The Killing Kind
Overkill's The Killing Kind is the band's eighth studio album, released on 5 March 1996. It sits between W.F.O. from 1994 and From the Underground and Below from 1997, and it is filed under both groove metal and thrash metal, which gives a fair idea of where the band's sound stood at the time.
It marks a few changes for the group. Joe Comeau and Sebastian Marino make their first appearance on an Overkill record here, and the album came out through CMC International, with the Concrete label also credited. Their earlier albums had come out through either Megaforce or Atlantic. For anyone following the band's path through the 1990s, it is the record that shows them with a fresh set of players and a new home.
The Killing Kind: tracklist and credits
10 tracks · 49:52Tracklist
- 1BattleBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni4:31
- 2God-LikeBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni4:11
- 3CertifiableBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni3:25
- 4Burn You Down / To AshesBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni6:47
- 5Let Me Shut That for YouBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni5:19
- 6Bold Face Pagan StompBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni5:42
- 7Feeding FrenzyBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni4:13
- 8The CleansingBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni5:50
- 9The Mourning After / Private BleedingBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni4:36
- 10Cold, Hard FactBobby “Blitz” Ellsworth and D.D. Verni5:18
- Produced by
- Overkill
- Recorded at
- Carriage House Studios (Stamford, Connecticut), Carriage House Studios
- Recorded
- September–October 1995
- Mixed by
- Overkill, Chris Tsangarides
- Engineered by
- Andy Katz, Phil Magnotti, John Montagnese
- Labels
- Concrete, CMC
- Length
- 49:52
Line-up
- Joe Comeau · guitar
- Tim Mallare · membranophone
- Sebastian Marino · guitar
- D.D. Verni · bass guitar, background vocals
- Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth · lead vocals
- Angelo Natalie · keyboard · guest
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz + wikidata
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 5 March 1996 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 5 March 1996 | |
| Wikidata | 5 March 1996 | |
| US release | 5 March 1996 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 5 March 1996 | earliest UK or European date |
6 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | DE | Concrete | 4009880893722 | other |
| 5 March 1996 | XE | Concrete | 4009880865026 | original |
| 5 March 1996 | US | CMC International Records | original | |
| 19 April 1996 | JP | CMC International Records | 4988013634930 | other |
| 17 January 2000 | DE | Steamhammer | 4001617215920 | other |
| 2001 | GB | Sanctuary Records | 5050159006922 | 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 | 600×594 | upscaled |