History YMMV / Overkill

* AudienceAlienatingEra: Most fans will agree that ''I Hear Black'' kicked off the start of one; while certain albums from that general era will get a pass (''Necroshine'' and ''Killbox 13'' being common, as well as ''W.F.O.'' and/or ''Bloodletting'' to a lesser degree), it is more or less universally agreed upon that the 1993-2007 output was by far their weakest (''Immortalis'' often being picked out as a particularly weak link), and that they triumphantly left this era with the widely-beloved ''Ironbound''.

* SignatureSong: "Rotten to the Core", "Wrecking Crew", "Hello from the Gutter", "Elimination", and "Fuck You".

* AudienceAlienatingEra: Most fans will agree that ''I Hear Black'' kicked off the start of one; while certain albums from that general era will get a pass (''Necroshine'' and ''Killbox 13'' being common, as well as ''W.F.O.'' and/or ''Bloodletting'' to a lesser degree), it is more or less universally agreed upon that the 1993-2007 output was by far their weakest, and that they triumphantly left their Dork Age with the widely-beloved ''Ironbound''.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: How some fans felt about the album ''I Hear Black'' and everything up to ''Immortalis'' (with the exception of ''Killbox 13'').

* WinBackTheCrowd: ''Ironbound'' won them back a ''lot'' of fans who had given up on them after a long string of polarizing albums. ''Killbox 13'' was a minor example as it was a return to their original sound exhibited on their debut album, ''Feel the Fire''.

* ArchivePanic: '''Nineteen studio albums'''. Though a good deal of fans will agree that you can skip most of the albums from [[AudienceAlienatingEra the 1993-2007 period.]]

* ArchivePanic: '''Nineteen studio albums'''. Though a good deal of fans will agree that you can skip most of the albums from [[DorkAge the 1993-2007 period.]]

* DorkAge: Most fans will agree that ''I Hear Black'' kicked off the start of one; while certain albums from that general era will get a pass (''Necroshine'' and ''Killbox 13'' being common, as well as ''W.F.O.'' and/or ''Bloodletting'' to a lesser degree), it is more or less universally agreed upon that the 1993-2007 output was by far their weakest, and that they triumphantly left their Dork Age with the widely-beloved ''Ironbound''.

* EarWorm: "Hello! (HELLO!) Hello from the gutter!"
** "We don't care what you say, FUCK YOU!"

* ToughActToFollow: ''The Electric Age'' averts this. The general consensus is that it's not as good as ''Ironbound'' before it, but it's still very awesome. Kinda played straight with ''White Devil Armory''; while it's not hated by any means and is generally viewed as a perfectly good album, it's also generally regarded as being decidedly inferior to the preceding two.

* AwesomeMusic: E-LIM-IN-A-TION!! Not just that, but ''The Years of Decay'' is this as a whole.

* SignatureSong: "Rotten to the Core", "Elimination", "Hello from the Gutter", and "Fuck You".

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: How some fans felt about the album ''I Hear Black'' and everything up to ''Bloodletting''.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: How some fans felt about the album ''I Hear Black'' and everything up to ''Immortalis''.

* WinBackTheCrowd: ''Ironbound'' won them back a ''lot'' of fans who had given up on them after a long string of polarizing albums.

* LoveItOrHateIt: People either think the band is an awesome ThrashMetal group with a unique vocalist, or they think they're a Music/{{Metallica}} wannabe with MickeyMouse on vocals.
** Their attitude in general seems to be this, especially after a huge controversial comment towards a commenter on their Website/{{Facebook}} page over [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil downloading their albums]].
** Not just their attitude, but the approach they give is a bit too much, considering they have a huge JerkAss stance.

* {{Mondegreen}}: A lot of hungry people must have listened to, "Elimination" because all of lyrics are misheard as food related, for example:
--> "A lemon nation, a lemon nation" is actually "Elimination, elimination"
--> "Potatoes, so why not, lunch is free" is actually "Contagious, so why not, not just me"
--> "A lemon ate the right, a lemon ate the wrong" is actually "Eliminate the right,eliminate the wrong"
** There is a line in "All Over But The Shouting" that can be misheard as "I don't know! I don't know! Fight!!". It is really "animal, animal, five".

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: How some fans felt about the album "I Hear Black" and everything up to "Immortalis"
* ToughActToFollow: ''The Electric Age'' averts this. The general concensus is that it's not as good as ''Ironbound'' before it, but it's still very awesome.

** Their attitude in general seems to be this, especially after a huge controversial comment towards a commenter on their FaceBook page over [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil downloading their albums]].

* SignatureSong: "Rotten to the Core", "Wrecking Crew", "In Union We Stand", "Hello From the Gutter", "Fuck You", "Elimination", "Coma"... they've got a lot. "Ironbound", "Bring Me the Night", and "Come and Get It" have also fast become this in the wake of their resurgence.

* ToughActToFollow: ''The Electric Age'' averts this. The general concensus is that it's not as good as ''Ironbound'' before it, but it's still very awesome.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: How some fans felt about the album "I Hear Black" and everything up to "Immortalis"

* AndTheFandomRejoiced: ''Ironbound'' was welcomed to near-universal acclaim as a spectacular return to form and their best since ''Horrorscope''.

* EarWorm: "Hello! (HELLO!) Hello from the gutter!"