Horrorscope (Overkill album)

Infobox Album | Name = Horrorscope
Type = studio
Artist = Overkill


Released = September 3, 1991
Recorded = Mar – Apr 1991 Carriage House Studios Stamford, Connecticut, USA
Genre = Thrash metal Post-Thrash
Length = 53:06
Label = Atlantic Records
Producer = Overkill Terry Date
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7c8j1vajzzva link]
Last album = "The Years of Decay" (1989)
This album = "Horrorscope" (1991)
Next album = "I Hear Black" (1993)

Horrorscope was an album released by thrash metal band Overkill in 1991 on Atlantic Records. It was their 5th full-length album, and the first to feature the guitar duo of Merritt Gant and Rob Cannavino.

Overview

Following the loss of long-time guitarist and songwriter Bobby Gustafson, Overkill added two new guitarists to the band; Rob Cannavino, who had been Gustafson's guitar technician, and Merritt Gant; from the New Jersey thrash band Faith Or Fear.

Overkill recorded "Horrorscope" in 1991 with Terry Date as producer..

In 1992, during the "Horrorscope" tour, Sid Falck left the band. Admittedly never a big fan of thrash metal music, Sid said that he had initially wanted to push his drumming to the limit by playing the most complex type of music (of the era), and in time he decided to pursue other musical interests. He was replaced by former M.O.D. drummer Tim Mallare.

Track listing

* All songs written by Overkill unless otherwise stated
# "Coma" – 5:23
# "Infectious" – 4:04
# "Blood Money" – 4:08
# "Thanx for Nothin'" – 4:07
# "Bare Bones" – 4:53
# "Horrorscope" –5:49
# "New Machine" – 5:18
# "Frankenstein" (Edgar Winter) – 3:29
# "Live Young, Die Free" – 4:12
# "Nice Day...for a Funeral" – 6:17
# "Soulitude" – 5:26

Credits

* Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth – Vocals
* D.D. Verni – Bass
* Merritt Gant – Guitars
* Rob Cannavino – Guitars
* Sid Falck – Drums

* Recorded and mixed March – April, 1991 at Carriage House Studios, Stamford, Connecticut, USA
* Produced by Overkill and Terry Date
* Executive produced by Jon and Marsha Zazula
* Engineered by Terry Date
* Assistant engineered by Matt Lane
* Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk, New York City, USA

External links

* [http://www.wreckingcrew.com/ Official OVERKILL Site]