Album title: The Grinding Wheel
Artist: Overkill
Genre: Thrash Metal
Nationality: American
Release date: February 10
Position in Discography: Eighteenth
Fear Factor: Low
Familiar with this artist? Somewhat
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Yes
Average RYM Score: 3.35
Great powerful start with a long guitar riff into, but is that Brian Johnson on vocals?
Love the title of the opener: “Mean, Green, Killing Machine”! Yeah, this album just kills. I'm not familiar with that much of Overkill's discography, so I'll have to take the word of reviewers that this is their best yet. You can decide for yourself. It certainly rocks though, and you can bang your head to it till your brains leak out. Now THAT's metal! “The Long Road” is a great track, but I find it funny that though he's obviously singing “Onward!” it sounds like “Awkward!” Reminds me of that South Park funnybot sketch!
The title track is almost eight minutes long. Is that a record for Overkill? I feel they don't normally do longer tracks of that nature. Maybe they do. Crusher anyway. Like the whole album. Listen to it. Now. Why are you still here? Didn't I say now?
P.S. The version I listened to has a killer version of Lizzy's "Emerald" as a bonus track. Sweet.
Check out more from this artist? Absolutely
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Always
Expectation Index: 0