Album Review: Overkill - White Devil Armory

Back in the day, New Jersey thrashers Overkill were safely ensconced in the genre’s second tier along with the likes of Testament and Exodus. But where the likes of Metallica and Megadeth have gone astray in recent years, Overkill have just got better.

White Devil Armory continues the trend started on 2010’s Ironbound, with the band producing thrash metal that is modern, relevant and infectious as hell. It’s all here: catchy choruses (see Armorist) that will burrow into your cranium, savage riffage on the likes of PIG and of course the powerfully distinctive nasal vocals of Bobby ‘Blitz’ Ellsworth. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it – and quite simply, Overkill ain’t broke.