ReliXIV

{{short description|2005 studio album by Overkill}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox album

| name = ReliXIV

| type = studio

| artist = Overkill

| cover = ReliXIV.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2005|3|22}}

| recorded = October–November 2004

| studio = Gear Recording Studio, Shrewsbury, New Jersey

| genre = Thrash metal, groove metal

| length = {{Duration|m=50|s=39}}

| label = Spitfire

| producer = Overkill

| prev_title = Killbox 13

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Immortalis

| next_year = 2007

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/relix-iv-r731512/review | title = Overkill ReliXIV review | accessdate = May 6, 2012 | last = Prato | first = Greg | website = AllMusic}}

| noprose = yes

}}

ReliXIV is the 13th studio album by American thrash metal band Overkill, released in spring 2005. The reason the Roman numeral 14 is included in the title is because the band includes the Overkill EP in their lineup of studio albums, which would make this album the 14th by their chronology. It can also be because Overkill released the covers album Coverkill, which would have been their eleventh studio album. While this diction left it unclear how the title was to be pronounced, Blitz just mentioned it as "Relics" when announcing songs from the album on stage.

The album produced the popular track "Old School", which has been played at every Overkill show since it was first released. As of late 2007, ReliXIV sold over 16,000 copies in the U.S.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=85097 |title=OVERKILL Frontman On 'The Classic Metal Show'; Audio Available |publisher=Blabbermouth.Net |date= |accessdate=June 26, 2013}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

|all_music = D.D. Verni and Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth

| title1 = Within Your Eyes

| length1 = 6:06

| title2 = Love

| length2 = 5:40

| title3 = Loaded Rack

| length3 = 4:43

| title4 = Bats in the Belfry

| length4 = 4:47

| title5 = A Pound of Flesh

| length5 = 3:37

| title6 = Keeper

| length6 = 5:12

| title7 = Wheelz

| length7 = 5:10

| title8 = The Mark

| length8 = 5:54

| title9 = Play the Ace

| length9 = 5:34

| title10 = Old School

| length10 = 3:51

| total_length = 50:39

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese bonus track

| title1 = Coma (Live at Club Citta 2004)

| length1 = 4:55

| total_length = 55:34

}}

Personnel

;Production

  • Produced by Overkill
  • Presented by Eddie Trunk on "Old School"
  • Mixed by John D'Uva and Overkill
  • Engineered by D.D. Verni, Dave Linsk, and Dave Manheimer
  • Mastered by Roger Lian at Masterdisk, New York City

References

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