OVERKILL-Necroshine (my review)

Shining Necroshine was slowly showing a better way to thrash metal in Overkill style which they play now.

There's a little sign to be harder. The way to some roots, to better newer performance.

Overkill recorded more interesting songs than on previous album. More impressive and attractive ones. With more energy and ideas. Also album cover is more shining. 

Music is awaken here. Inside groove metal and thrash metal madness, of course, this is more about thrashing, fast and hard hit. 

Guitars are an explosion of great riffs, solos. It's like a battle of melodies in musical battlefield. 

Here is a vividness, vibrancy and pleasure. Clanking bassguitar is something cool and stunning. 

Energetic drums in this ride totally rules. Bobby finally sings like before. Energy and power is gushing from his voice and band too. Another fantastic thing is that Bobby's sister Mary sings background vocals in "Let us prey" and with him in "Revelation".

Lyrics are also more interesting and more characteristic for this band. Necroshine is resurrection and betterment. They were on the way to better albums. Necroshine proudly shines in heavy metal sky. 

It's a stunning ornament in their discography. One of my favorite Overkill albums. In som essence it is a masterpiece. It's pleasure to listen. Necroshine is a bright beginning to a new Overkill years from 2000 to nowadays. They've found their new face. Necroshine is hot and cold at the same time.

OVERKILL-From the underground and below (my review)

Another mix of groove metal and thrash metal. It's more about groove metal. 

Solid piece of metal experiment. Some songs are really different enough. Or some parts in tunes. For example "Save me".  So it's something newer for them.

But what can I write? They've had such period. In some songs are some excellent riffs even if this album is not totally the best. But unique in its own way and essence. 

This music comes from the underground to shake the ground. And it's doing very well with that sound. This unique album contains alterative parts in songs. There are different, occasionally strange moods. 

Some melodies are sombre, slow, dark, or fast and heavy. Guitars in this musical mix plays riffs, solos in different speeds and ways. Bass is damped, not audible like on "W.F.O."

Drums are with a good sound. And vocals? Bobby sings in some parts of tunes unusually. He mainly sings in lower tones. Lyrics are about various things in their style. In their own songwriting philosophy. 

In my opinion, the best songs are "It lives", "Long time dying", F.U.C.T.", "The rip 'n' tear". 

And the most, totally most beautiful tune is "Promises". It's a stunning, shining star. Japanese bonus track "Space trucking" by Deep Purple is pretty cool cover. 

OVERKILL-W.F.O. (my review)

 After "I hear black" album they started to be harder. But it was an experimental period too. And hard attack starts immediately with "Where it hurts?". It's a great charge.

The groove metal connected with thrash metal sounds perfectly in their own way. They did it very well. 

After all these years this metal work sounds surprisingly great. All this album have an attractive and unique atmosphere. 

Every musical instrument is audible very well. Mainly D.D. Verni's bassguitar. It really makes this band an unique musical wonderment. 

"W.F.O." is a rapid torpedo in metal ocean. Explosion of volcano, tornado of mass destruction. Guitars are demolishing, playing absolutely breathtaking riffs, melodies, solos. It's a supernatural power. 

A typical, unique and excellent bassguitar is an important part not only for this album. I can't imagine Overkill without D.D. and his bassguitar. It's inseparable. 

Drums are a fantastic shoot in every song. Bobby Blitz sings ,as always, good. His voice, something between screaming and singing is for this band typical. Without him this band would be boring. Bobby and D.D. gives a special magic to this band. Lyrics are full of insane things typical for this band. They are amazing too. 

It's hard to choose one best song. Overkill recorded a hidden treasure. It's a masterpiece. One of their hardest albums. 

Overkill is exploding with stunning power here. 

OVERKILL-The years of decay

 The years of decay

[Bobby Blitz Ellsworth/D.D. Verni/Bobby Gustafson/Sid Falck]

A:

1:                6                             6

2:            5      5 3^6             5      5        3^6 3

3:        4                            4               4

4: 0 3                            3

1:                6                             6

2:            5      5 3^6             5      5        3^6 3

3:        4                            4               4

4: 0 3                            3

1: 0

2: 0

3: 0

4: 0

A: Out...

B: 

1:                9                                 (10)       (11)  (12)

2:            8      8                        9           9    (10)  (11)

3:        7              7               8

4: 0 6                      6   0 7

C: I wouldn't...

1:                6                         3                3

2:            5     5                  2                2

3:        4            4           1                1

4: 0 3                   3    0                0

(Solo)

1: 5      4

2: 3      2

3:

4: 

A: Promised...

B:

C: As...

1:                6                 6 

2:            5     5              5 

3:        4            4           4

4: 0 3                   3        3

1:

2:

3: 33 3 3   22 2 2

4: 

D:

1:                                3                3

2:                            2                2

3:                     1 1             1 1

4: 00000000 

I'm going...

1:                                             3               3

2:                                         2               2

3:       5       6       3 4   1 1            1 1

4: 44      0       0

1:                                                   3              3

2:                                               2              2

3:       7      7»8      7»8 6   1 1           1 1 

4: 66     0           0

Out...

1:                                     6               6

2:                                 5               5

3: 4                      4 4            4 4 

4:     33333333

Make...

1:

2:

3: 4          7 6  7 6 4          9 8  8 9 4

4:     4 5                     4 5

1:

2:                                 4 3

3: 4          7 6  7 6 4          

4:     4 5                   

(Solo)

A: Self...

B: 

C: Times...

D:

1:

2:

3:                                             3

4: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00   

The years...

1:

2:                             5 4

3:      7 6 7   4 5 5 

4: 4 

OVERKILL-Horrorscope (cello)

 Horrorscope 

[Bobby Blitz Ellsworth/D.D. Verni/Merritt Gant/Rob Cannavino/Sid Falck]

1:

2:

3: 0 3      0 3              0 3      0 5 

4:                    3 1                         4 2

C:

1:

2:                                                4          5

3:        4                          4

4: 2 3     3  2 3 1 2  2 3     3 0         0

1:

2:                                                3          2

3:        4                          4

4: 2 3     3  2 3 1 2  2 3     3 0         0

A:

1:

2:                   7

3:       0^6 5        0^6 5 

4: 0                                 5 5

1:

2:             7

3: 0^6 5        0^6 5 

4:                                 5 

B: Critical...

1:

2:

3:        3     6 5 4        3         5 4

4: 0 0     0            00      0 4

1:

2:

3:        3     6 5 4        3                 6

4: 0 0     0            00      0  6 5 4 

A:

B: Bless...

D: Watched...

1:

2:                                              7

3: 3                               0^6 5       0^6 5 

4:     0 0 4  0 0 3  5 0                               5 5

1:

2:             7

3: 0^6 5       0^6 5

4: 

1:

2:

3: 3                        4 3

4:     0 0 4  0 0 3

C: Well...

1:

2:

3:

4: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

1:

2: 4»6          7 6    4»6          8  (10) 9 7

3:          5 6                    6 7

4: 

(Solo)

B: Words...

D: Watched...

C: Well...

1:

2:

3: 1                

4:                      *(12)*

OVERKILL-Infectious (cello)

 Infectious 

[Bobby Blitz Ellsworth/D.D. Verni/Merritt Gant/Rob Cannavino/Sid Falck]

1:

2:

3:                5^6           2^3       2^3

4: 0... 4^5           0...            2            2

1:

2:                                                        4

3:                5^6           2^3       2^3

4: 0... 4^5           0...            2            

B: I'm...

1:

2:                                           2^3

3: 2

4:     00000000 22 32 43 

1:

2:                                  3 2 0

3:

4: 00000000 22 32 

1:

2:                                           2^3

3: 2

4:     00000000 22 32 43 

1:

2:

3:                     6^5      6^5 

4: 00000000           0           0 5

A: Bless..

B: I'm...

1:

2:

3: 6 5       6 5 

4:        5          5

1:

2:        5 4 0           (10)          9         8

3: 2                 9 9            8 8      7 7       7 6 2

4:

Infliction...

1:

2:     5 4 0

3: 2                     9           8          7           2

4:                 8 8       7 7       6 6        6 5

1:

2:            4 3                       4 3

3:                   4 3                       4 3

4: 0 0                     0 0 0                   0 0 0

1:

2: 4 3                                               4 3

3:         43                          2                   4 3

4:                3 3 3 3 3 3 3       00

At...

1:

2:                6                                               6

3: 5                      5 5                 5 5                      5 5

4:     000          0         000 4 0         000          0

1:

2:

3:

4: (11)»3

1:

2:                4 3

3: 2                    4 3

4:     0 0                     0 0 0

(Solo)

B: I'm...

A: Bless...

B: I'm...

1:

2:     5 4 0

3: 2                     9           8          7           2

4:                 8 8       7 7       6 6        6 5

1:

2:      5 4 0

3: 2                     (10)»(11)

4:                  99                     9999(10)9 8898 7787

B: Wartime...

1:

2: 4

3: 2

4: 

Wrecking everything (my lyric dedicated to Overkill)

 Wrecking everything

[Dedicated to Overkill]

[Lukas Skully]

I'm blitz in the stormy night 

I've wrapped a whole fright 

In this web of iron I catch the might 

A big bat sitting in the cold cellar 

And the loot have no choice 

[Chorus 1:]

It's not you 

Don't know what to do 

It's me 

Still better than you 

[Chorus 2:]

It's not you 

It's me 

I'm wrecking everything 

I've been standing against the blight 

Trying to change the dark to light 

Mind always needs a clear sight 

I release a big bat and let him to hunt 

And my loot have no choice 

[Chorus 1:]

It's not you 

It's me 

I'm wrecking...

Hey! 

It's new day 

Hey!

It's new way 

Hey!

I burn it in the ray 

Hey!

I throw the ruins into bay 

The ground's breaking on the hills 

The mass of fear under wheels 

You were erased in twisting reels 

A big bat has returned to metal cave 

Looking forward to another hunt 

[Chorus 1:]

[Chorus 2:]