Metal Reviews - Overkill Overkill - The Wings of War It feels like it was just yesterday that I was venting my frustrations with Overkill’s 18th studio album, The Grinding Wheel. But like clockwork, like Old Faithful, the AC/DC of thrash metal have returned with album number 19, and surprise surprise, there are no surprises to be had. I know that expecting Overkill to switch it up, given their track record, is not a realistic expectation. But I still can’t get past the frustration of the unaltered repetition of the same formula to churn out mid-tier thrash like an AI. I’m not asking them to get trendy or anything like that; in fact I am actually grateful for at least their consistency in contributing to a genre within metal that I hold very dear. In fact, I quite appreciate a band that can cling very tightly to and focus solely on what they know they do best. But it’s the fact that there has always been room for improvement in Overkill’s formula, ...
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