Album
From the Underground and Below
From the Underground and Below is Overkill's ninth studio album, released on 30 September 1997. It followed The Killing Kind from the previous year and came before Necroshine in 1999. The band are filed under both thrash and groove metal, and this record sits right in the stretch where those two sides of their sound overlapped.
Two cover versions were recorded during the sessions: the Sex Pistols' "No Feelings" and Deep Purple's "Space Truckin'". That pairing says a lot about the band's tastes. Singer Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth counts the album among his favourite Overkill records, which is a good reason for fans of their mid-nineties run to give it another spin. It was reissued alongside Necroshine in a box set in 2003.
From the Underground and Below: tracklist and credits
10 tracks · 48:40Tracklist
- 1It LivesBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni4:32
- 2Save MeBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni4:56
- 3Long Time Dyin’Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni4:53
- 4GenocyaBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni4:46
- 5Half Past DeadBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni5:30
- 6F.U.C.T.Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni4:56
- 7I’m AlrightBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni5:49
- 8The Rip n’ TearBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni4:19
- 9PromisesBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni4:50
- 10Little Bit o’ MurderBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni4:10
- Produced by
- Overkill
- Recorded at
- Carriage House Studios (Stamford, Connecticut)
- Recorded
- June–July 1997
- Mixed by
- Colin Richardson
- Engineered by
- Andy Katz
- Labels
- Steamhammer, CMC
- Length
- 48:40
Line-up
- Joe Comeau · guitar
- Tim Mallare · membranophone
- Sebastian Marino · guitar
- D.D. Verni · bass guitar, background vocals
- Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth · lead vocals
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia + wikidata; also seen: 1997-11-21 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 21 November 1997 | ignored lone early release dated 1997-09-11 |
| Wikipedia infobox | 30 September 1997 | |
| Wikidata | 30 September 1997 | |
| US release | 11 September 1997 | earliest US date |
4 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | DE | Steamhammer | 4001617187722 | other |
| 11 September 1997 | US | CMC International Records | 060768621923 | original |
| 21 November 1997 | JP | Victor | 4988002360581 | other |
| 2001 | GB | Sanctuary Records | 5050159004720 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| coverartarchive | 500×500 | upscaled |