Overkill's thirteenth studio effort, was released on March 25th, 2003. The album was considered by many fans the most thrash oriented offering since "Horrorscope". Consisting of 10 merciless tracks, "Killbox 13" starts off with a typical Overkill opener - the fast and furious "Devil By The Tail". The thrash metal cascade is continued with "Struck Down" and "I Rise", both of which sounding like taken from "The Years of Decay" album. The band introduces some groove-thrash patterns in such songs as "The One" and "No Lights", while "Crystal Clear" stands out as a musical mixture between Machine Head and Crowbar.
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