The Electric Age

The Electric Age
Studio album from Overkill
Publication (s)	March 27, 2012 (US), March 30, 2012 (Europe)
admission	October 2011 – January 2012
Label (s)	Nuclear Blast / E1 Music
Genre (s)	Thrash metal
Title (number)	10
running time	50:27
occupation	Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth - lead vocals Dave Linsk - lead guitar , backing vocals Derek "The Skull" Tailer - rhythm guitar DD Verni - bass , backing vocals Ron Lipnicki - drums
Studio (s)	Gain Studios, New Jersey
chronology Ironbound (2010) The Electric Age -

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

The Electric Age   DE 34 04/13/2012 (2 weeks)   AT 73 04/12/2012 (1 week)   CH 62 04/15/2012 (1 week)   US 77 04/14/2012 (1 week)

The Electric Age is the 16th studio album by the US thrash metal band Overkill . It was released in March 2012 by Nuclear Blast / E1 Music .

Origin and style

Most of the songs on The Electric Age were written by Blitz Ellsworth and DD Verni . In addition, guitarist Dave Linsk contributed a lot to the song material. Elsworth said Linsk “sprayed” “ideas.” The album was recorded at Gain Studios in New Jersey . Regarding Come and Get It , Ellsworth said it had a " Clint Eastwood feel" to it. Wish You Were Dead , according to Ellsworth, is not a reference to Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here , but rather inspired by the American idiom. Save Yourself had the working title Rapid Fire and is a stylistic reference to Rob Halford . Old Wounds, New Scars , Ellsworth was referring to his own face, which looked "like a damn map".

reception

The album received positive reviews. The website metalassault.com awarded ten out of ten points. Kai Butterweck from laut.de described the album as captivating and impulsive, the album was in no way inferior to the previous album Ironbound "in terms of dynamism, wit and energy" .

Track list

1. Come and Get It - 6:17 am
2. Electric Rattlesnake - 6:19
3. Wish You Were Dead - 4:19
4. Black Daze - 3:55
5. Save Yourself - 3:43
6. Drop the Hammer Down - 6:25
7. 21st Century Man - 4:12
8. Old Wounds, New Scars - 4:11
9. All Over But the Shouting - 5:30
10. Good Night - 5:36

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sources for chart placements: DE / AT / CH / US , accessed on April 12, 2012.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Thomas Kupfer: Forever 18 , in: Rock Hard , No. 298, March 2012, pp. 20–21
3. ↑ www.blabbermouth.net : OVERKILL: New Album Title, Cover Artwork Unveiled - Jan. 23, 2012  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ^ Www.metalassault.com: The Electric Age review by Andrew Bansal
5. ^ Kai Butterweck: "Electric Age" by Overkill. laut.de , accessed on April 4, 2012 .