Overkill - Horrorscope (1991)

When the title cut marches in like a mighty metal dinosaur, you may begin to ponder just what happened to Metallica, but who cares when you've got bands as mighty as Overkill still stomping the city down. I am happy to admit that I was neevr endeared to this band upon first listen but over the years they've gotten stronger, and 1991's 'Horrorscope' is a juggernaut of a record that revels in Sabbathesque thrash doom behind Bobby's sneer, this album boasts some of meta's finest riffs ever put to record, the New Jersey combo carving their own niche, making thrash fashionable by being unfashionable! The cool, crushing Anthrax-style crunch of 'Infectious' and the fantastic head nodder 'New Machine' must have destroyed many a mosh pit. For me, Overkill epitomise what thrash is all about - the vocal delivery and chugging riffs, at whatever pace are what bands are still trying master, but all you need to do to revert back the glory days is lend a melted ear to Overkill, and the fact they are still going strong only bolsters their reputation. Chug on! "We are the children of a new machine..." may be the vocal cry from Ellsworth, but the machine they created was never broken in the first place. 8/10