Artist: Overkill Title: “Wrecking Everything Live” Label: Spitfire Records Release Date: 6/18/2002 Genre: Heavy Metal Rating: 6.5
Overkill’s live CD “Wrecking Everything Live” comes as a direct companion piece to the live DVD of the same name. However, this comes with some disappointing differences. While the DVD is two pieces, one being a full concert running some 22 numbers, the live CD comes as a single disk that cuts many numbers off of it in order to meet one disks time constraints. This immediately turned me off to the disk as I had just watched the video of the same thing and would have enjoyed being able to crank many of the same numbers in the stereo. This could not be the case due to the cutting done. I am not sure why the band chose to release two different items, but perhaps the thought was that many of the other songs exist on a live media already. I owned a copy of the first live Overkill release and I hated the production so much that I think I even passed it along to a bigger fan. The level of production on this was so good that it made me wish the entire DVD performance was also featured here. Continue reading “Wrecking Everything” by Overkill→
Artist: Overkill Venue: B.B. King Blues Club, NYC Opener: Sonata Arctica Date: 4-14-2005 Label: Spitfire Records
I have to admit that my personal excitement was at a very high level for this show and there are a couple of reasons for this being the case. Not only would Overkill be returning to home turf to lay down the metal in support of their latest Spitfire Records release “ReliXIV” but this show would also feature Finnish Power Metal kings Sonata Arctica. What made it extra special was the fact that this Sonata was going to be in NYC for the very first time. Originally, they were set to open for Nightwish but that tour had been mysteriously cancelled for the US Dates. Fans of Sonata were up in arms for now what were going to be the chances of seeing them play over here. Luckily Overkill placed them on some dates and they also grabbed a festival or two. The other great aspect of this night would be that instead of sitting through five bands, we would only have these two super groups. In this you would get lengthier sets from both groups. Mind you, I enjoy when all 5 bands are kick ass, but that is few and far between. B.B. King Blues Club was again the venue for this appearance and it would never be the same again. Metal would be present in a united front that took pioneers in thrash from the USA and put reigning European kings of power on the same stage. The show was completely sold out, and proves to those that say metal music is dead that they should keep their mouths shut. The venue hold about 1100 people and selling this out is no feat to be scoffed at. Continue reading Overkill @ B.B. King Blues Club (4/14/2005)→
