### Overdrive: Let the metal do the talking

#### 13/11/08 || Euthanatos

Funniest thing, this album. I was minding my own business, searching for a few old school thrash albums, when I suddenly came across Overdrive’s “Let the Metal do the Talking”. I had heard of a few bands called Overdrive in the past, but that as far as my knowledge went. But the cover was absolutely stunning and the album title, well, that kind of speaks for itself. So I decided to give it a go.Holy fucking shit in the name of all that’s sacred and blasphemous, is this good! Imagine heavy metal in its purest form, unadulterated, unabridged, unscathed… yeah. Heavy god damn metal. Insanely fun, blatantly cheesy and cool, groovy as fuck, metal as “Stained Class” and “Restless and Wild”. That’s what you get right here.

The guitar work of Janne Stark and Kjell Jacobsson is tremendously enjoyable, with so much fucking taste, the riffs are traditional, yet bathed with a modern crunch, and fucking inspired. The drummer is also killer, fellow named Kenta Svensson, shame I can’t hear much of the bass. But I can certainly hear a certain Mr. Per Karlsson, vocalist fronting these troopers. Never heard of the fucker, and he seems to be the only one who wasn’t around in the 80’s, but fuck me sideways and call me Judy, these are the perfect set of lungs for this sound. Aggressive screaming, yet full of melody.

There are not enough words to praise Overdrive. Fuck trying to reinvent the wheel or become the next cover of Terrorizer. This is what heavy metal is all about, it’s been a long god damn time since I’ve listened to something as sincere as this.

The cover: As I’ve said, a real marvel. You can’t lay your eyes on it and not go “wow”. I haven’t seen something this cool in a while.

8 bands with the same name out of 10.

- Information
- Released: 2008
- Label: Lion Music
- Website: www.overdrive.se
- Band
- Per “PerilOz” Karlsson: vocals
- Janne Stark: guitars
- Kjell Jacobsson: guitars
- Kenth Eriksson: bass
- Kenta Svensson: drums

- Tracklist
- 01. Army Of Darkness
- 02. Let The Metal Do The Talking
- 03. Fight To The Finish
- 04. Bring Me To Submission
- 05. Trapped Under Ice
- 06. Deceived
- 07. Den Of Iniquity
- 08. Gravy Train
- 09. Chasing Highways
- 10. Lodestar
- 11. Sinister Warfare
- 12. Reincarnation