Overkill discography

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Overkill discography
Metalmania 2008 Overkill 04.jpg
Overkill live at Metalmania 2008
Studio albums20
Live albums3
Compilation albums2
Video albums2
Music videos12
EPs2
Demos1
Box sets1

The following is the discography of Overkill, an American thrash metal band formed in 1980 in New Jersey. The band has released twenty studio albums, three live albums, two compilation albums, three EPs and one box set. They were one of the early thrash metal bands to sign to a major label (Atlantic Records in 1986), and rose to fame as part of the genre's movement of the late 1980s, along with bands such as Anthrax, Exodus, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Testament. In terms of chart positions and sales, the band's most successful records are Under the Influence (1988), The Years of Decay (1989), I Hear Black (1993), The Electric Age (2012), and White Devil Armory (2014), which debuted at No. 142, No. 155, No. 122, No. 77, and No. 31 respectively on the Billboard 200 chart. [1] As of 2006, Overkill has sold over 625,000 albums in the US since the beginning of the SoundScan era, and over 5 million records worldwide throughout their career. [2] [ failed verification ]

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSales
US
[3]
GER
[4]
JPN
[5]
HUN
[6]
FIN
[7]
AUT
[8]
FRA
[9]
SWI
[10]
SWE
[11]
Feel the Fire
Taking Over
  • Released: September 1, 1987
  • Label: Megaforce
191
Under the Influence 14242
The Years of Decay
  • Released: October 13, 1989
  • Label: Atlantic
15558
Horrorscope
  • Released: September 3, 1991
  • Label: Atlantic
I Hear Black
  • Released: March 9, 1993
  • Label: Atlantic
122
W.F.O.
  • Released: July 15, 1994
  • Label: Atlantic
93
The Killing Kind
  • Released: March 5, 1996
  • Label: CMC
60
From the Underground and Below
  • Released: September 30, 1997
  • Label: CMC
80
Necroshine
  • Released: February 23, 1999
  • Label: CMC
82
Bloodletting
  • Released: October 24, 2000
  • Label: Metal-Is
Killbox 13
  • Released: March 25, 2003
  • Label: Spitfire
93
ReliXIV
  • Released: March 22, 2005
  • Label: Spitfire/Regain
Immortalis
  • Released: October 9, 2007
  • Label: Bodog Music
Ironbound 192311526119877
The Electric Age
  • Released: March 27, 2012
  • Label: eOne Music
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White Devil Armory
  • Released: July 22, 2014
  • Label: eOne Music
31209128285331
The Grinding Wheel 69105121443318523
The Wings of War
  • Released: February 22, 2019
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
15852315313
Scorched
  • Released: April 14, 2023
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
1064291647
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
GER
[4]
Wrecking Your Neck
  • Released: May 30, 1995
  • Label: CMC
65
Wrecking Everything
  • Released: June 18, 2002
  • Label: Spitfire
Live in Overhausen
  • Released: May 18, 2018
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
12

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsSales
Fuck You and Then Some
  • Released: October 22, 1996
  • Label: Megaforce
Coverkill
  • Released: October 26, 1999
  • Label: Steamhammer/SPV
Hello From the Gutter - the Best of Overkill
  • Released: September 10, 2002
  • Label: Steamhammer/SPV

Box sets

TitleAlbum details
Historikill: 1995–2007
  • Released: October 16, 2015
  • Label: Nuclear Blast

Extended plays

YearTitleLabel
1985 Overkill Azra/Metal Storm
1987 !!!Fuck You!!! Megaforce
20126 SongsRock Hard

Demos

TitleAlbum details
Power in Black
  • Released: September 12, 1983
  • Label: Self-released

Videos

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
Videoscope
  • Released: November 1991
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: VHS
Wrecking Everything - An Evening in Asbury Park
  • Released: September 24, 2002
  • Label: Spitfire
  • Formats: DVD
Live at Wacken Open Air 2007
  • Released: February 5, 2008
  • Label: Bodog Music
  • Formats: DVD

Music videos

YearTitleDirectorAlbum
1987"In Union We Stand"Taking Over
1988"Hello from the Gutter" [20] Under the Influence
1989"Elimination"The Years of Decay
1991"Horroscope" [21] Horrorscope
"Thanx for Nothin" [22]
1993"Spiritual Void"Simeon Soffer [23] I Hear Black
1994"Fast Junkie"W.F.O.
1995"Bastard Nation" (live)Wrecking Your Neck
1997"Long Time Dyin'"From the Underground and Below
2007"Skull and Bones" (featuring Randy Blythe)Kevin Custer [24] [25] [26] Immortalis
2010"Bring Me the Night"Ironbound
2012"Electric Rattlesnake"The Electric Age
2014"Armorist"White Devil Armory
"Bitter Pill"
2016"Our Finest Hour" (lyric video)The Grinding Wheel
"Mean, Green, Killing Machine" (lyric video)
2017"Goddamn Trouble"Kevin Custer [27]
"Shine On"
2018"Hammerhead" (live)Live in Overhausen
"Thanx for Nothing" (live)
"Second Son" (live)
"Last Man Standing" (lyric video)The Wings Of War
2019"Head of a Pin" (lyric video)
"Welcome to the Garden State"Tommy Jones

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