The Electric Age Explained

The Electric Age
Type:studio
Artist:Overkill
Cover:Overkillelectric.jpeg
Recorded:September 2011–January 2012
Studio:Gear Recording Studio, Shrewsbury, New Jersey
Genre:Thrash metal
Label:
Producer:Overkill
Prev Title:Ironbound
Prev Year:2010
Next Title:White Devil Armory
Next Year:2014

The Electric Age is the 16th studio album by the American thrash metal band Overkill, which was released on March 27, 2012 in the U.S. on eOne Music and in Europe three days later on Nuclear Blast.[1]

Reception and sales

The album sold about 6,700 copies in the United States during the first week of release, beating the band's first week sales of their previous record, Ironbound, which totalled 4,100 copies.[2] The Electric Age was also the first Overkill album to crack the top 100; the album peaked at #77 on the Billboard 200,[3] making it their third highest chart position in their career (their subsequent albums, White Devil Armory and The Grinding Wheel, peaked at #31 and #69 respectively).[4] In its second week The Electric Age sold 2,950 copies and dropped to #170 on the Billboard 200, bringing the sales total to a little under 10,000 copies.[5]

Track listing

All bonus tracks from Australian Ironbound Tour. These tracks were also released as an EP by the label in 2013.[6]

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[7]

Personnel

Overkill
Production
Artwork and design

Studios

Charts

Chart (2012)Peak
position
US Billboard 200[8]
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[9]
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)[10]
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[11]
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Overkill: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Unveiled . Roadrunnerrecords.com . 2012-01-23 . 2012-01-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120126015111/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=168656 . 2012-01-26 .
  2. Web site: Neilstein . Vince . Neilstein Soundscam: A Kolossal Debut . MetalSucks . 4 April 2012. 2013-06-26.
  3. Web site: The Electric Age - Overkill - Awards . 2012-02-18 . AllMusic.
  4. News: Overkill's 'White Devil Armory' Cracks U.S. Top 40 . Blabbermouth.net . 2014-07-30 . 2014-07-30.
  5. Web site: Brown . Matt . Metal By Numbers 8/13: The charts get (God)smacked around . metalinsider.net . March 17, 2022 . August 13, 2014.
  6. News: OVERKILL To Release 'Live From Oz' On Copper-Colored Vinyl. Blabbermouth.net. March 18, 2013. August 29, 2015.
  7. The Electric Age . . 2012 . booklet . Nuclear Blast.
  8. Web site: Overkill Chart History (Billboard 200). https://web.archive.org/web/20211117183356/https://www.billboard.com/artist/overkill/chart-history/tlp/. Billboard. November 17, 2021. August 18, 2024.
  9. Web site: Overkill Chart History (Independent Albums). https://web.archive.org/web/20211118010314/https://www.billboard.com/artist/overkill/chart-history/ind/. Billboard. November 18, 2021. August 18, 2024.
  10. Web site: Overkill Chart History (Top Hard Rock Albums). https://web.archive.org/web/20211117211445/https://www.billboard.com/artist/overkill/chart-history/mtl/. Billboard. November 17, 2021. August 18, 2024.
  11. Web site: Overkill Chart History (Top Rock Albums). https://web.archive.org/web/20211118005121/https://www.billboard.com/artist/overkill/chart-history/rck/. Billboard. November 18, 2021. August 18, 2024.
  12. Web site: Overkill Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums). https://web.archive.org/web/20211118013003/https://www.billboard.com/artist/overkill/chart-history/tas/. Billboard. November 18, 2021. August 18, 2024.

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