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1985 Seculo XX Split LP w/SEPULTURA
1986 Seculo XX (full) LP
1987 Conscience LP
1989 You're Really Big LP
1990 Addicted To Reality LP
1992 Circus Of Death LP
1993 Progress Of Decadence LP/CD
1996 Scars CD
Sie kommen aus Belo Horizonte, und standen immer im Schatten der anderen bekannten Band aus ihrem
Heimatort. Dabei hatten sie gleiche Startchancen, als sie auf der berühmten Split LP gemeinsam
ihren Vinyl Einstand feierten. Sie sind aber auf jeden Fall besser als SEPULTURA, und bieten
dort richtig guten Rumpelthrash. Als Anekdote geht um, dass die jeweiligen Fans die LP Seite
der anderen Band verkratzten. Bei SEPULTURA kann man aber eine gerade Linie in ihrer Entwicklung
ausmachen. Bei OVERDOSE dagegen gab es die verrücktesten Stilwechsel, was sicher auch, trotz
vieler Alben einen Durchbruch verhindert hat. Dabei sah es für die Jungs teilweise gar nicht
so schlecht aus. Ihr "Seculo XX" Album wurde erstmal noch einmal herausgebracht, als volle
LP, mit 5 weiteren guten Thrash Stücken. Das nächste Album ist wirklich guter Power Metal,
und sie kommen ein Jahr später bei "Metal Blade" sogar auf ihre Cultsamplerreihe "Metal Massacre"
Nr 9. Noch ein Jahr später sieht die Sache schon wieder anders aus. Sie holen sich den bekannten
Keyboarder Fabio Ribeiro,und machen mit "You are really big" ein Hard Rock Album!!
Dannach geht
es (natürlich ohne Keyboarder) wieder zum leicht angethrashten Power Metal, und bei "Circus of death"
mit zweitem Gitarristen zum puren Thrash Metal. Nach 1992 geht es dann voll zum groovigen
90er Modetrend, einfach schreckliches Zeug. 1997 liegen sie mit dem letzten Album auch wieder im brutalen
Trend der Zeit. Ob sie noch existieren oder ob ihnen schon einer
den Gnadenschuss gegeben hat, wo sie sich doch so durch die Metal Szene gequält haben, weiss ich nicht.
Nachdem ich viele gute Fotos aus der angfangszeit bekommen habe, habe ich unten eine kleine Gallerie gemacht
mit Bildern aus der Zeit, als die Band noch richtig gut und cool war! Also Leute die ihr euch heute
OVERDOSE nennt schaut auf diese Bilder, und hört euch die alten Sachen an! Das war Metal, und nicht der
Dreck den ihr heute macht!!
They came from Belo Horizonte and stood always in the shadow of the other famous band
from their home town. But they had the same chances in the beginning, as they released
their first album together as a split LP. At this time they were even better than SEPULTURA
and delivered really good rough Thrash. Old Metal fans from this time tell the tale, that
the fans of each band were scratching and destroying the side of the record of the other
band. But SEPULTURA were smarter and had a straight line in their releases and became better
with each record.
OVERDOSE, instead, made the most crazy changes in style, which in spite of
many released albums, stopped any progress. But it did not look bad for them at the beginning.
First their "Seculo XX" album got released again as a full LP with 5 tracks more. The next
album was really good Power Metal and they even could release one song on the US label
"Metal Blade" at their cult compilation "Metal Massacre" No. 9 one year later.
Another year
later things changed to the bad. They hired the keyboard player Fabio Ribeira and made with
"You are really big" a Hard Rock album!! With the next album they changed (of course without
keyboarder) to thrashing Power Metal. And with "Circus of Death" with a second guitar player
it changed to pure Thrash Metal. After 1992 they "develop" to groovy 90s modern sound, really
horrible stuff. In 1997 they made another album in the trend of the time. If they still exist,
or if somebody gave them already the "final blow" (as
they tortured themselves so long through the Metal scene) I don't know.
Friends gave me some relly cool pictures of the band from the very beginning, which I show in the following
photo gallery! So you guys, who call yourself now OVERDOSE, look at this pictures, and listen to the old
records, ...THIS WAS METAL, ...and not this shit what you are doing now!
Eles são de Belo Horizonte e sempre ficaram à margem dos
conterrâneos famosos, mas tiveram chances no começo de carreira, já
que lançaram o primeiro álbum,um split LP com o SEPULTURA.
Naquela época eles eram até melhores que o SEPULTURA e traziam um
Thrash realmente muito bom. Os velhos fãs desta época contam
uma estória de que os fãs de cada banda riscavam o lado do LP
da outra banda. O SEPULTURA foi mais esperto e seguiram uma
linha mais correta e foram melhorando a cada álbum. O OVERDOSE, no
entanto, mudou de estilo demais e, embora muitos álbuns tenham
sido lançados, eles não progrediram. No começo isto não
parecia tão ruim para eles. Primeiro o "Século XX" deles foi
relançado como um LP completo e mais 5 faixas adicionais. O próximo
álbum era um Power Metal muito bom e eles conseguiram inclusive
incluir uma música na coletânea americana "Metal Massacre 9"
da gravadora "Metal Blade", um ano depois. Um ano depois as coisas
pioraram. Eles contrataram o tecladista Fábio Ribeira e fizeram
de "You are really big" um álbum de Hard Rock! No próximo álbum eles
(claro que sem o tecladista!) fizeram um álbum de Power Metal/
Thrash e no "Circus of death", com um segundo guitarrista, mudaram
para o puro Thrash. depois, em 1992, eles "desenvolveram"
um som groove moderno dos anos 90, realmente um material horrível!
Em 1997, fizeram um outro álbum na tendência da época. Se
eles ainda existem ou se alguém já deu o sopro final eu não sei.
Uns amigos me deram algumas fotos bem legais do começo da
banda, cujas eu mostro na galeria de fotos!
So you guys, who call yourself now OVERDOSE, look at this pictures, and listen to the old
records, ...THIS WAS METAL, ...and not this shit what you are doing now!