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Overkill - Taking Over flac album
  • Performer Overkill
  • Title Taking Over
  • Date of release 1987
  • Country US
  • Style Thrash
  • Other formats AHX MP2 VQF AAC MPC AC3 TTA
  • Genre Rock
  • Size MP3 1768 mb
  • Size FLAC 1842 mb
  • Rating: 4.5
  • Votes: 706

Overkill - Wrecking Crew 4:39. Overkill - Taking Over - Full Album -(HD)- 45:56. Overkill - Electro Violence 3:53. Overkill - Fatal If Swallowed 6:49. Overkill - Powersurge 4:37. Overkill - Deny The Cross 4:44. Overkill - Use your Head 4:21. Overkill II (The Nightmare Continues) 7:07.

Aptly titled Taking Over, it was pretty imminent that Overkill meant business. They were out to take over the scene by flushing out wannabes and poseurs. The production is very heavy and I’m yet to hear a thrash metal album with such a crushing feel. Maverick vocal man Blitz sounds a lot like he would on the debut, but he pulls off some deafening shrieks on almost all the songs. It’s amazing how he does that so effortlessly. The rhythm section sounds highly beefed up, although the bass somewhat gets stepped over by the heavy guitar and drums

Overkill Taking Over Overkill II (The Nightmare Continues). Trivia: - The album peaked at on the Billboard 200. Music video: - In Union We Stand. Recording information: Co-produced by Overkill. Recorded and mixed at: Pyramid Sound, Ithaca, . Mastered at: Frankford Wayne.

This New York band got a lot of attention with this album, although looking back at it, the vocals of Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth are somewhat dreadful compared to how they sound now. Track Listing.

Listen to Taking Over by Overkill on Deezer. Composers: Overkill - Carlo Verni - Lee J. Kundrat - Robert Joseph Ellsworth - Robert Wayne Gustafson.

Overkill kept up constant touring all over the world, furthering their reputation as one of the most active live metal bands; this included opening for Slayer on their South of Heaven tour in the United States and Europe, and performing with other bands such as Anthrax, Motörhead, Anvil, Nuclear Assault, . D Overkill released their fourth album The Years of Decay in 1989. "Overkill - Biography - Bobby Blitz Ellsworth - DD Verni - Taking Over - The Years of Decay". Retrieved November 1, 2016. "Would OVERKILL, TESTAMENT Or EXODUS Be Included In Expanded 'Big Four'?

This album also saw Overkill building upon their fan-base and getting a bit more attention from the metal community. The album entered the Billboard 200, peaking at on the chart. The music found on "Taking Over" sounds very much like technical thrash metal. Though still heavy and fast like most thrash bands, Overkill tightened their songwriting in favor of a more technical side, including more extensive guitar riffs and drum parts than the debut. The band also builds upon the theatrical side of "Feel the Fire", with many dramatic moments throughout the album.

Tracklist

A1 Deny The Cross
A2 Wrecking Crew
A3 Fear His Name
A4 Use Your Head
A5 Fatal If Swallowed
B1 Powersurge
B2 In Union We Stand
B3 Electro-Violence
B4 Overkill II (The Nightmare Continues)

Notes

Unique Korean Pressing Vinyl.
- This release is a copy version of the Japan release 1987 (Atlantic, P-13502), https://www.localhost/release/2680383

Unique back cover artwork.
- The back cover of this Korean release was made using an insert photo of the Japan release 1987.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side One): HM 39 - A P-1 3502-1 TO 1 - A - 1 3 NO 7-4
  • Matrix / Runout (Side Two): HM 39 - B P-1 3502-2 TO 1 - A - 1 3 NO 7-4

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
7 81735-1, 81735-1 Overkill Taking Over ‎(LP, Album) Atlantic, Megaforce Worldwide 7 81735-1, 81735-1 US 1987
670.0051 Overkill Taking Over ‎(LP, Album, Promo) Atlantic 670.0051 Brazil 1987
130085 Overkill Taking Over ‎(LP, Album) Accord 130085 France 1987
78 17351 Overkill Taking Over ‎(Cass, Album) Atlantic 78 17351 Canada 1987
N 0071 Overkill Taking Over ‎(CD, Album) Noise International N 0071 Germany 1987