Overkill discography explained

Artist:Overkill
Studio:20
Live:3
Compilation:2
Video:2
Music Videos:12
Ep:2
Option:1
Option Name:Demos
1Option:2
1Option Name:Box sets

The following is the discography of Overkill, an American thrash metal band formed in 1980 in New Jersey. The band has released twenty studio albums, three live albums, two compilation albums, three EPs and one box set. They were one of the early thrash metal bands to sign to a major label (Atlantic Records in 1986), and rose to fame as part of the genre's movement of the late 1980s, along with bands such as Anthrax, Exodus, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Testament. In terms of chart positions and sales, the band's most successful records are Under the Influence (1988), The Years of Decay (1989), I Hear Black (1993), The Electric Age (2012), and White Devil Armory (2014), which debuted at No. 142, No. 155, No. 122, No. 77, and No. 31 respectively on the Billboard 200 chart.[1] As of 2006, Overkill has sold over 625,000 albums in the US since the beginning of the SoundScan era, and over 5 million records worldwide throughout their career.[2]

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album detailsPeak chart positionsSales
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Feel the Firealign=left
Taking Overalign=left
  • Released: September 1, 1987
  • Label: Megaforce
191
Under the Influencealign=left 142 42
The Years of Decayalign=left
  • Released: October 13, 1989
  • Label: Atlantic
155 58
  • US: 67,000+
Horrorscopealign=left
  • Released: September 3, 1991
  • Label: Atlantic
I Hear Blackalign=left
  • Released: March 9, 1993
  • Label: Atlantic
122
W.F.O.align=left
  • Released: July 15, 1994
  • Label: Atlantic
93
The Killing Kindalign=left
  • Released: March 5, 1996
  • Label: CMC
60
From the Underground and Belowalign=left
  • Released: September 30, 1997
  • Label: CMC
80
Necroshinealign=left
  • Released: February 23, 1999
  • Label: CMC
82
Bloodlettingalign=left
  • Released: October 24, 2000
  • Label: Metal-Is
Killbox 13align=left
  • Released: March 25, 2003
  • Label: Spitfire
93
ReliXIValign=left
  • Released: March 22, 2005
  • Label: Spitfire/Regain
Immortalisalign=left
  • Released: October 9, 2007
  • Label: Bodog Music
Ironboundalign=left 192 31 152 61 198 77
The Electric Agealign=left
  • Released: March 27, 2012
  • Label: eOne Music
77 34 89 35 30 73 155 62 41
White Devil Armoryalign=left
  • Released: July 22, 2014
  • Label: eOne Music
31 20 91 28 28 53 31
The Grinding Wheelalign=left 69 10 51 21 44 33 185 23
The Wings of Waralign=left
  • Released: February 22, 2019
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
158 5 23 153 13
Scorchedalign=left
  • Released: April 14, 2023
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
10 64 29 164 7
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Live albums

Title Album detailsPeak chart positions
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Wrecking Your Neckalign=left
  • Released: May 30, 1995
  • Label: CMC
65
Wrecking Everythingalign=left
  • Released: June 18, 2002
  • Label: Spitfire
Live in Overhausenalign=left
  • Released: May 18, 2018
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
12

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsSales
Fuck You and Then Somealign=left
  • Released: October 22, 1996
  • Label: Megaforce
Coverkillalign=left
  • Released: October 26, 1999
  • Label: Steamhammer/SPV
  • US: 1,815+
Hello From the Gutter - the Best of Overkillalign=left
  • Released: September 10, 2002
  • Label: Steamhammer/SPV

Box sets

TitleAlbum details
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  • Released: October 16, 2015
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
The Atlantic Years 1986-1994align=left
  • Released: October 29, 2021
  • Label: Atlantic Records

Extended plays

YearTitleLabel
1985OverkillAzra/Metal Storm
1987!!!Fuck You!!!Megaforce
20126 SongsRock Hard

Videos

Video albums

Title Album details
Videoscope
  • Released: November 1991
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: VHS
Wrecking Everything - An Evening in Asbury Park
  • Released: September 24, 2002
  • Label: Spitfire
  • Formats: DVD
  • US: 6,300+
Live at Wacken Open Air 2007
  • Released: February 5, 2008
  • Label: Bodog Music
  • Formats: DVD

Music videos

YearTitleDirectorAlbum
1987"In Union We Stand"Taking Over
1988"Hello from the Gutter"[20] Under the Influence
1989"Elimination"The Years of Decay
1991"Horroscope"[21] Horrorscope
"Thanx for Nothin"[22]
1993"Spiritual Void"Simeon Soffer[23] I Hear Black
1994"Fast Junkie"W.F.O.
1995"Bastard Nation" (live)Wrecking Your Neck
1997"Long Time Dyin'"From the Underground and Below
2007"Skull and Bones" (featuring Randy Blythe)Kevin Custer[24] [25] [26] Immortalis
2010"Bring Me the Night"Ironbound
2012"Electric Rattlesnake" The Electric Age
2014"Armorist"White Devil Armory
"Bitter Pill"
2016"Our Finest Hour" (lyric video)The Grinding Wheel
"Mean, Green, Killing Machine" (lyric video)
2017"Goddamn Trouble"Kevin Custer[27]
"Shine On"
2018"Hammerhead" (live)Live in Overhausen
"Thanx for Nothing" (live)
"Second Son" (live)
"Last Man Standing" (lyric video)The Wings Of War
2019"Head of a Pin" (lyric video)
"Welcome to the Garden State"Tommy Jones

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=overkill|chart=all}} Overkill Album & Song Chart History]. Billboard.com. May 31, 2011.
  2. Web site: Over Kill - Bobby Gustafson. LESLIE'S METAL.
  3. Overkill Chart History: Billboard 200 . . March 5, 2019.
  4. Web site: Offizielle Deutsche Charts . offiziellecharts.de . January 16, 2019.
  5. Web site: オーバーキルのCDアルバムランキング │オリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE . Oricon.co.jp . February 24, 2014.
  6. Web site: Kereső - lista és dátum szerint - Archívum - MAHASZ - Magyar Hangfelvétel-kiadók Szövetsége . Zene.slagerlistak.hu . February 24, 2014.
  7. Finnish peaks:
  8. Web site: Austria Top 40 - Hitparade Österreich . austriancharts.at . April 20, 2012 . February 24, 2014.
  9. Web site: Les charts français . www.chartsinfrance.net . February 24, 2014.
  10. Web site: Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community . Hitparade.ch . February 24, 2014.
  11. Web site: Swedish Charts Portal . swedishcharts.com . April 13, 2012 . February 24, 2014.
  12. Web site: Overkill Confirmed For Uk's Bloodstock Open Air Festival - Blabbermouth.net. blabbermouth.net. May 15, 2016.
  13. Web site: Metal Sludge - Sludge Scan For May 2000 - The Power & Glory since 1998 . May 15, 2016 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20130411215530/http://metalsludge.tv/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=994&Itemid=39 . April 11, 2013 .
  14. Web site: Sludge Scan for November 1999 | Metal Sludge . October 21, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150102163813/http://www.metalsludge.tv/?p=30332 . January 2, 2015 .
  15. Web site: Overkill Frontman On 'The Classic Metal Show'; Audio Available - Blabbermouth.net. blabbermouth.net. May 15, 2016.
  16. Web site: Overkill: 'Immortalis' First Week Sales Revealed . Blabbermouth.net . October 17, 2007 . February 24, 2014.
  17. Web site: Overkill: 'Ironbound' First Week Sales Revealed . Blabbermouth.net . February 17, 2010 . February 24, 2014.
  18. Web site: Neilstein . Vince . Neilstein Soundscam: A Kolossal Debut . MetalSucks . February 24, 2014.
  19. Web site: OVERKILL's 'White Devil Armory' Cracks U.S. Top 40 . Blabbermouth.net . July 30, 2014 . July 30, 2014.
  20. Web site: Hello From The Gutter Overkill Music Video . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203212800/http://www.mtv.com/videos/overkill/47181/hello-from-the-gutter.jhtml . dead . February 3, 2014 . MTV . May 2, 2005 . February 24, 2014.
  21. Web site: Horrorscope Overkill Music Video . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203211232/http://www.mtv.com/videos/overkill/54135/horrorscope.jhtml . dead . February 3, 2014 . MTV . July 7, 2005 . February 24, 2014.
  22. Web site: Thanx for Nothin' Overkill Music Video . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203201303/http://www.mtv.com/videos/overkill/58751/thanx-for-nothin.jhtml . dead . February 3, 2014 . MTV . August 23, 2005 . February 24, 2014.
  23. Web site: Spiritual Void Overkill Music Video . https://web.archive.org/web/20140203204838/http://www.mtv.com/videos/overkill/54136/spiritual-void.jhtml . dead . February 3, 2014 . MTV . July 7, 2005 . February 24, 2014.
  24. Web site: Overkill: 'Skull & Bones' Video Available . Blabbermouth.net . February 29, 2008 . February 24, 2014.
  25. Web site: Overkill: 'Bring Me The Night' Video Released . Blabbermouth.net . February 10, 2010 . February 24, 2014.
  26. Web site: Overkill: Behind The Scenes Footage From 'Electric Rattlesnake' Video Shoot . Blabbermouth.net . April 23, 2012 . February 24, 2014.
  27. Web site: Video Premiere: OVERKILL's 'Goddamn Trouble' . Blabbermouth.net . February 3, 2017 . August 15, 2017.