Overkill - The Years of Decay (1989)

Overkill - The Years of Decay (1989)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "Time to Kill"   6:16

2. "Elimination"   4:35

3. "I Hate"   3:46

4. "Nothing to Die For"   4:22

5. "Playing with Spiders/Skullkrusher"   10:15

6. "Birth of Tension"   5:04

7. "Who Tends the Fire"   8:12

8. "The Years of Decay"   7:58

9. "E.vil N.ever D.ies"   5:49

Total length:   56:17

Overkill Band Members / Musicians

Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth – lead vocals, producer

Bobby Gustafson – guitar, producer

Sid Falck – drums, producer

D.D. Verni – bass, producer

The Satones – backing vocals

Terry Date – engineering, producer

Matt Lane – engineering

Howie Weinberg – mastering

Jon Zazula, Marsha Zazula – executive producer

Steve Fastner, Rich Larson – cover illustration

The Years of Decay is the 4th studio album by thrash metal band Overkill, released on October 13, 1989 through Atlantic and Megaforce Records. It is the last Overkill album to feature guitarist Bobby Gustafson, who either left or was fired by the band amid a feud between himself and its founding members Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth (vocalist) and D. D. Verni (bassist). The Years of Decay was also the first of two Overkill albums produced by Terry Date, who took on the same role for their follow-up album Horrorscope (1991).