 1993)
  41. Undying 5:25 Overkill (05 Mar 1993)
  42. Weight of the World 4:07 Overkill (05 Mar 1993)
  43. Shades of Grey 5:19 Overkill (05 Mar 1993)
  44. Just Like You 4:13 Overkill (05 Mar 1993)
  45. Dreaming in Columbian 4:00 Overkill (05 Mar 1993)
  46. I Hear Black 5:37 Overkill (05 Mar 1993)
  47. Ghost Dance 1:46 Overkill (05 Mar 1993)
  48. Spiritual Void 5:13 Overkill (05 Mar 1993)
  49. Killogy 3:10 Overkill (25 Apr 1993)
  50. The Wait — New High in Lows 5:46 Overkill (15 Jul 1994)

Credited as (4)

  1. Overkill
  2. Overkill feat. Mark Tornillo
  3. Overkill / Kreator
  4. Overkill / Anthrax / Agent Steel

Works (21)

Wrote

  1. Time to Kill
  2. Elimination
  3. I Hate
  4. Nothing to Die For
  5. Skullkrusher
  6. Birth of Tension
  7. Who Tends the Fire
  8. The Years of Decay
  9. E.vil N.ever D.ies
  10. Coma
  11. Infectious
  12. Blood Money
  13. Thanx for Nothin’
  14. Bare Bones
  15. Horrorscope
  16. New Machine
  17. Live Young, Die Free
  18. Nice Day... for a Funeral
  19. Soulitude
  20. Playing With Spiders

Named After

  1. Overkill

Events (17)

Main Performer At

  1. SST Blowout
  2. Festival d'été de Québec 2012, day 9: Impérial de Québec
  3. Graspop Metal Meeting 2016, Day 3: Main Stage 02
  4. Hellfest 2010, Day 2
  5. Summer Breeze Open Air Brasil 2024, Day 3: Ice Stage time
  6. Hellfest 2016, Day 1: Altar time
  7. Resurrection Fest 2018, Day 2: Main Stage time
  8. LOUD PARK 17, Day 1: ULTIMATE STAGE time
  9. Wacken Open Air 2010, Day 4: True Metal Stage time
  10. Rock Carnival 2016, Day 2: WDHA 105.5 Stage time
  11. Hell & Heaven Metal Fest 2014
  12. ProgPower USA XV Day 1
  13. Wacken Open Air 1997
  14. Roskilde Festival 1993, Day 4: Orange time
  15. Alcatraz Hard Rock & Metal Festival time
  16. Rock Fest Barcelona 2016, Day 2 time

Support Act At

  1. México Metal Fest I time

Links (47)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.wreckingcrew.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/overkill
  2. https://www.livefans.jp/artists/55703
  3. https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/M00000092863/POPULAR/
  4. https://imvdb.com/n/overkill
  5. https://www.musik-sammler.de/artist/overkill/
  6. http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/groupe-groupe-Overkill_(USA)-l-en.html
  7. https://www.whosampled.com/Overkill/
  8. https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Overkill/168
  9. https://www.45cat.com/artist/overkill

Lyrics Page

  1. https://www.musixmatch.com/artist/Overkill
  2. https://muzikum.eu/en/overkill/lyrics
  3. https://genius.com/artists/Overkill

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Overkill

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/412897

Setlist.Fm

  1. https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/overkill-6bd69e9a.html

Bandsintown

  1. https://www.bandsintown.com/a/4151

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/273827

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000420504

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8397866/

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q648949

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/11127

Stream For Free

  1. http://www.pandora.com/overkill
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/5584
  3. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0NmYchKQ8JIR9QHYJA0FRe

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/artist/id263455457
  2. https://mora.jp/artist/61025/all
  3. https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/interpreter/overkill/305276
  4. https://play.google.com/store/music/artist?id=Apfjicqmhpxr724kh2ozlnwg3qi
  5. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/263455457

Purchase Music For Mail-Order

  1. https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/person/700159193
  2. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QJIF7K

Bandcamp

  1. https://overkillmetal.bandcamp.com/

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/263455457
  2. https://us.napster.com/artist/overkill
  3. https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/interpreter/overkill/305276
  4. https://music.amazon.com/artists/B001E7HXIU
  5. https://tidal.com/artist/14812

Youtube Music

  1. https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCEiJlmQQBHYFEqo_nd9c1yA

Fan Pages

  1. http://metallipromo.com/ov.html

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/97fa7dd1-4706-4fad-b6ff-e099a37837fc

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/OverkillWreckingCrew
  2. https://www.instagram.com/overkillofficial/
  3. https://twitter.com/OverkillBand

Soundcloud

  1. https://soundcloud.com/overkill3

Myspace

  1. https://myspace.com/overkill

Youtube Channels

  1. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvVIXZ5PNW-mNPNRLL4FCdQ