Artist: OVERKILL
Album: THE YEARS OF DECAY (CD)

Release date: 1989
EAN/UPS: 0075678204524
Media type: CD

The Years of Decay is the fourth studio album by thrash metal band Overkill. It was released in 1989 on the Megaforce label, with distribution handled by Atlantic Records. The album featured one of the band's best known songs, "Elimination", which received regular airplay on MTV's Headbanger's Ball.

The album was recorded with famed producer Terry Date (Pantera, White Zombie, Soundgarden). It featured the band's cleanest production to date, mixing the raw approach of the previous album Under The Influence with the more complex song structures and epic elements found on the band's second album, Taking Over. The album also featured a more serious atmosphere and longer songs, including the eight-minute title track and the ten-minute "Playing With Spiders / Skullkrusher." The uptempo thrasher "Elimination" was released as a single, and the music video received regular MTV airplay. Live support for The Years of Decay took place in part with a tour called "Dawn Of The Decade" together with label mates Testament.

All songs written by Vernon, Ellsworth, and Gustafson
Recorded and mixed June – July, 1989 at Carriage House Studios, Stamford, Connecticut, USA .
Produced by Terry Date and Overkill.

TRACKLIST:

"Time to Kill" – 6:16
"Elimination" – 4:34
"I Hate" – 3:48
"Nothing to Die For" – 4:22
"Playing With Spiders/Skullkrusher" – 10:09
"Birth of Tension" – 5:02
"Who Tends the Fire" – 8:09
"The Years of Decay" – 8:01
"E.vil N.ever D.ies" – 5:49

LINE-UP:

Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth – Vocals
Bobby Gustafson – Guitar
D.D. Verni – Bass
Sid Falck – Drums