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Overkill
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Vinnie Apicella
Seems almost trivial for a band not long ago having released a
monstrous
career-spanning two-disc set to follow up only a few years later with
another, decidedly shorter one… Overkill? Well not exactly.
Commemorating their 20-year existence and a tribute of sorts to where
it
all began in the days when Megaforce was the reigning force of true
Metal triumph, "Wrecking Everything" lets it fall on the Paramount
Theatre. Overkill's a band that stands and delivers time and again, on
record or on stage, Blitz, Verni, and a revolving chamber of fill-in
musicians championing the cause (I say this since look at what's left
of
our "Big 4"), fueling a long burning fire with no signs of smolder.
They
manage to cram in thirteen cuts in all and it still feels like it's way
too little-such speaks volumes for the wealth of material they've
generated and still in all pales to "Wrecking Your Neck Live" but
serves
to spotlight the newer material and greets the longstanding with some
unsuspecting ol' favorites-"Evil Never Dies," "Deny The Cross," which I
don't think they've played in at least a decade, "Shred," off the
little
bothered with "Under The Influence" record and a welcome triumvirate
from the superior "Years Of Decay" which we'll leave to the
imagination-hint, already wrote one of 'em. Highlight of the evening
was
undoubtedly when they sneaked into a storming rendition of "Deny The
Cross," which if you've followed the last few Overkill releases and the
"Harder" edge they've adopted, seemed almost inoperable… but no. Dave
Linsk and Derek Tailer who now man the dual guitar duties, apparent
fans
back in the day, manhandle the classics as if they were their own.
Overall the sound is a cluttered mess of screams, wails, broken chops,
and Mallare's drumming expedience… all in all "Wrecking Everything:
Live" is a necessary evil for a band that knows no bounds, still
brandishing an integrity never in question.
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