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Band
Overkill
Title
Wrecking Everything Live
Type
DVD
Company
Spitfire
YOR
2002
Style
Thrash
4/1/2005 - Review by: Ken Pierce
Overkill - Wrecking Everything Live In Asbury Park NJ - 2002 - Spitfire Records

Track Listing
1. Necroshine
2. Thunderhead
3. Evil Never Dies
4. Deny The Cross
5. Wrecking Crew
6. Powersurge
7. Gasoline Dream
8. I Hate
9. Coma
10. Shred
11. Hello From The Gutter
12. Bleed Me
13. Long Time Dyin'
14. It Lives
15. Battle
16. Spiritual Voice
17. The Years Of Decay
18. In Union We Stand
19. Overkill
20. Horrorscope
21. Rotten To The Core
22. Elimination
23. Fuck You/War Pigs
DVD2:
1.Batmen The Return (Documentary)
2.Behind The Scenes
3.Photo Gallery
Withstanding the tests of time is Heavy Metal Thrash Icon “Overkill”. Committed to their cause and rocking harder than ever some 20 years after I first saw them back at L’Amour in Brooklyn. Yes, it has been that long and what a great testament to a bands career by putting a DVD like this one out. Starting off with a concert that is literally filled with every major track that the band had released is surely going to attrack the eager fan and those who enjoy a good metal concert DVD in the first place. The great part of this DVD is that they have given you not one but two fully packed DVD’s to enjoy. The first part is the full concert which runs a little over an hour and a half. It’s a straight concert shoot, but there are some killer angles and close-ups. You feel like you are at the show, but out of the danger of the Mosh pit. There is not much else one can say about the concert part, as I mentioned earlier it is full of their greatest numbers. Bobby Blitz and D.D. Verni (the groups only original members) do their very best to keep the metal pure that this band plays and it shows in not only their performance but their drive.

On DVD 2 they added the bonus features. This is always the best move if you ask me. I don’t like to have to sacrifice a long concert or be surfing around a lengthy menu to find things. If I was interested in the concert, I will watch that DVD, and if I want the bonus features I will review the next DVD. Diehard fans and those following the group a long time will enjoy “Batmen The Return” the most I think. It is an intimate look into the history of the group by Blitz and D.D. and contains a ton of archived footage and additional concert clips. Running over an hour, it is cool to see their thoughts on their own musical history.

Fans of old-school thrash metal will dig deep into this DVD. It’s a highly recommended piece based on the fun I had watching it. Especially the documentary. It does not disappoint.


-- Ken Pierce 03.17.05


  • 1 :REVIEW COUNT
    N/A :AVE RATING

ALL REVIEWS FOR: OVERKILL
TITLE
DOR
COMPANY
REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
Hellish Videos
2005
Sanctuary Records
Ken Pierce8/17/2005
-
Ironbound
2010
Nuclear Blast
Vinaya Saksena5/18/2010
4
Killbox 13
2003
Spitfire
Eric Compton4/10/2003
-
RelixIV
2005
Spitfire
Susan Wright4/7/2005
-
Taking Over
1986
Atlantic
Anthony Burke7/10/2005
-
The Electric Age
2012
Nuclear Blast
Chris Kincaid3/23/2012
5
The Grinding Wheel
2017
Nuclear Blast
Eric Compton2/15/2017
4.5
The Grinding Wheel
2017
Nuclear Blast
Frank Hill1/17/2017
4.5
The Wings Of War
2019
Nuclear Blast
David Loveless2/24/2019
4.5
White Devil Armory
2014
Eone
T. Ray Verteramo7/23/2014
4.5
Wrecking Everything
2002
Spitfire
Ken Pierce4/1/2005
-
Wrecking Everything Live
2002
Spitfire
Ken Pierce4/1/2005
-

ALL INTERVIEWS FOR: OVERKILL
INTERVIEW INTERVIEWER DATE TAGLINE
DD VerniEric Compton, Stygian Steel1/2/2006


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