Studio albums 18 Compilation albums 2 Music videos 12 | Live albums 2 Video albums 2 EPs 2 | |
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The following is the discography of Overkill an American thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey. The band have released eighteen studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, two EPs and one box set. They were one of the early thrash metal bands to sign to a major label (Atlantic Records in 1986), and rose to fame as part of the genre's movement of the late 1980s, along with bands such as Anthrax, Exodus, Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Testament. In terms of chart positions and sales, the band's most successful records are Under the Influence (1988), The Years of Decay (1989), I Hear Black (1993), The Electric Age (2012), and White Devil Armory (2014), which debuted at No. 142, No. 155, No. 122, No. 77, and No. 31 respectively on the Billboard 200 chart. As of 2006, Overkill has sold over 625,000 albums in the US since the beginning of the SoundScan era, and over 16 million records worldwide as of 2012.