2012 studio album by Overkill
The Electric Age is the 16th studio album by the American thrash metal band Overkill , which was released on March 27, 2012 in the U.S. on eOne Music and in Europe three days later on Nuclear Blast .[ 1]
Reception and sales [ edit ] The album sold about 6,700 copies in the United States during the first week of release, beating the band's first week sales of their previous record, Ironbound , which totalled 4,100 copies.[ 7] The Electric Age was also the first Overkill album to crack the top 100; the album peaked at #77 on the Billboard 200 ,[ 8] making it their third highest chart position in their career (their subsequent albums, White Devil Armory and The Grinding Wheel , peaked at #31 and #69 respectively).[ 9] In its second week The Electric Age sold 2,950 copies and dropped to #170 on the Billboard 200, bringing the sales total to a little under 10,000 copies.[ 10]
All tracks are written by D.D. Verni and Bobby Ellsworth
Title 1. "Come and Get It" 6:17 2. "Electric Rattlesnake" 6:19 3. "Wish You Were Dead" 4:19 4. "Black Daze" 3:55 5. "Save Yourself" 3:43 6. "Drop the Hammer Down" 6:25 7. "21st Century Man" 4:12 8. "Old Wounds, New Scars" 4:11 9. "All Over but the Shouting" 5:30 10. "Good Night" 5:36 Total length: 50:26
2013 deluxe edition bonus tracks Title 11. "Horrorscope" (live) 5:32 12. "Long Time Dyin'" (live) 4:11 13. "Necroshine" (live) 7:27 14. "Walk Through Fire" (live) 4:53 Total length: 1:12:28
All bonus tracks from Australian Ironbound Tour. These tracks were also released as an EP by the label in 2013.[ 11]
Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[ 12]
Overkill Production Artwork and design
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^ Brown, Matt (August 13, 2014). "Metal By Numbers 8/13: The charts get (God)smacked around" . metalinsider.net . Retrieved March 17, 2022 .
^ "OVERKILL To Release 'Live From Oz' On Copper-Colored Vinyl" . Blabbermouth.net . March 18, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2015 .
^ The Electric Age (booklet). Overkill . Nuclear Blast . 2012.((cite AV media notes ))
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