One of the bands that have no bad albums in my opinion, 20 albums later and they still sound awesome! That's passion! My top 3: Ironbound Years of Decay Horrorscope
Agreed. And though it's not prevalent in this comment section, the general distaste towards "from the underground.." baffles Me. It's immensely heavy 🤘🏻
You see, here's the thing about Killing Kind, on one hand it's home to a really good cover of Tyrant, but on the other... "it's a hit! HIT! Can ya take a hit? On ya belly up, suffah me this-" combine the low amount of highs, excessive cringe, and boatload of filler and you've got an album to sit with the likes of other bargain bin records like Super Collider or Virtual XI.
@@meganega123 A lot of people, really. Plus, the melodic writing of the lines themselves only add to the fact that the song sounds like it's TRYING to out-cornball the competition, and the music itself isn't nearly enough to redeem the inexcusable cheese. If you like it, good for you. It's cringe though.
I'm not even gonna try and rank this band's immense discography, but I have tremendous respect for them. Consistently great from the 80's up to the present. My favorites would be Horrorscope, Ironbound, From the Underground and Below, Necroshine , W.F.O & White Devil Armory. I wouldn't have a "bad" tier for them at all.
Yeah same, I don't think any of them are horrible, im not really into their mid 90s and 2000s material but I wouldn't say their awful, im glad I listened to them, but besides a couple, most I can live without. I love their output from the debut to horrorscope and ironbound onwards
I take exception to your ratings of W.F.O. (Gasoline Dream is like the heaviest thrash song of any band in any period) and The Grinding Wheel, which is strong showing throughout.
Overkill are one of the best and most underrated thrash metal bands. I’m looking forward more to Scorched when it comes out than 72 Seasons. That being said, here would be my ranking: S - Under the Influence, The Years of Decay, Horrorscope, Ironbound, The Electric Age A - Feel the Fire, Taking Over, White Devil Armory, The Grinding Wheel, The Wings of War B - I Hear Black, W.F.O., From the Underground and Below, Killbox 13, ReliXIV, Immortalis C - The Killing Kind, Necroshine, Bloodletting
Great video! Years of Decay and Horrorscope are absolute perfection in my book, I remember when years came out I ordered the cd and T-shirt wore it loud n proud lol
Ah that's awesome man, would love to have a shirt of Years of Decay and the cd too, plan on buying their discography soon since only one I own physically is the debut
Ah I've been waiting for this tier list, I always like talking about overkill, in the discord I said they were a favorite of mine like top 3, but thinking on it now, they're more in my top 10 or 20 cause I can't listen to them all the time, plus listening to they're discog now, there's not really albums I love, but more I have a lot of songs I love from them. I probably enjoy overkill more than most cause for some reason I find them really calming to me, maybe cause I really love the vocals, I really love Bobby's voice a lot, I know its polarizing to some and can be annoying sometimes, but whenever they hit, i really love them. I still remember being depressed in highschool and just being recommended an overkill song on UA-cam and it calmed me so much, so now whenever I feel really sad, depressed, stressed, or all that bad thoughts and stuff, always put on overkill and they cheer me up so much, always puts me in a good mood again so maybe in that since they really are a top 3 for me, but I like listening to other stuff more. Anyway sidetracked lol, nice list, I am actually shocked you put Years of Decay in Perfection because of the doom influences on that record, id probably put it in Perfection too and I like it more than horrorscope. This week while running through Type O's discography imma listen to overkills discog too since wanna make a tier list of them, think it'd be fun. Nice list and thanks for showing off more music to me and many other people out there too. Hope to see more videos whether it be tier lists or showing off obscure bands and also hope to talk more in discord since you seem cool and you as well as everyone else in there's been helping me better my taste and music knowledge too.
I wanted to wait until I had heard Scorched a few times before I commented. Overkill's my favourite band. I really like your ranking and find it very interesting. I'm certainly happy to see some more recent albums getting the love they deserve.
@@kyledyar2040 yeah, plus mean I don't really care about that personally since to me, big 4 should mean the 4 favorites of the genre If you're wondering mine its Slayer, Testament, Overkill, and Sodom though Kreator may take over Sodom for me now, idk lol
I personally think your ranking of this band is quite fair. I’ve been a fan since 89 when the first song I ever heard was powersurge. It was on a “metal maniacs” compilation album. After that, I deep dived into everything they released up to that point and stayed with them from there on out. I will for sure admit that overkill has a tendency to have hit and miss albums. But for me, years of decay, horrorscope, wfo, from the underground and below, and killbox 13 are all my favorites. I love this channel by the way. I would definitely love to see a Testament ranking sometime if possible. They have always been one of my all time favorite bands with the likes of Fear Factory, slipknot, slayer, overkill, anthrax, Metallica, and many many others. Keep up the great content good sir!
Bobby Blitz is one of my favorite thrash metal vocalists but to be honest he is basically Bruce DIckinson if he was possesed by the muppet ghost of Bon Scott and i love him for it but i get why he woiuld be annoying to many.
Scorched is a bloody great album, It's criminal how underrated this band is. If Metallica had done this it would be regarded as one of their best. The years of decay is still my favourite.
@@Mike.3v2.4_YT I'm reading this comment and my reply and I still don't know what the fuck happened. I might have replied to the wrong comment or something because I don't like Metallica's vocalist at all. (at least post-Reload)
Overkill to me are like Motorhead, very consistent in their sound, incredibly distinct vocalist and had a later career resurgence. Also like Motorhead, to me they are incapable of making a bad album, their 'worst' still wipe the floor with any thrash band (apart from Tankard). So yeah any not in the good section or above I can't agree with but respect your thoughts on them.
Yeah think you're right, they don't really change their sound too much, but I still need to hear more motorhead, only heard the first 4 from them unfortunately, will try to do it soon
@@TheCondorjc i like overkill more than those bands tbh, i haven't heard demolition hammer, but will get to them soon. Was revisiting their discog and honestly excluding w.f.o. and killbox, its kind of a mess for me, i like songs, but not albums, it feels like a different band to me. Everything from debut - horrorscope and ironbound onwards I adore so much
Perfect = Feel the Fire, Taking Over, Years of Decay, Horrorscope, Ironbound, Scorched Fantastic = Under the Influence, Electric Age, Grinding Wheel, Wings of War Great: W.F.O., From the Underground... Killbox 13 Good: I hear black, White Devil Armory Ok: All the Rest (no really bad album)
I gotta give it to you man ! I love how you keep repeating this is your list when at the Same time you try to rile up comments and general controversy. Well done !
Scary, your rankings were almost exactly the same as mine except for there were 3 albums that I ranked lower than you. Am I becoming the "get off my lawn" old man now? Well, it was bound to happen eventually.
You're definitely right about Feel the Fire and Taking Over. It mostly depends on the overall preferences. Personally, I couldn't care less for genres like black, death or somethingcore and I love this era of Overkill. S: Feel the Fire, Taking Over, Horrorscope A: The Years of Decay, Under the Influence, Ironbound, The Electric Age B: The Grinding Wheel, White Devil Armory, Scorched C: The Wings of War, W.F.O., Killbox 13 D: Immortalis, I Hear Black, The Killing Kind E: ReliXIV, Bloodletting F: Necroshine, From the Underground and Below
Great job Metal Trenches. A hard band for me to rank as I find no fault in them whatsoever. D.D. Verni, as you said, one of the best bassist in our genre of Metal hands down.
I tend to bounce inbetween Overkill and Testament as my favorite thrash band, depending largely on who most recently released something. That being said, my biggest difference with your list would be upping The Killing Kind up to good and putting all of your Ok tier excepting W.F.O. into bad.
Fantastic episode. I've been an Overkill fan since Taking Over came out. Don't agree with all the ratings, but who cares, someone is doing a whole episode of Overkill, that's a treat all by itself. Earned you a subscriber! :)
Yes I did lose track of over kill for awhile like decades there are many albums I didn't hear I heard there last album and just checking out the new one heard like maybe 8 of thier albums I do agree with him saying years of decay and horrorscope as thier best those 2 are amazing I like h ead of pin off the last one I liked spiritual void and world of hurt off I hear black but so far years of decay and horrorscope are their best over all just have to finish listening to scorched I've heard half of it but it's impressive there output and don't seem too quit thrash out I should go back and check out the stuff from them that I didn't keep up with
I think Overkills inconsistency kind of contributes to them being a fun band to follow. It's kinda like "UH-OH, WE GETTING A GOOD ALBUM OR A STINKER THIS TIME!?!?!? LET'S SPIN THE WHEEL!!!". Also, no matter where that wheel lands, you can always make a comment about Bobby Blitzes vocals. His strange approach kind of compounds the issues on the bad albums, but on an album like Ironbound, I feel like they give Overkill a unique sound.
People's tastes vary...hopefully the one thing all Overkill fans can agree on is that the band is incredible to have stayed active as long as it has and to have put out so much good music, including Scorched. Been listening to Overkill since the beginning. My favorite period is the Gant and Cannavino days, but I have appreciated every iteration of the band. Every single line up has produced some incredibly good stuff.
Hmmmmm. Interesting. To me I don't think Overkill really have any bad albums. I love them all. And I really enjoyed the Grinding Wheel. I'd rank it much higher. I think most of their albums after Ironbound are awesome. But may be that's just me.
My favorite albums 1. The Years of Decay 2. Horrorscope 3. W.F.O. 4. I Hear Black 5. Bloodletting 6. Under the Influence 7. The Killing Kind 8. Killbox 13
So many killer albums. Can't wait for the new one. 19. Immortalis 18. The Killing Kind 17. Reli XIV 16. Bloodletting 15. Necroshine 14. From the Underground and Below 13. I Hear Black 12. White Devil Armory 11. The Wings of War 10. Under the Influence 9. W.F.O. 8. Ironbound 7. The Grinding Wheel 6. The Electric Age 5. Taking Over 4. Killbox 13 3. Horrorscope 2. Feel The FIre 1. The Years of Decay
I'll always love Overkill's new albums, because I support what they do. Every album has some really awesome scorchers - forgive the pun. But I must contend that Bobby Gustafson was what Bon Scott was to AC/DC; he kept the innovations and dynamics going, making each of the albums unique, while still maintaining the spirit of Overkill alive. And just like Back In Black still sounded fresh and exciting because of the new member and energy, Horrorscope sounded exciting despite Bobby Gustafson no longer being in the band. However after that the well sort of went dry and each consequent release tended to sound similar, even though of course there were exceptions ( I Hear Black had a very different feel to it). I still LOVE a new Overkill album though!! Never disappoints. To sum this up, when a new Overkill album with Bobby Gustafson was coming out, you had no idea what it was going to sound like, but you knew it was going to fucking RIP!!! Now when a new Overkill album without Bobby Gustafson is coming out, you have a pretty good idea what it is going to sound like, and you know it is going to fucking RIP!!!
Interesting video/list overall. Just curious, are you an Overkill fan that has been following them for some time (if so, since what album?), or is this based on a chronological binge for the sake of this video? Either is fine. I ask cause there is something to be said about living with a band versus first/limited time impressions, especially one like Overkill that is arguably an acquired taste, so knowing which applies to you would give a helpful context to your list. I've been a fan since Taking Over came out. Personally I think they've been in a frustrating Groundhog's Day rut since Ironbound. I have my fingers crossed for Scorched, but can't say I'm holding my breath. Not that it matters. I just think it's awesome they're still around, and still one of the best live bands in the business. Also, fun fact (if not already mentioned in this thread): Dime specifically requested Terry Date for CFH because he wanted Gustafson's guitar tone from Years of Decay; the same album that very much influenced Pantera's move away from their traditional/glam roots and into heavier stuff.
From an ACTUAL Overkill fan: 1) Horrorscope 2) Ironbound 3) Years Of Decay 4) Scorched 5) Killbox 13 6) ReliIX 7) White Devil Armory 8) Under The Influence 9) From The Underground And Below 10) W.F.O. 11) The Killing Kind 12) Taking Over 13) Bloodletting 14) The Grinding Wheel 15) Necroshine 16) Immortalis 17) Feel The Fire 18) I Hear Black 19) Electric Age 20) Wings Of War
Respect your breakdowns. Just want to say you hit it will killbox 13, there is a theatrical part overall to this that doesn't really show up anywhere else in their catalog.
When listening to Immortalis, I noticed something with Overkill V... the last self-titled song was Overkill III, right? V... isn't the Roman numeral for 4. It's the Roman numeral for 5. I didn't skip Overkill 4, YOU didn't skip Overkill 4, THEY did.
White Devil Armory/Grinding Wheel/Wings Of War are pleasant yet safe and forgettable overall, Wings Of War I found it to be slightly better than the others. Scorched I have it in continuos loop. Below Electric Age yet massively superior the previous 3 releases.
I have to agree with the top two being Decay and Ironbound. I personally don't think anything will ever top Ironbound. I thought the second half of ReliXIV was better than the fist half, and I really enjoyed The Grinding Wheel, and don't think it deserves "Bad". But that's how opinions work.
I was 17 when Ironbound came out. Before then I wasn't really into metal but got right in there as the thrash resurgence started. I bounced around a lot of genres and bands before I landed on Feel the Fire. It is my favorite album of all time from my favorite band of all time. I have Chaly tattooed to my back and eventually my brothers got green and black tattoos. I say all that to say Feel the Fire is my favorite album, but it's not a great album. I Hear Black is the worst album I have ever heard period. Being a true overkill fan means enjoying Bobby at his highest highs and lowest lows but at the same time appreciating that he goes for it every time. Kreator is the port I set sail from, but Overkill is what I call home.
S tier: 1. The Years of Decay 2. Horrorscope 3. Ironbound A tier: 4. Scorched 5. Taking Over 6. Killbox 13 7. White Devil Armory B tier: 8. The Electric Age 9. The Grinding Wheel C tier: 10. Feel the Fire 11. Under the Influence 12. W.F.O. 13. The Wings of War 14. The Killing Kind D tier: 15. I Hear Black 16. From the Underground and Below 17. Necroshine 18. Bloodletting 19. ReliXIV 20. Immortalis
For the first time, I agree with your picks in the category of excellent albums, but the fantastic category would look completely different. For me, the two initial albums would be in this category. The next category would be ''WFO'' and ''Grinding Wheel ''.I also completely agree with the last category, apart from 'Grinding Wheel'.💥👌😁
I don’t see under the influence get enough love, definitely my favorite album from them and i think it has the catchiest songs with no compromise to the heaviness
As a fan, I only consider I Hear Black a bad album overall, sold well but it's impossible for me to recommend to anyone. As a thrasher, I can understand why people don't like experimental groovy/industrial/hard rock vibes from Overkill. I personally love Immortalis more than Relix and I listen to it more than Horrorscope, but it's not a pure thrash album, I must admit. Scorched has been, in my opinion, the best album Overkill has done since Ironbound and since The Years of Decay. But I just love them, so maybe I'm not being objective here. Loved your video and your arguments and appreciated the great effort for 20 albums
Also, my favorite from this band is Taking Over, and I love Feel The Fire too. I can understand this is a ranking made by your taste, but I think that they deserved a "Great" ranking at the very least (I couldn't take to see them under "From The Underground And Below", come on).
If you were not there in 1985 you cannot know better. "Feel the Fire" is a gem of Thrash Metal, because it was, when it came out. Although Thrash later developed in what nowadays is called Thrash, it's still fact, that FTF was Thrash and will always be. They never reached the fresh energy and creativity again. FTF is the best Overkill album. Its sound is unique, while modern albums sound all the same
Thanks for doing this. Pretty much on board with all your choices. I agree Wings of War is really good. Probably ly one of my favourite Overkill albums.Stoked for the new one. Same day as Metallica. I know which one I'll be checking out first
Idk how you can handle listening to this many albums back to back by the same band, I’ve tried doing that with some bands and it’s hard even with bands I like. Exodus, Testament, Death Angel, and Sepultura are good future vids
It can get a little rough, but I find it very enlightening. More to come. Sepultura is one I have also been working on and Testament will come with the new one later this year
Black Line is one of my favorite songs from Necroshine. That great melodic solo makes a lot of sense when you remember that the guitarist was in US Power metal band Liege Lord. The whistling is super corny though
I love Overkill, and am NJ born and bred, but I'll be honest they have more ups and downs than Metallica imo and are put on a pedestal by other thrash fans as if they've never done a bland album. I pretty much entirely agree with this tiering but personally Ironbound is my favorite album by them. Especially the title track. Welcome to the Garden State is also a personal favorite single haha. I'm interested to see a Sodom tier list, as they are in my personal 'big 4' of thrash.
Never understood this ranking thing. This band must get an lifetime achievement award for holding up the flame of Thrash Metal together with Kreator, Sodom, Destruction & Tankard. Even "I Hear Black" isn't that bad taste thing. Give it just a listen more, again.
Yo, what the fuck, I literally had a dream about this for some reason just last night, what are the chances. Yes I had a dream about watching you rank overkill, weird I know
One of my favorite bands, I can tell your not a big fan of Overkill but I think you need to revisit I HEAR BLACK & THE KILLING KIND! Calling em bad is blasphemy. Overkill has SO MANY legendary albums its crazy. WFO, THE KILLING KIND, HORRORSCOPES. NECROSHINE, FROM THE UNDERGROUND & BELOW The list goes on. Subjective for sure but comparing overkill to Iron Maiden I will never understand. Cant stand Bruce Dickinson Btw its IRONBOUND not Ironborn.
I've never done an Overkill deep dive and based on your review (not on you on the band itself), I'm glad I didn't. I really only liked Horrorscope especially because I would hear/see the video for Horrorscope on heavy rotation during a program here in Canada called Much Loud and I did really enjoy the album. However, as Horroscope is referred to as a step down from years of Decay, I want to give Years of Decay a full listen.
The vocals man... Once again, and this time they're less 'just not good' and more terrible, at least on the songs I have heard. They feel like it's a meme. I am yet to find any classic Thrash Metal vocalists I actually consider good other than Mille Petrozza.
He's worse on some songs than others. There's always heavier stuff like Possessed which is more like Chuck from Death, or Kreator, Sadus, Sepultura, and Sodom. Death Angel and Testament vocals are usually solid too.
@@MetalTrenches Sepultura has some solid vocals and usually some of my more liked music from the genre as well, so I will give you that. Sodom and Possessed are good. I thought possessed is more of a death metal band
It's hard to fully put into words. I just think of those kind of Brian Johnson vocals and guys who still unironically say "Let's rock and roll." Leaning into too many generic rock riffs.
My favorite is Horrorscope, but The Years of Decay, Under the Influence, The Killing Kind, and From the Underground and Below are also in my top five. The only album I'd place in the bad category is Necroshine (Black Line is easily the worst track they've ever released, such a god-awful chorus, and I can't stand the out-of-tune whistling part). I can't rank the rest, I'll have to go on an overkill binge sometime. It hurts seeing The Killing Kind at the very bottom, that used to be my favorite Overkill album lol. Cold Hard Fact might be my favorite Overkill song; Godlike, Certifiable, Burn You Down to Ashes, and Let Me Shut That for You also rank among my favorite Overkill tracks. I agree with The Battle though, the yeahs are obnoxious, and the chorus is underwhelming. Killing Kind might have worse lyrics than usual, but Overkill has always had bad lyrics, so it doesn't bother me. Honestly, after relistening to it, I'd still place it really high in 2nd or 3rd.
I've Always Felt They Barely Had Groove Differences Mainly Because There Sound Is Faster And Different Than Pantera The Vocals And Bass Work Is In My Opinion Always Better Because Bobby And Verni Are Overkill And Phil Anselmo Besides 2 Albums Being Power Metal And Cowboys From Hell His Vocals Got Worse Through Every Hell His Voice Is So Shot He Sounds Like Marge Cigarette Sisters At Least Bobby Blitz Voice Sounds Incredibly Good Compared To Phil
Always been a big thrash fan, could never get into Overkill, it's mainly the vocals, they just don't mix well with the music in my opinion. I feel the same way about Exodus after Steve Souza joined them, killed the band for me
@@mr.echo24 well its weird because with thrash I don't come to expect great vocals, there are alot of bands I let slide because really I'm more into the instrumentation, but if I had to say afew, obviously James Hetfield stands out, I really like Joey Belladonna too, especially around the among the living and spreading the disease kinda timeframe. Tom did a great job with Slayer, Max Cavelera on old sepultura, just something about Zetro and Overkill, it's in the tone and to be honest both bands are guilty of having some pretty cringe lyrics on top of all that. He wasn't the greatest vocalist himself but I feel paul was a much better fit for the band and bonded by blood is one of my favourite thrash albums
@@steveratcliffe2181 Yeah there are maybe a couple of songs I can get past his delivery, I don't think it helps with me either though how cringey some of his lyrics can be. Toxic waltz as a perfect example of that, great tune instrumentally but the lyrics are so bad
@@nemesis8626 yeah that’s fair. Same problem people have with Dave Mustaine I guess. I personally prefer early Zetro over Baloff just because some songs on bonded by blood are a bit too screechy imo. I can see the unapeal for him and Blitz though for sure, the vocals are super cartoony
Been a fan since '84 before the first album was out. You young dudes have the weirdest taste in music. How is Bloodletting not fantastic? So sick of hearing about how great Ironbound is, ratcheting up the speed doesn't equate to quality songwriting. With just 3 good solid tunes it's not great, it's not good, it's just OK. Seems like a lot of the songs you mentioned you hated, I love. And almost every song you said you liked, I'd call sub-par. But to each their own. I do appreciate that you had Killbox and WoW at fantastic tier. 1. Taking Over 2. Horrorscope 3. Killbox 13 4. Bloodletting 5. Wings of War 6. Feel the Fire 7. Years of Decay 8. I Hear Black 9. Under the Influence 10. The Electric Age 11. Necroshine 12. WFO 13. Scorched
To each their own is the most important thing here. I always feel like bringing age into it is irrelevant. I'm 36 and I definitely don't feel so young anymore lol. I think it has more to do with when you started listening to them, what album you started with, and what else you tend to listen to.
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ya did my boy white devil armory dirty!
There's no such thing as a bad Overkill album.
Absolutely maybe necroshine but it’s still good
Yeah and then there is i hear black
immortlalis.
Bloodletting never really grew on my all the way.. Necroshine too.. but no bad albums.
Overkill Is My Favorite Thrash Metal Band
One of the bands that have no bad albums in my opinion, 20 albums later and they still sound awesome! That's passion!
My top 3:
Ironbound
Years of Decay
Horrorscope
Nah, most of their 90’s albums were pretty bad
@@aidanlastname0187 I disagree heavily, even if they did went for a groove metal sound on from IHB to Immortalis, they still kept their thrashy sound
@@superstan3290 that does not make it good you are just a biased overkill fan !
Sounds a bit like you're biased yourself. Regardless, people can have opinions.@@19megamustaine85
Killing Kind deserves more respect than it gets
Agreed. And though it's not prevalent in this comment section, the general distaste towards "from the underground.." baffles Me. It's immensely heavy 🤘🏻
Killing Kind is one of my favourite Overkill albums
You see, here's the thing about Killing Kind, on one hand it's home to a really good cover of Tyrant, but on the other... "it's a hit! HIT! Can ya take a hit? On ya belly up, suffah me this-" combine the low amount of highs, excessive cringe, and boatload of filler and you've got an album to sit with the likes of other bargain bin records like Super Collider or Virtual XI.
@@MetalheadCurt love that song. Who gives a crap about lyrics?
@@meganega123 A lot of people, really. Plus, the melodic writing of the lines themselves only add to the fact that the song sounds like it's TRYING to out-cornball the competition, and the music itself isn't nearly enough to redeem the inexcusable cheese. If you like it, good for you. It's cringe though.
I'm not even gonna try and rank this band's immense discography, but I have tremendous respect for them. Consistently great from the 80's up to the present. My favorites would be Horrorscope, Ironbound, From the Underground and Below, Necroshine , W.F.O & White Devil Armory. I wouldn't have a "bad" tier for them at all.
Yeah same, I don't think any of them are horrible, im not really into their mid 90s and 2000s material but I wouldn't say their awful, im glad I listened to them, but besides a couple, most I can live without. I love their output from the debut to horrorscope and ironbound onwards
I take exception to your ratings of W.F.O. (Gasoline Dream is like the heaviest thrash song of any band in any period) and The Grinding Wheel, which is strong showing throughout.
Overkill are one of the best and most underrated thrash metal bands. I’m looking forward more to Scorched when it comes out than 72 Seasons. That being said, here would be my ranking:
S - Under the Influence, The Years of Decay, Horrorscope, Ironbound, The Electric Age
A - Feel the Fire, Taking Over, White Devil Armory, The Grinding Wheel, The Wings of War
B - I Hear Black, W.F.O., From the Underground and Below, Killbox 13, ReliXIV, Immortalis
C - The Killing Kind, Necroshine, Bloodletting
Yeah same, after watching this list, am a little more excited for scorched
This band realy knows how to pump out albums =)
Indeed
Great video! Years of Decay and Horrorscope are absolute perfection in my book, I remember when years came out I ordered the cd and T-shirt wore it loud n proud lol
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Ah that's awesome man, would love to have a shirt of Years of Decay and the cd too, plan on buying their discography soon since only one I own physically is the debut
Ah I've been waiting for this tier list, I always like talking about overkill, in the discord I said they were a favorite of mine like top 3, but thinking on it now, they're more in my top 10 or 20 cause I can't listen to them all the time, plus listening to they're discog now, there's not really albums I love, but more I have a lot of songs I love from them. I probably enjoy overkill more than most cause for some reason I find them really calming to me, maybe cause I really love the vocals, I really love Bobby's voice a lot, I know its polarizing to some and can be annoying sometimes, but whenever they hit, i really love them. I still remember being depressed in highschool and just being recommended an overkill song on UA-cam and it calmed me so much, so now whenever I feel really sad, depressed, stressed, or all that bad thoughts and stuff, always put on overkill and they cheer me up so much, always puts me in a good mood again so maybe in that since they really are a top 3 for me, but I like listening to other stuff more. Anyway sidetracked lol, nice list, I am actually shocked you put Years of Decay in Perfection because of the doom influences on that record, id probably put it in Perfection too and I like it more than horrorscope. This week while running through Type O's discography imma listen to overkills discog too since wanna make a tier list of them, think it'd be fun.
Nice list and thanks for showing off more music to me and many other people out there too. Hope to see more videos whether it be tier lists or showing off obscure bands and also hope to talk more in discord since you seem cool and you as well as everyone else in there's been helping me better my taste and music knowledge too.
I wanted to wait until I had heard Scorched a few times before I commented. Overkill's my favourite band.
I really like your ranking and find it very interesting. I'm certainly happy to see some more recent albums getting the love they deserve.
One of the best thrash bands, don’t understand how they’re not in the big 4
Big 4 is mostly just based on record sales
@@MetalTrenches gotcha man, always thought it was a “who’s the greatest” type of thing.
@@kyledyar2040 yeah, plus mean I don't really care about that personally since to me, big 4 should mean the 4 favorites of the genre
If you're wondering mine its Slayer, Testament, Overkill, and Sodom though Kreator may take over Sodom for me now, idk lol
@@doomguyrox1156 SLAYEER lmao but yea I see what you’re saying. Good taste btw 🤘🏽
@@kyledyar2040 thanks mate
I personally think your ranking of this band is quite fair. I’ve been a fan since 89 when the first song I ever heard was powersurge. It was on a “metal maniacs” compilation album. After that, I deep dived into everything they released up to that point and stayed with them from there on out. I will for sure admit that overkill has a tendency to have hit and miss albums. But for me, years of decay, horrorscope, wfo, from the underground and below, and killbox 13 are all my favorites.
I love this channel by the way. I would definitely love to see a Testament ranking sometime if possible. They have always been one of my all time favorite bands with the likes of Fear Factory, slipknot, slayer, overkill, anthrax, Metallica, and many many others. Keep up the great content good sir!
Thanks so much. Testament ranking coming with the new album.
Bobby Blitz is one of my favorite thrash metal vocalists but to be honest he is basically Bruce DIckinson if he was possesed by the muppet ghost of Bon Scott and i love him for it but i get why he woiuld be annoying to many.
That is the BEST description I’ve ever heard.
Honestly, you're goated for this. Even as a fan of the band, idk if I could sit through all 20 of their albums.
It was a LOT lol
Scorched is a bloody great album, It's criminal how underrated this band is.
If Metallica had done this it would be regarded as one of their best. The years of decay is still my favourite.
Metallica has a better vocalist
@@WFly101Firstly you gotta be fucking joking. Secondly I don't understand what this reply has to do with anything.
@@Mike.3v2.4_YT idek
@@Mike.3v2.4_YT I'm reading this comment and my reply and I still don't know what the fuck happened. I might have replied to the wrong comment or something because I don't like Metallica's vocalist at all. (at least post-Reload)
@@WFly101 Yeah I made a similar mistake when I accidentally got high on Raid bug spray while watching UA-cam.
Scorched is a masterpiece of metal music, i can't stop listening to it. And it's a 2023 album. Metal lives on.
PIG is one of my favorite songs!! Was introduced to them in early 92 at the end of naval bootcamp and they have been my favorite band since.
Overkill to me are like Motorhead, very consistent in their sound, incredibly distinct vocalist and had a later career resurgence.
Also like Motorhead, to me they are incapable of making a bad album, their 'worst' still wipe the floor with any thrash band (apart from Tankard).
So yeah any not in the good section or above I can't agree with but respect your thoughts on them.
Also both have minimum 20 albums lol
Yeah think you're right, they don't really change their sound too much, but I still need to hear more motorhead, only heard the first 4 from them unfortunately, will try to do it soon
Overkill does not stack up to Slayer or Exodus or Morbid Saint or Coroner
Even Demolition Hammer
@@TheCondorjc i like overkill more than those bands tbh, i haven't heard demolition hammer, but will get to them soon.
Was revisiting their discog and honestly excluding w.f.o. and killbox, its kind of a mess for me, i like songs, but not albums, it feels like a different band to me. Everything from debut - horrorscope and ironbound onwards I adore so much
Perfect = Feel the Fire, Taking Over, Years of Decay, Horrorscope, Ironbound, Scorched
Fantastic = Under the Influence, Electric Age, Grinding Wheel, Wings of War
Great: W.F.O., From the Underground... Killbox 13
Good: I hear black, White Devil Armory
Ok: All the Rest
(no really bad album)
I gotta give it to you man ! I love how you keep repeating this is your list when at the Same time you try to rile up comments and general controversy. Well done !
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I know, its great, also means more opportunities to talk about stuff too
I like this band more than Anthrax. Great video.
Scary, your rankings were almost exactly the same as mine except for there were 3 albums that I ranked lower than you. Am I becoming the "get off my lawn" old man now? Well, it was bound to happen eventually.
You're definitely right about Feel the Fire and Taking Over. It mostly depends on the overall preferences. Personally, I couldn't care less for genres like black, death or somethingcore and I love this era of Overkill.
S: Feel the Fire, Taking Over, Horrorscope
A: The Years of Decay, Under the Influence, Ironbound, The Electric Age
B: The Grinding Wheel, White Devil Armory, Scorched
C: The Wings of War, W.F.O., Killbox 13
D: Immortalis, I Hear Black, The Killing Kind
E: ReliXIV, Bloodletting
F: Necroshine, From the Underground and Below
I remember the first time I heard Overkill, I thought Bobby sounded like an angry version of Elmo lol
Great job Metal Trenches. A hard band for me to rank as I find no fault in them whatsoever. D.D. Verni, as you said, one of the best bassist in our genre of Metal hands down.
I tend to bounce inbetween Overkill and Testament as my favorite thrash band, depending largely on who most recently released something. That being said, my biggest difference with your list would be upping The Killing Kind up to good and putting all of your Ok tier excepting W.F.O. into bad.
Fantastic episode. I've been an Overkill fan since Taking Over came out.
Don't agree with all the ratings, but who cares, someone is doing a whole episode of Overkill, that's a treat all by itself.
Earned you a subscriber! :)
Dont forget sodom!! Very good videos!!
Sodom are a great band.
Yes I did lose track of over kill for awhile like decades there are many albums I didn't hear I heard there last album and just checking out the new one heard like maybe 8 of thier albums I do agree with him saying years of decay and horrorscope as thier best those 2 are amazing I like h ead of pin off the last one I liked spiritual void and world of hurt off I hear black but so far years of decay and horrorscope are their best over all just have to finish listening to scorched I've heard half of it but it's impressive there output and don't seem too quit thrash out I should go back and check out the stuff from them that I didn't keep up with
I think Overkills inconsistency kind of contributes to them being a fun band to follow. It's kinda like "UH-OH, WE GETTING A GOOD ALBUM OR A STINKER THIS TIME!?!?!? LET'S SPIN THE WHEEL!!!". Also, no matter where that wheel lands, you can always make a comment about Bobby Blitzes vocals. His strange approach kind of compounds the issues on the bad albums, but on an album like Ironbound, I feel like they give Overkill a unique sound.
People's tastes vary...hopefully the one thing all Overkill fans can agree on is that the band is incredible to have stayed active as long as it has and to have put out so much good music, including Scorched. Been listening to Overkill since the beginning. My favorite period is the Gant and Cannavino days, but I have appreciated every iteration of the band. Every single line up has produced some incredibly good stuff.
Hmmmmm. Interesting. To me I don't think Overkill really have any bad albums. I love them all. And I really enjoyed the Grinding Wheel. I'd rank it much higher. I think most of their albums after Ironbound are awesome. But may be that's just me.
My favorite albums
1. The Years of Decay
2. Horrorscope
3. W.F.O.
4. I Hear Black
5. Bloodletting
6. Under the Influence
7. The Killing Kind
8. Killbox 13
you don`t hear the Ironbound and later albums?
So many killer albums. Can't wait for the new one.
19. Immortalis
18. The Killing Kind
17. Reli XIV
16. Bloodletting
15. Necroshine
14. From the Underground and Below
13. I Hear Black
12. White Devil Armory
11. The Wings of War
10. Under the Influence
9. W.F.O.
8. Ironbound
7. The Grinding Wheel
6. The Electric Age
5. Taking Over
4. Killbox 13
3. Horrorscope
2. Feel The FIre
1. The Years of Decay
I'll always love Overkill's new albums, because I support what they do. Every album has some really awesome scorchers - forgive the pun. But I must contend that Bobby Gustafson was what Bon Scott was to AC/DC; he kept the innovations and dynamics going, making each of the albums unique, while still maintaining the spirit of Overkill alive. And just like Back In Black still sounded fresh and exciting because of the new member and energy, Horrorscope sounded exciting despite Bobby Gustafson no longer being in the band. However after that the well sort of went dry and each consequent release tended to sound similar, even though of course there were exceptions ( I Hear Black had a very different feel to it). I still LOVE a new Overkill album though!! Never disappoints.
To sum this up, when a new Overkill album with Bobby Gustafson was coming out, you had no idea what it was going to sound like, but you knew it was going to fucking RIP!!! Now when a new Overkill album without Bobby Gustafson is coming out, you have a pretty good idea what it is going to sound like, and you know it is going to fucking RIP!!!
Interesting video/list overall. Just curious, are you an Overkill fan that has been following them for some time (if so, since what album?), or is this based on a chronological binge for the sake of this video? Either is fine. I ask cause there is something to be said about living with a band versus first/limited time impressions, especially one like Overkill that is arguably an acquired taste, so knowing which applies to you would give a helpful context to your list.
I've been a fan since Taking Over came out. Personally I think they've been in a frustrating Groundhog's Day rut since Ironbound. I have my fingers crossed for Scorched, but can't say I'm holding my breath. Not that it matters. I just think it's awesome they're still around, and still one of the best live bands in the business.
Also, fun fact (if not already mentioned in this thread): Dime specifically requested Terry Date for CFH because he wanted Gustafson's guitar tone from Years of Decay; the same album that very much influenced Pantera's move away from their traditional/glam roots and into heavier stuff.
When you like all the albums in Bad categories lol
We all have our personal taste
From an ACTUAL Overkill fan:
1) Horrorscope
2) Ironbound
3) Years Of Decay
4) Scorched
5) Killbox 13
6) ReliIX
7) White Devil Armory
8) Under The Influence
9) From The Underground And Below
10) W.F.O.
11) The Killing Kind
12) Taking Over
13) Bloodletting
14) The Grinding Wheel
15) Necroshine
16) Immortalis
17) Feel The Fire
18) I Hear Black
19) Electric Age
20) Wings Of War
Horrorscope is their best album. Front to back its pretty much a masterpiece
I’ve been waiting on this video.
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Ah yeah same man
Respect your breakdowns. Just want to say you hit it will killbox 13, there is a theatrical part overall to this that doesn't really show up anywhere else in their catalog.
I really love this band.
Kept the old school thrash sound, have a super fun, high energy vibe and the vocalist sounds unique.
When listening to Immortalis, I noticed something with Overkill V... the last self-titled song was Overkill III, right? V... isn't the Roman numeral for 4. It's the Roman numeral for 5. I didn't skip Overkill 4, YOU didn't skip Overkill 4, THEY did.
White Devil Armory/Grinding Wheel/Wings Of War are pleasant yet safe and forgettable overall, Wings Of War I found it to be slightly better than the others.
Scorched I have it in continuos loop. Below Electric Age yet massively superior the previous 3 releases.
for me scorched is below the last 3
I have to agree with the top two being Decay and Ironbound. I personally don't think anything will ever top Ironbound. I thought the second half of ReliXIV was better than the fist half, and I really enjoyed The Grinding Wheel, and don't think it deserves "Bad". But that's how opinions work.
Great effort, overkill is my fav band
The Electric Age is my personal fav. Great list my dude!
Taking Over was my favorite with the best line up and on constant spin on WSOU. They are bigger overseas than the US.
I was 17 when Ironbound came out. Before then I wasn't really into metal but got right in there as the thrash resurgence started. I bounced around a lot of genres and bands before I landed on Feel the Fire. It is my favorite album of all time from my favorite band of all time. I have Chaly tattooed to my back and eventually my brothers got green and black tattoos. I say all that to say Feel the Fire is my favorite album, but it's not a great album. I Hear Black is the worst album I have ever heard period. Being a true overkill fan means enjoying Bobby at his highest highs and lowest lows but at the same time appreciating that he goes for it every time. Kreator is the port I set sail from, but Overkill is what I call home.
S tier:
1. The Years of Decay
2. Horrorscope
3. Ironbound
A tier:
4. Scorched
5. Taking Over
6. Killbox 13
7. White Devil Armory
B tier:
8. The Electric Age
9. The Grinding Wheel
C tier:
10. Feel the Fire
11. Under the Influence
12. W.F.O.
13. The Wings of War
14. The Killing Kind
D tier:
15. I Hear Black
16. From the Underground and Below
17. Necroshine
18. Bloodletting
19. ReliXIV
20. Immortalis
Hey Metal Trenches. Random question but where is your "how embarrassing" meme from? I saw it in a couple videos but can't find it online
Red Letter Media
@@MetalTrenches Thanks 😂😂
Best channel on UA-cam imo
For the first time, I agree with your picks in the category of excellent albums, but the fantastic category would look completely different. For me, the two initial albums would be in this category. The next category would be ''WFO'' and ''Grinding Wheel ''.I also completely agree with the last category, apart from 'Grinding Wheel'.💥👌😁
You should do dio ranking!!💪💪
I don’t see under the influence get enough love, definitely my favorite album from them and i think it has the catchiest songs with no compromise to the heaviness
I really want to see all Testament albums ranked
When the new album drops
As a fan, I only consider I Hear Black a bad album overall, sold well but it's impossible for me to recommend to anyone.
As a thrasher, I can understand why people don't like experimental groovy/industrial/hard rock vibes from Overkill. I personally love Immortalis more than Relix and I listen to it more than Horrorscope, but it's not a pure thrash album, I must admit. Scorched has been, in my opinion, the best album Overkill has done since Ironbound and since The Years of Decay. But I just love them, so maybe I'm not being objective here.
Loved your video and your arguments and appreciated the great effort for 20 albums
Was coming here to hate this, but agree with 90% of the ratings. Top tier is absolutely correct.
I topped off when Left Eye had her first emphipany. I took two trickles of slamby and raised the bar higher than ever.
Damn. Stone Cold Jesus and Black Line were my two favorite tracks after the titletrack on Necroshine. And you picked them as the worst.
Also, my favorite from this band is Taking Over, and I love Feel The Fire too. I can understand this is a ranking made by your taste, but I think that they deserved a "Great" ranking at the very least (I couldn't take to see them under "From The Underground And Below", come on).
Different strokes is all
@@MetalTrenches Yeah. I suppose I have to accept that. Gg.
If you were not there in 1985 you cannot know better. "Feel the Fire" is a gem of Thrash Metal, because it was, when it came out. Although Thrash later developed in what nowadays is called Thrash, it's still fact, that FTF was Thrash and will always be.
They never reached the fresh energy and creativity again. FTF is the best Overkill album. Its sound is unique, while modern albums sound all the same
dad metal? waht the hell does that mean?
I would put the debut album and taking over in perfection, under the influnce in fantastic, and the wheel in great
What's the band on your T-shirt?
Would you ever do an East vs. West coast thrash video?
Perhaps one day if the idea comes together just right
Love this shit dude, great content….but yeah definitely disagree with their sophomore and junior releases….
Masterpieces in my opinion 🔥
The Overkill discography is a bit all over the place. My favorites are Ironbound and The Electric Age.
Thanks for doing this. Pretty much on board with all your choices. I agree Wings of War is really good. Probably ly one of my favourite Overkill albums.Stoked for the new one. Same day as Metallica. I know which one I'll be checking out first
Years of decay, Feel the Fire, horoscope are the ones I listen to the most. But I like them all
Love your content man, keep up the great work🤘
for me all albums in Perfection and Fantastic. only I Hear Black is in Great
Idk how you can handle listening to this many albums back to back by the same band, I’ve tried doing that with some bands and it’s hard even with bands I like. Exodus, Testament, Death Angel, and Sepultura are good future vids
It can get a little rough, but I find it very enlightening. More to come. Sepultura is one I have also been working on and Testament will come with the new one later this year
Black Line is one of my favorite songs from Necroshine. That great melodic solo makes a lot of sense when you remember that the guitarist was in US Power metal band Liege Lord.
The whistling is super corny though
Pass the milk for this spicy take. Overkill is better than Slayer if you compare their overall careers.
I would put Taking Over at fantastic🦇
And Elimination 💯thrasher
underrated as hell band
lol, I always love hearing a heavy metal nerd in a mask talk about other heavy metal nerds. and "under one" fucking rocks
Good list, I am with you. Except I HEAR BLACK, I love this album.
I love Overkill, and am NJ born and bred, but I'll be honest they have more ups and downs than Metallica imo and are put on a pedestal by other thrash fans as if they've never done a bland album.
I pretty much entirely agree with this tiering but personally Ironbound is my favorite album by them. Especially the title track. Welcome to the Garden State is also a personal favorite single haha.
I'm interested to see a Sodom tier list, as they are in my personal 'big 4' of thrash.
How the fuck they have so many albums
Prolific af
Never understood this ranking thing. This band must get an lifetime achievement award for holding up the flame of Thrash Metal together with Kreator, Sodom, Destruction & Tankard. Even "I Hear Black" isn't that bad taste thing. Give it just a listen more, again.
It’s just a format people enjoy and a good framing device to explore a discography
@@MetalTrenches I understand. Thank you!
I would have moved Under The Influence to fantastic tier, other than that, no issues
Perfection for me.
Do anthrax next please
I’ll get to them eventually
Yo, what the fuck, I literally had a dream about this for some reason just last night, what are the chances. Yes I had a dream about watching you rank overkill, weird I know
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One of my favorite bands, I can tell your not a big fan of Overkill but I think you need to revisit I HEAR BLACK & THE KILLING KIND! Calling em bad is blasphemy.
Overkill has SO MANY legendary albums its crazy. WFO, THE KILLING KIND, HORRORSCOPES. NECROSHINE, FROM THE UNDERGROUND & BELOW The list goes on.
Subjective for sure but comparing overkill to Iron Maiden I will never understand. Cant stand Bruce Dickinson
Btw its IRONBOUND not Ironborn.
Rip sebastian Marino
"a lemon nation...A lemon nation"
God 20 albums :O
It was a LOT
Yeah I have Taking Over, Killing Kind and WFO way higher, WFO ends the album with two bangers you didn't even mention.
1988-1993 was their golden period.
Wings of War, my undisputed champion.
I've never done an Overkill deep dive and based on your review (not on you on the band itself), I'm glad I didn't. I really only liked Horrorscope especially because I would hear/see the video for Horrorscope on heavy rotation during a program here in Canada called Much Loud and I did really enjoy the album. However, as Horroscope is referred to as a step down from years of Decay, I want to give Years of Decay a full listen.
fuck this was a year ago
The vocals man... Once again, and this time they're less 'just not good' and more terrible, at least on the songs I have heard. They feel like it's a meme. I am yet to find any classic Thrash Metal vocalists I actually consider good other than Mille Petrozza.
He's worse on some songs than others. There's always heavier stuff like Possessed which is more like Chuck from Death, or Kreator, Sadus, Sepultura, and Sodom. Death Angel and Testament vocals are usually solid too.
@@MetalTrenches Sepultura has some solid vocals and usually some of my more liked music from the genre as well, so I will give you that. Sodom and Possessed are good. I thought possessed is more of a death metal band
How would you define “Dad metal energy?”
It's hard to fully put into words. I just think of those kind of Brian Johnson vocals and guys who still unironically say "Let's rock and roll." Leaning into too many generic rock riffs.
My favorite is Horrorscope, but The Years of Decay, Under the Influence, The Killing Kind, and From the Underground and Below are also in my top five. The only album I'd place in the bad category is Necroshine (Black Line is easily the worst track they've ever released, such a god-awful chorus, and I can't stand the out-of-tune whistling part). I can't rank the rest, I'll have to go on an overkill binge sometime.
It hurts seeing The Killing Kind at the very bottom, that used to be my favorite Overkill album lol. Cold Hard Fact might be my favorite Overkill song; Godlike, Certifiable, Burn You Down to Ashes, and Let Me Shut That for You also rank among my favorite Overkill tracks. I agree with The Battle though, the yeahs are obnoxious, and the chorus is underwhelming. Killing Kind might have worse lyrics than usual, but Overkill has always had bad lyrics, so it doesn't bother me. Honestly, after relistening to it, I'd still place it really high in 2nd or 3rd.
I've Always Felt They Barely Had Groove Differences Mainly Because There Sound Is Faster And Different Than Pantera The Vocals And Bass Work Is In My Opinion Always Better Because Bobby And Verni Are Overkill And Phil Anselmo Besides 2 Albums Being Power Metal And Cowboys From Hell His Vocals Got Worse Through Every Hell His Voice Is So Shot He Sounds Like Marge Cigarette Sisters At Least Bobby Blitz Voice Sounds Incredibly Good Compared To Phil
bro the grinding wheel is amazing what are you talking about
Opinions
s tier would be horrorscope or wfo for me
Always been a big thrash fan, could never get into Overkill, it's mainly the vocals, they just don't mix well with the music in my opinion. I feel the same way about Exodus after Steve Souza joined them, killed the band for me
What are some thrash vocalists you like that fit the music for your tastes?
Funny, I love Blitz but can only take Zetro in smaller doses
@@mr.echo24 well its weird because with thrash I don't come to expect great vocals, there are alot of bands I let slide because really I'm more into the instrumentation, but if I had to say afew, obviously James Hetfield stands out, I really like Joey Belladonna too, especially around the among the living and spreading the disease kinda timeframe. Tom did a great job with Slayer, Max Cavelera on old sepultura, just something about Zetro and Overkill, it's in the tone and to be honest both bands are guilty of having some pretty cringe lyrics on top of all that. He wasn't the greatest vocalist himself but I feel paul was a much better fit for the band and bonded by blood is one of my favourite thrash albums
@@steveratcliffe2181 Yeah there are maybe a couple of songs I can get past his delivery, I don't think it helps with me either though how cringey some of his lyrics can be. Toxic waltz as a perfect example of that, great tune instrumentally but the lyrics are so bad
@@nemesis8626 yeah that’s fair. Same problem people have with Dave Mustaine I guess. I personally prefer early Zetro over Baloff just because some songs on bonded by blood are a bit too screechy imo. I can see the unapeal for him and Blitz though for sure, the vocals are super cartoony
Been a fan since '84 before the first album was out. You young dudes have the weirdest taste in music. How is Bloodletting not fantastic? So sick of hearing about how great Ironbound is, ratcheting up the speed doesn't equate to quality songwriting. With just 3 good solid tunes it's not great, it's not good, it's just OK. Seems like a lot of the songs you mentioned you hated, I love. And almost every song you said you liked, I'd call sub-par. But to each their own. I do appreciate that you had Killbox and WoW at fantastic tier.
1. Taking Over
2. Horrorscope
3. Killbox 13
4. Bloodletting
5. Wings of War
6. Feel the Fire
7. Years of Decay
8. I Hear Black
9. Under the Influence
10. The Electric Age
11. Necroshine
12. WFO
13. Scorched
To each their own is the most important thing here. I always feel like bringing age into it is irrelevant. I'm 36 and I definitely don't feel so young anymore lol. I think it has more to do with when you started listening to them, what album you started with, and what else you tend to listen to.