Tracklist

1	Time To Kill = タイム・トゥ・キル	6:16
2	Elimination = エリミネーション	4:34
3	I Hate = アイ・ヘイト	3:48
4	Nothing To Die For = ナッシング・トゥ・ダイ・フォー	4:22
5	Playing With Spiders/Skullkrusher = プレイング・ウイズ・スパイダーズ/スカルクラッシャー	10:09
6	Birth Of Tension = バース・オブ・テンション	5:02
7	Who Tends The Fire = フー・テンズ・ザ・ファイアー	8:09
8	The Years Of Decay = イヤーズ・オブ・ディケイ	8:01
9	E.vil N.ever D.ies = エヴィル・ネヴァー・ダイズ	5:49

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Megaforce Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc.
• Made By – Warner-Pioneer Corporation
• Licensed From – Warner Bros. Records (Japan) Inc.
• 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 [Guitars] – Bobby Gustafson
• Illustration [Front Cover] – Larson*, Fastner*
• Liner Notes [Japanese Commentary] – Hatsumi Far Sakota*
• Liner Notes [Lyrics Translation] – Far Sakota*
• 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

Issued in a standard jewel case including: a 12-page booklet with English lyrics, credits and release information; an 8-panel fold-out insert with Japanese/English track list, Japanese commentary, and lyrics translated into Japanese; and an obi.
The commentary is credited as: The day of decay '89, Hatsumi Far Sakota/BURRN!

From the back cover:
Parental Advisory-Explicit Lyrics

Atlantic Recording Corporation [...]
A Warner Communications Company ℗ 1989 Megaforce Records, Inc. © 1989 Atlantic Recording Corporation
[...] Printed in Japan

From the disc face:
℗ 1989 WEA International Inc.

Made By Warner-Pioneer Corporation, Japan. [...] under license from Warner Bros. Records (Japan) Inc., U.S.A.
Made in Japan

From the booklet:
Recorded and Mixed at: Carriage House Studios in Stamford, CT. June/July '89
Mastered [...] at Masterdisk, NYC

[...]

All lyrics © 1989 Blood and Iron Music/Zazmar Music, BMI.

Printed in Japan.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 988014 730525
• Barcode (Scanned, EAN-13): 4988014730525
• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Rights Society: BMI
• Matrix / Runout (Mirrored, variant 1): 22P2-3052 P01
• Matrix / Runout (Mirrored, variant 2): 22P2-3052 P02
• Other (Price including tax): 税込定価¥2,348
• Other (Price excluding tax): 税抜価格¥2,280
• Other (Release date information): 89・11・17

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

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