Overkill - Killbox 13

*=Staff's pick	Devil By The Tail* Damned* No Lights The One Crystal Clear The Sound Of Dying Until I Die Struck Down* Unholy I Rise

Genre	Thrash Metal	Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth	Vocals
Tracks	10	Dave Linsk	Guitar
Runningtime	49 Min.	Derek Tailer	Guitar
Label	Spitfire	D.D. Verni	Bass
Release	24 March 2003	Tim Mallare	Drums
Country	USA	-	Keyboards
Similar artists	Testament, Flotsam & Jetsam

Killbox 13 by Overkill is a real display of strenght. The thrashband that has been holding on since the early eighties has in my opinion done four albums in the later half of the nineties that have been a bit disapointing and thats also been far away from what they are capable of.

But with Killbox 13 they more than restore their honour, this album is not far from earlier masterpieces like Horrorscope (1991) or W.F.O. (1994).
The album kicks off with the heavy as hell track Devil By The Tail and then it just keeps on going only to increase at the end with Struck Down, a killer track to be compared with classics like Elimination (The Years Of Decay ´89) and Wrecking Crew (Taking Over ´87). Moving on to the mighty second to last track Unholy that just as well could be taken from the album W.F.O, and to then nicely round it of with the raw I Rise.

It´s a hungry Overkill that´s delivering thrashmetal without compromises straight through the entire album with a material that is better than in a long time making Killbox 13 a pure pleasure for the listener.

See also review of: Wrecking Everything , RelixIV

Production	Vocals	Compositions
8	8	9

Summary
9 chalices of 10 - Thomas