Overkill - Coverkill

Coverkill arrives only several months after its predecessor Necroshine, consisting -- as the title suggests -- entirely of cover tunes rather than any newly written material. Some of the choices are predictable, but to their credit, Overkill picks some of the more underrated items from major metal artists like Black Sabbath ("Hole in the Sky," "Cornucopia," "Never Say Die"), Deep Purple ("Space Truckin'"), Kiss ("Deuce"), Judas Priest ("Tyrant"), Manowar ("Death Tone"), Jethro Tull ("Hymn 43"), plus the Motorhead tune that gave Overkill their name. Read More