Horrorscope
Horrorscope is the fifth studio album by the thrash metal band Overkill, released on 3 September 1991 through Atlantic and Megaforce Records. It followed The Years of Decay from 1989, and Terry Date produced both records, so the partnership carried over from one album to the next.
It also marked a change in the band's line-up, as the first Overkill album to feature the guitar pairing of Merritt Gant and Rob Cannavino. It was the last to come out through Megaforce, though the band stayed with Atlantic until 1995. The sleeve has a small distinction too: the band's logo appears in orange rather than the green fans had seen before. For anyone tracing Overkill's thrash story, it is the record where a new guitar team steps in.
Horrorscope: tracklist and credits
11 tracks · 53:07Tracklist
- 1ComaOverkill5:23
- 2InfectiousOverkill4:04
- 3Blood MoneyOverkill4:08
- 4Thanx for Nothin’Overkill4:08
- 5Bare BonesOverkill4:52
- 6HorrorscopeOverkill5:49
- 7New MachineOverkill5:19
- 8FrankensteinEdgar Winter3:29
- 9Live Young, Die FreeOverkill4:11
- 10Nice Day… for a FuneralOverkill6:18
- 11SoulitudeOverkill5:26
- Produced by
- Terry Date, Overkill, Jon Zazula
- Executive producer
- Jon Zazula, Marsha Zazula
- Recorded at
- Carriage House Studios, Carriage House (Stamford, Connecticut)
- Recorded
- March–April 1991
- Mixed at
- Carriage House Studios
- Engineered by
- Terry Date
- Mastered by
- Howie Weinberg
- Artwork
- Bob Defrin
- Photography
- Michael Paras, Jeff Tisman
- Label
- Atlantic
- Length
- 53:07
Line-up
- Rob Cannavino · guitar, background vocals
- Sid Falck · drums (drum set)
- Merritt Gant · guitar, background vocals
- 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 + musicbrainz
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 3 September 1991 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 3 September 1991 | |
| Wikidata | 1991 | |
| US release | 3 September 1991 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 3 September 1991 | earliest UK or European date |
6 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | DE | Atlantic | 075678228322 | other |
| 3 September 1991 | US | Atlantic | 075678228322 | original |
| 3 September 1991 | XE | Atlantic | 075678228315 | original |
| 25 September 1991 | JP | Atlantic | 4988029028747 | other |
| 2014 | JP | Atlantic | 4943674189779 | other |
| 14 January 2017 | US | Rhino | 081227943271 | 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) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 600×600 | upscaled |