Tracklist
| 1 | Time To Kill | 6:16 |
| 2 | Elimination | 4:34 |
| 3 | I Hate | 3:48 |
| 4 | Nothing To Die For | 4:22 |
| 5 | Playing With Spiders/Skullkrusher | 10:09 |
| 6 | Birth Of Tension | 5:02 |
| 7 | Who Tends The Fire | 8:09 |
| 8 | The Years Of Decay | 8:01 |
| 9 | E.vil N.ever D.ies | 5:49 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Megaforce Records, Inc.
- Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc.
- Manufactured By – Record Service GmbH
- Recorded At – Carriage House Studios
- Mixed At – Carriage House Studios
- Mastered At – Masterdisk
- Published By – Blood And Iron Music
- Published By – Zazmar Music
Credits
- Backing Vocals – The Satone's
- Bass – D.D. Verni
- Drums – 'Sid' Falck*
- Engineer – Terry Date
- Engineer [2nd] – Matt Lane
- Executive-Producer – Jon Zazula, Marsha Zazula
- Guitar – Bobby Gustafson
- Illustration [Front Cover] – Larson*, Fastner*
- Management – Loud & Proud*
- Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
- Photography By – Michael Paras
- Producer – Overkill, Terry Date
- Songwriter [All Songs By] – Overkill
- Vocals – Bobby 'Blitz' Ellsworth*
Notes
On the back cover:Atlantic Recording Corporation
A Warner Communications Company ℗ 1989 Megaforce Records, Inc. © 1989 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Manufactured in Germany · Fabriqué en Allemagne. Record Service A Warner Communications Company
On the disc:
℗ 1989 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the World outside of the United States
Recorded and Mixed at: Carriage House Studios in Stamford, CT June/July '89.
Mastered at Masterdisk, NYC
All lyrcis © 1989 Blood and Iron Music/Zazmar Music, BMI
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 0 7567-82045-2 4
- Barcode (Scanned): 075678204524
- Label Code (Back cover): LC 8046
- Label Code (Disc): LC 0121
- Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
- Rights Society: BMI
- Other (Distribution code): CA 835
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 to 5, 7): [Warner 'big W' logo] 756782045-2.2 06/00
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 6): [Warner 'big W' logo] 756782045-2.3 BPC
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 1 to 5, 7): IFPI L012
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 6): IFPI L016
- Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 05M4
- Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 05M9
- Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 059Z
- Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 05L2
- Mould SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI 052S
- Mould SID Code (Variant 6): IFPI 052W
- Mould SID Code (Variant 7): IFPI 05Z7
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 82045-2, 82045-2 | Overkill | The Years Of Decay (CD, Album) | Megaforce Worldwide, Megaforce Worldwide, Atlantic, Atlantic | 7 82045-2, 82045-2 | US | 1989 |
| 78 20454 | Overkill | The Years Of Decay (Cass, Album) | Megaforce Worldwide | 78 20454 | Canada | 1989 |
| 7 82045-1, 82045-1 | Overkill | The Years Of Decay (LP, Album) | Megaforce Worldwide, Atlantic | 7 82045-1, 82045-1 | US | 1989 |
| 82045-4 | Overkill | The Years Of Decay (Cass, Album) | Milletlerarası Müzik Yayınları Ltd. | 82045-4 | Turkey | 1990 |
| 7567-82045-2 | Overkill | The Years Of Decay (CD, Album, RP) | Megaforce Worldwide, Atlantic | 7567-82045-2 | Germany | Unknown |
