White Devil Armory

White Devil Armory
Studio album by Overkill
Released EuropeJuly 18, 2014
United KingdomJuly 21, 2014
United StatesJuly 22, 2014
Recorded August 2013–March 2014 at Gear Recording Studio, Shrewsbury, NJ
Genre Thrash metal
Length 50:41
Label eOne Music (North America)
Nuclear Blast (Europe)
Producer Overkill
Overkill chronology

Live from OZ
(2013)		 White Devil Armory
(2014)

White Devil Armory is the seventeenth studio album by the American thrash metal band Overkill. It was released on July 18, 2014 in Europe through Nuclear Blast and July 22 in North America through eOne Music.[1][2][3]

Reception and sales

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [4]
Blabbermouth.net (8.5/10)[5]
All About The Rock (9/10)[6]
Metal Forces (8.5/10)[7]

White Devil Armory has received mostly positive reviews. AllMusic's Gregory Heaney awarded White Devil Armory three-and-a-half stars out of five, and called it "a monument to classic thrash that makes it clear the band's recent form is far from a fluke." He also stated that "the album finds the band once again going from strength to strength, pursuing their muse with a relentless vigor that imbues their sound with a refreshing directness."[4]

Reviewing the album for Get Your Rock Out, Michael Dodd cited the bass work of Verni as one of the record's strengths. He argued that Verni imbued the song "Bitter Pill" with "a heaviness that is almost industrial", and concluded that while the whole album is a "thrash juggernaut", it is the exploits of the bassist that make certain songs stand out.[8]

George Nisbet writing for All About The Rock said "If they can continue to release records of this calibre, then we’ve got some great music to look forward to. If you like quality thrash, you will absolutely love this!!".[6]

The album was, in terms of chart positions, relatively successful; it peaked at #31 on the Billboard 200, making it Overkill's highest chart position so far and it sold 8,600 copies in its first week in the U.S.[9][10] In its 2nd week, the album sold over 2,850 copies in the U.S., bringing the sales to over 11,000 copies and dropping to #99 on the Billboard 200.[11] On the 3rd week the album dropped to #158 on the Billboard 200 and sold 1,850 copies, totalling over 13,000 copies sold in its first 3 weeks.[12]

Track listing

[13]

All songs written and composed by D. D. Verni and Bobby Ellsworth. 

No. Title Length
1. "XDM"   0:49
2. "Armorist"   3:53
3. "Down to the Bone"   4:04
4. "Pig"   5:21
5. "Bitter Pill"   5:48
6. "Where There's Smoke..."   4:20
7. "Freedom Rings"   6:52
8. "Another Day to Die"   4:56
9. "King of the Rat Bastards"   4:09
10. "It's All Yours"   4:26
11. "In the Name"   6:03
Total length:
 50:41

Bonus tracks

[14][15]

No. Title Length
12. "The Fight Song"   5:12
13. "Miss Misery" (feat. Mark Tornillo; Nazareth cover) 4:31
Total length:
 60:25

Personnel

Overkill
Additional musicians

Charts

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Austria 53[16]
Finland 28[16]
Germany 20[16]
Hungary 28[17]
Switzerland 31[16]
United Kingdom 148[16]
U.S. Billboard 200 31[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Overkill: New Album Title Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. March 15, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Overkill: New Album Pushed Back To July; Tour Dates Postponed". Blabbermouth.net. January 14, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ "OVERKILL: 'White Devil Armory' Release Dates Announced". Blabbermouth.net. June 2, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Heaney, Gregory. "White Devil Armory - Overkill". AllMusic. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
  5. ↑ Van Horn Jr., Ray. "White Devil Armory - Overkill". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Nisbet, George. "Overkill - White Devil Armory". All About The Rock. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
  7. ↑ Arnold, Neil. "Overkill - White Devil Armory". Metal Forces. Retrieved 2014-11-10.
  8. ↑ http://getyourrockout.co.uk/wp/overkill-white-devil-armory/
  9. ↑ "Overkill's 'White Devil Armory' Cracks U.S. Top 40". Blabbermouth.net. July 30, 2014. Retrieved July 30, 2014.
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  13. ↑ "White devil armory". Nuclear Blast. June 21, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  14. ↑ "White devil armory MAILORDER EDITION". Nuclear Blast. June 21, 2014. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
  15. ↑ "White Devil Armory (Deluxe Edition)". iTunes. June 25, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5
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