The Years of Decay

1. Time to Kill

2. Elimination

3. I Hate

4. Nothing to Die For

5. Playing With Spiders/Skullkrusher

6. Birth of Tension

7. Who Tends the Fire

8. Years of Decay

9. E.Vil N.Ever D.Ies

The Years of Decay,Overkill,Atlantic / Wea,Heavy Metal,Pop,Popular Music,Rock,Speed Metal,Thrash

Average customer rating: Awesome CD!!!!!!!!!! Yes, this is a Thrash Metal Classic Time to Thrash!!! QUITE POSSIBLY THE BEST THRASH ALBUM EVER! Amazing

The Years of Decay Overkill Manufacturer: Megaforce / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Thrash & Speed Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Under the Influence Horrorscope Taking Over Feel the Fire The New Order ASIN: B000002IOY Release Date: 1989-10-13

Tracks:

1. Time to Kill
2. Elimination
3. I Hate
4. Nothing to Die for
5. Playing with Spiders / Skullkrusher
6. Birth of Tension
7. Who Tends the Fire
8. The Years of Decay
9. E.vil N.ever D.ies

Customer Reviews:

Awesome CD!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-02-17

All the tracks for this cd are awesome the tempo of that and all the songs (except for SkullKrusher) are insane. SkullKrusher is awesome dont get me wrong.A must own Overkill Album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, this is a Thrash Metal Classic.......2006-02-11

When the Years of Decay was first released, I approached it with caution, since I wasn't happy with "Under the Influence" "Under the Influence" Seemed like a far cry from "Feel the Fire", "Taking Over", and the EP "F**K You". I had no idea that "The Years of Decay" would not only completly wipe out "Under the Influence" it became their best out of the bunch (Horroscope didn't exist yet, so I am just comparing it to the first 4 albums) SO here were are 14yrs later since its release, and it deserves to be called a classic. Even though its not quite as good as it was 14yrs ago, I still think it is a really solid album and defines the days of Thrash Metal. I believe every Nu Metal fan should have this in thier collection, as most of the younger artist today probely grew up listening to the likes of Overkill and great 80's Thrash. It is a Metal Masterpiece, and it existed in a time that the only place metal heads could get thier daily dose of Metal was LP's, CD's (if you have the 300Bucks for a player and the 25bucks a pop for the disc), and of course our cassetes. Not to mention the fact we only had Saturday Nights of MTV's Headbangers Ball, or some College Radio stations that spun Metal on weekends late night (anyone from Jersey Remember 89.5 WSOU, in Newark?????) SO I urge all Metal fans to add this to thier collection and own a piece of history!!

Time to Thrash!!!.......2005-10-28

A stellar album, after the underrated "Under The Influence, killer production, Bobby's vocals really started to form on this one, but, I always liked his voice, definetly different and cool sounding, they started exploring epic/old MetallicaESQUE songs here, great variety on this album, theres fast paced, mid-paced and a few slower-Sabbath-Like-Songs, lots of tempo changes as well, it blends well, heavy as hell, thrashes as well!, even funny at times!...sort of like Exodus, in the comical sense that is, the bands sound nothing alike, the first time I saw the video for "Elimination" when I was like 17, it had me thrashing about, I was already into old Metallica/Megadeth and stuff, and wanted to expand, my first Overkill was "Horrorscope" though, the one after this, but the song "Elimination" found on here was the song that got me into them, killer riffs, very heavy/fast, Bobby's very unique aggressive vocal style, it all fits, you may not like his voice at first, but give it time, Bobby is a really good vocalist, and definetly very different from the rest, kind of reminds you of Bon Scott and Bruce Dickinson in a way.

Time to Kill 5/6, A VERY NICE OPENER, changes around, fast..then midpaced..then slow and sludgy, very nice

Elimination 5/6, Here it is, a very killer song, ONE of the best on the album for sure, it's destructive, mostly fast paced here

I Hate 5/5, LOVE IT, this is what you play to your ex-girlfriend, "But most of all...I HATE YOU"-great lyrics!

Nothing to Die For 5/4, Not much to say, doesn't stand up to the first 3, but still a good song

Playing With Spiders/Skullkrusher 5/5, A very nice Sabbath-Like-Song, very sludgy, with heavy riffs, be warned though, it's VERY slow, could be a bit overlonged, but still killer

Birth of Tension 5/6, Killer song here, listen to that bass solo!

Who Tends The Fire 5/5, Another SabbathESQUE song, but a little faster in spots than Playing With Spiders, pretty much midpaced, slows down for the chorus

The Years of Decay 5/5, A ballad-like song, very nice though, adds variety, very melodic intro

E.vil N.ever D.ies 5/6, RIGHT UP THERE WITH THE FIRST 2, GREAT WAY TO CLOSE OFF A GREAT ALBUM, it's thrashy, heavy, and quite great, DO NOT SKIP THIS!!!

A great album overall, not a bit overrated either, it stands up to the hype it got...which wasn't TOO much, deserved more actually, as far as I'm concerned, Overkill should have been part of "The Big Four" instead of Anthrax...but you could also say Exodus, and Testament belonged in there as well...oh well, not going to get into that, all bands are great, and so was Overkill, they should have gotten A LITTLE more known, but no, due to Anthrax (BAH, one good album...), but I guess, seeing that Overkill wasn't part of the Bay Area, that could be why, but if you like old school Thrash, which if you do, you should already have this album, but if you don't, get it also check out "Taking Over" "Under The Influence" and "Horrorscope" if you ended up liking this, LATER!!

QUITE POSSIBLY THE BEST THRASH ALBUM EVER!.......2005-10-26

All i have to say is WOW!!!!! Anyone who does not own this album has got to buy it, and its so cheap everywhere you find it! Overkill are the kings of crunch riff thrash metal, this album has so many stomp riffs in it you have to watch your neck because OVERKILL WILL WRECK YOUR NECK!!! ENJOY!

Amazing.......2005-09-04

Overkill always has awesome lyrics.Trust me, if you like metal(speed metal) you will like this album.
Time To Kill(awesome song),Elimination is my favorite song on the album,it just rules,here is the lyrics to the second chorus,
Eliminate the right
Eliminate the wrong
Eliminate the weak
Eliminate the strong
Eliminate your feelings
Eliminate too late
Eliminate the hope
Eliminate,Eliminate.
I Hate, unbelievalbe song, here are the lyrics to the chorus,
I hate people that make ya feel small
I hate havin' my back against the wall
I hate bein' talked down to
I hate your rules
I hate 'em all
Hate bein' marked to take the fall
Planet's not big enough for me and you. (Awesome lyrics).
Every song is amazing, BUY THIS ALBUM!

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4. Vicious Rumors
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7. What the Hell
8. Abigail
9. Abigail
10. Ancient Future [Import]

Rock Music

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