- thrash metal, heavy, dark, technical
- 56 min
- 9 tracks
- Megaforce Records
The Years of Decay is the fourth studio album by thrash metal band Overkill, released on October 13, 1989, through Atlantic and Megaforce Records. It is the last Overkill album to feature guitarist Bobby Gustafson, who either left or was fired by the band amid a feud between himself and its founding members Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth (vocalist) and D.
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Character
Grave, earnest, spare and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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Tracks
- 1Time to Kill6:16
- 2Elimination4:35
- 3I Hate3:47
- 4Nothing to Die For4:23
- 5Playing With Spiders / Skullkrusher10:15
- 6Birth of Tension5:05
- 7Who Tends the Fire8:12
- 8The Years of Decay8:00
- 9E.vil N.ever D.ies5:50
9 tracks, 56 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Overkill
- Label
- Megaforce Records
- Released
- 1989
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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