---
title: "Taking Over by Overkill"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/7a3c9635-b831-3f8c-b881-21357fdcf447"
artist: "Overkill"
year: 1987
label: "Atlantic"
---

# Taking Over

**Taking Over** is an album by Overkill, released in 1987 on Atlantic.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | Taking Over |
| Artist | Overkill |
| Type | Album |
| Year | 1987 |
| Label | Atlantic |
| Catalog number | 7 81735-2 |
| Tracks | 9 |
| Place in discography | 4 of 24 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Deny the Cross | 4:43 |
| 2 | Wrecking Crew | 4:32 |
| 3 | Fear His Name | 5:25 |
| 4 | Use Your Head | 4:20 |
| 5 | Fatal If Swallowed | 6:45 |
| 6 | Powersurge | 4:36 |
| 7 | In Union We Stand | 4:26 |
| 8 | Electro-Violence | 3:45 |
| 9 | Overkill II (The Nightmare Continues) | 7:07 |

## Genres

[Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal) · [Groove Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/groove-metal)

## Release tags

Thrash Metal

## In the discography

- Previous release: [!!!Fuck You!!! (1987)](https://themetalnet.com/album/5510e196-ac99-46e1-b4c1-37909d23e698)
- Next release: [Under the Influence (1988)](https://themetalnet.com/album/d2995756-8848-3918-8aa3-7f6e02a66ce6)

## Artist

- [Overkill](https://themetalnet.com/band/overkill)

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/album/7a3c9635-b831-3f8c-b881-21357fdcf447](https://themetalnet.com/album/7a3c9635-b831-3f8c-b881-21357fdcf447). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt