Over Kill, where should I start?

I currently do not have any Over Kill, so I'm wondering where I should
start with them, because I would really love to get into them. If
anyone has any suggestions please help me out. Thanks.

I'd say Horrorscope is a good place to start. However, there really isn't a bad Overkill CD IMO.

I agree Horrorscope all the way. If you like I can email you some samples

Under the Influence is my favorite.

Feel the Fire/Taking Over. Start where they started!

a great place to start would be at the beginning. Feel The Fire.

Yup, mc666 and UncleSaxon nailed it. Feel The Fire and Taking Over are the best starting points.

You can then just move through the discography and see their changes, but hear a darn good CD every time!

Thanks dudes, I'll see if I can find their first few discs and go from there. Hopefully the stores around here can order me some.

Yip as stated before me, just start at the begining of their Discography and work your way to present day.




I just bought the Killing Kind on vinyl, that LP has eluded me for sometime now (but thanks to MBNA, it mine), my overkill collection on Vinyl is near completion

Horrorscope was my introdution to the band many moons ago. After I heard that, I was on a tear to find anything and everything from this band. I agree with Ult. I don't think they've put out a bad cd yet. Are some better than others? Probably. There are definatley some cd's that get more spins than others, but I can't think of any one release that is subpar.

Taking over/Feel the fire

Save for ReliXIV, there isn't a bad Overkill disc. There's something good on all of them. I'd suggest picking up one of their 2 live albums (or the live DVD if you can find it), to get a taste of what they do, then go from there.

Like these wise gentlemen before me has stated,start at the beginning of their discography and buy everyone,you wont be sorry.Not a bad release in there.

"Under the Influence" was the first one I got.

I highly recommend - The Years of Decay or Taking Over. Those two records are fantastic!

I'd say anyone but I Hear Black (easily their worst).You have to ease yourself into that one.

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I'd say anyone but I Hear Black (easily their worst).You have to ease yourself into that one.

That's just crazy talk.

I love "I Hear Black". Listening to it right now, as a matter of fact.

Don't get me wrong. It's not horrible.It's just not indicative of their sound.I wouldn't start out with that one.

I like I Hear Black ALOT more than the more recent albums.

i would say dont think about getting anything from the 90's, because like most thrash bands overkill got pretty bad in the 90's. anything from the 80's should do, feel the fire and taking over are the best though.

I like I Hear Black a lot, and I was really excited when my brother in law told me how great Horrorscope is. What I realized though is that I guess I'm not that into Overkill that much. I like Doom more than Thrash, and I think I Hear Black was their experiment in Doom. That happens a lot though, a band experiments and might disappoint some old fans, but create some new ones. I feel the same way about unpopular CD's from Voivod, Celtic Frost, etc.

I agree. Taking Over and Feel the Fire is where you should start.