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The Electric Age

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Length
  
50:27

Release date
  
27 March 2012

Producer
  
Artist
  
Label
  
Entertainment One Music

Genre
  
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Released
  
March 27, 2012 (2012-03-27)

Recorded
  
September 2011–January 2012

Studio
  
Gear Recording Studio, Shrewsbury, New Jersey(see Studios)

The Electric Age(2012)
  
Similar
  
Overkill albums, Thrash metal albums

Overkill come and get it


The Electric Age is the sixteenth 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.

Contents

Overkill come and get it lyric video


Reception and sales

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. The Electric Age was also the first Overkill album to crack the top 100; the album peaked at #77 on the Billboard 200, 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). 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.

Track listing

All tracks written by Verni and Ellsworth.

All bonus tracks from Australian Ironbound Tour. These tracks were also released as an EP by the label in 2013.

Credits

Writing, performance and production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Personnel

Overkill
  • Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth – vocals
  • Dave Linsk – guitar
  • Derek Tailer – guitar
  • D.D. Verni – bass
  • Ron Lipnicki – drums
  • Production
  • Overkill – production
  • Greg Reelymixing, mastering
  • D.D. Verni, Dave Linsk – engineering
  • Jon "Jonnyrod" Ciorciari – recording (at JRod Productions)
  • Dave Linsk – recording (at SKH Recording Studios)
  • Dan Korneff – editing
  • Rob Shallcross – additional editing
  • Artwork and design
  • Travis Smith – cover art, layout
  • Mark Weiss – photography
  • Studios

  • Gear Recording Studio, Shrewsbury, New Jersey – recording
  • JRod Productions, Pomona, New York – additional recording
  • SKH Recording Studios, Stuart, Florida – additional recording
  • Songs

    1Come and Get It6:18
    2Electric Rattlesnake6:20
    3Wish You Were Dead4:19

    References

    The Electric Age Wikipedia


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