Rat Skates was one of the best drummers ever. Dude had to have been in a marching band when younger to have that militant, blasting drumming style. Never heard anything else like it except Slayer's Kill Again and a few off Show No Mercy. Only really listen to the records with him though some of the newer ones are really good./I remember a friend from NY I went to school with in KY had to turn his Overkill shirt inside out because of the logo and Blood Metal Donors. I got in trouble for a Metallica Metal up your Ass shirt around the same time too (85). My Exodus Slay Team shirt went unnoticed.😆
Hearing demos like this takes me back to when this shit was still very underground. The battle lines were being drawn and the fucking posers were about to be put on notice! In '85 there was no stopping it!!!
@Jimi Hendrix venom was before Overkill but they were considered NWOBHM. Thrash was a U.S. genre. It is well documented that metal church made the first thrash metal songs but they were without vocals and were not really a group at the time. Overkill was a group with vocals and predated all others.
@Jimi Hendrix Exodus were definitely around before Metallica but if you listen to their old demos, they were Maiden clones. Thrash has its main roots in punk and that is why Overkill almost single handedly invented thrash. Their members were in punk bands and wanted to mix that sound with NWOBHM. They were a fully formed thrash metal band in 1981. Lars was still a fanboy playing tennis with daddy at this point. The reason Overkill does not get the credit they deserve is because their first full length was delayed and they are not "BAY AREA". As noted before, Metal church has a claim on being the first and they were actually "BAY AREA", (before moving to Washington). They predated all Bay area thrash but for some it's difficult labeling them thrash because of the sound that they evolved into and the fact that they did not have a singer on their first demo.
@El señor de la tienda motorhead cover band? That's a good one. Yes they took their name from a motorhead song and yes drew influences from them and many other punk and nwobhm bands. But a cover band? Nope.
The song Feel The Fire I prefer the album version, however the live versions of Second Son and Kill at Command is some of the best stuff I've ever heard. They both sound way darker than the studio recordings and Blitz's vocals during the chorus of Kill at Command are absolutely vicious.
Excellent quality for a demo OVERKILL !! I have to admit when I first saw Feel the Fire in stores the cover did not entice me and I dismissed them UNTIL I saw them open for SLAYER in 1986 They were awesome and I went right out to buy it!
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"Higher! Higher! Feel the Fire! She burns at the stake like a witch!" Pure thrash poetry.
@@primalmythic386 Yeah, pure thrash poetry.
1. Feel the Fire 00:00
2. Second Son (live) 05:35
3. Kill at Command (live) 10:53
the two first demos and the" feel the fire " lp are the ultimate OVERKILL )))) shit !!!
one of the best debuts what is ever made a whole thrash metal history and in this planet, definitely masterpiece!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rat Skates was one of the best drummers ever. Dude had to have been in a marching band when younger to have that militant, blasting drumming style. Never heard anything else like it except Slayer's Kill Again and a few off Show No Mercy. Only really listen to the records with him though some of the newer ones are really good./I remember a friend from NY I went to school with in KY had to turn his Overkill shirt inside out because of the logo and Blood Metal Donors. I got in trouble for a Metallica Metal up your Ass shirt around the same time too (85). My Exodus Slay Team shirt went unnoticed.😆
In the 90s I was told to flip my Butthole Surfers shirt inside out and my Deicide Legion shirt.
Hearing demos like this takes me back to when this shit was still very underground. The battle lines were being drawn and the fucking posers were about to be put on notice! In '85 there was no stopping it!!!
Greatest thrash band to exist, staying strong since the '80's.
agreed
greatest and don't forget, the first
@Jimi Hendrix venom was before Overkill but they were considered NWOBHM. Thrash was a U.S. genre. It is well documented that metal church made the first thrash metal songs but they were without vocals and were not really a group at the time. Overkill was a group with vocals and predated all others.
@Jimi Hendrix Exodus were definitely around before Metallica but if you listen to their old demos, they were Maiden clones. Thrash has its main roots in punk and that is why Overkill almost single handedly invented thrash. Their members were in punk bands and wanted to mix that sound with NWOBHM. They were a fully formed thrash metal band in 1981. Lars was still a fanboy playing tennis with daddy at this point. The reason Overkill does not get the credit they deserve is because their first full length was delayed and they are not "BAY AREA". As noted before, Metal church has a claim on being the first and they were actually "BAY AREA", (before moving to Washington). They predated all Bay area thrash but for some it's difficult labeling them thrash because of the sound that they evolved into and the fact that they did not have a singer on their first demo.
@El señor de la tienda motorhead cover band? That's a good one. Yes they took their name from a motorhead song and yes drew influences from them and many other punk and nwobhm bands. But a cover band? Nope.
Best metal band to come out of NJ....Period
this band has been brutal since the start. hope they stay around at least 15 more yrs. the fucking best!
Garaged band sound cover song on point in 1985
wish I still had this.. bought this in Staten island 30+ years ago
you'd be rich if you had that today
Damn they tuned high in those days!
and thats whats nice
So RAW my skin burns!!
Best version...this brings back memories
Wow Blitz had a thick accent!
I heard this demo before the album, way back. This is the better version of the song, compared to the album, I think.
Gustafson fuckin rules!💀🤘💀🤘
If someone Talk about a big four thrash Metal Bands, Overkill must be one of them!
This is gold 🤘🤘
i love the guitar of Gustafson
Bobby G's Overkill is the only Overkill.
Thanks for the download man, epic, raw, quality from NJ est 4 piece. Thrash metal, years before it had been labeled
great sound
early OVER - KILL , was the bloodiest best !!!
Awesome!!!
Meechya makahh!!
... legendary OVERKILL 🇺🇲 (formerly VIRGIN KILLER 🇺🇲) from the USA, Thrash-Metal institution ... 🤘 🇺🇲
bought under the influence been hooked
Pure power Metal.
so good
still that maidenish touch !!!
Brutal ..
Respect
This is fucking thrash metal yeah man, fucking amazing song
Best of the best in the thrash
yeah!!
😊❤
80s fucking rules
Second son es el mejor tema!
\m/ Siente el Fuego!!!!!!
🤘🤘
You'll never convince me that isn't a Peavy "Hotfoot" distortion pedal Bobby G plays thru on Feel the Fire.
killer
13:14
So superior to the debut album!
The song Feel The Fire I prefer the album version, however the live versions of Second Son and Kill at Command is some of the best stuff I've ever heard. They both sound way darker than the studio recordings and Blitz's vocals during the chorus of Kill at Command are absolutely vicious.
Qverkill💥
What ever happened to Bobby's accent?
cooollllllllllllll
... 🤘 🇺🇸
3:12
The NY accents are great
Feel the Fire is much better than the album version
Excellent quality for a demo OVERKILL !! I have to admit when I first saw Feel the Fire in stores the cover did not entice me and I dismissed them UNTIL I saw them open for SLAYER in 1986 They were awesome and I went right out to buy it!
Anyone know where this show was recorded?
🫵🤘💚💀💚🤘🫵
Soy casto necesito ayuda
Jajajaja...muy bien !!!
but this demo?
why? they dont like overkill?
who?
who?