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Some might argue a few of the band’s 90s efforts were worse records, but all of them had moments that stuck with you. The true weakness with this record is in the overall lack of memorability. As they always do, they kick open the front door with the rumble heavy opener “Thunderhead,” but immediately you notice Ellsworth’s vocals are a bit too nasally (which carries throughout the record). That said, it’s still a solid album cause hey, it’s fucking Overkill. Overall, it lacks commitment and the decisive energy the band is known for. The band opens the oughts with an album that finds them reconnecting with their thrashier roots. If there was a point in Overkill’s career where they came close to phoning it in, this would be the album. The turn of the millennium is where we begin our journey. Sound off in the comments below on where you think we got it wrong, or right! 19.

Let’s see where it falls on our worst to first rankings. With longtime guitarists Derek Tailer and Dave Linsk in tow, and drummer Jason Bittner joining the fray, Overkill is set to decimate with The Wings of War which dropped today. Frontman Bobby Blitz Ellsworth and bassist DD Verni have been the band’s mainstays for the duration, but each iteration of the band has churned out thrash heavy classics that still stand the test of time.

Picking and choosing what goes where on a list like this is always a difficult challenge, but Overkill has been so damn consistent over the course of its damn near four decade career, the challenge is even tougher than normal.

It seemed the appropriate time to rank the band’s massive canon of thrash-n-roll. It’s 2019, and the blue-collar bruisers in Overkill are about to drop album number 19.