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| Released | July 15, 1994[1][unreliable source?] | |||
| Recorded | April–May 1994 | |||
| Studio | Ambient Recording Co., Stamford, Connecticut | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal, groove metal | |||
| Length | 57:38 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Overkill | |||
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W.F.O. (Wide Fucking Open) is the seventh full-length studio album by thrash metal band Overkill, released on July 15, 1994,[2] on Atlantic Records.
The album contains "hidden songs" on track 98 the songs start at 10:00, featuring the band warming up in the studio, playing "Heaven and Hell" by Black Sabbath, "The Ripper" by Judas Priest and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" by Jimi Hendrix. The instrumental song "R.I.P. (Undone)" was written as a tribute to Criss Oliva, co-founder of the band Savatage, who died nine months before the release of the album.[3]
W.F.O. is the last Overkill album released by Atlantic Records, who released their previous five albums, and their last album with guitarists Rob Cannavino and Merritt Gant. W.F.O. and I Hear Black were re-released on Wounded Bird Records in 2005.
- ^ "Overkill - W.F.O. - Encyclopaedia Metallum". The Metal Archives. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ^ Overkill - W.F.O., retrieved September 21, 2022
- ^ "The Official Savatage Homepage". Savatage.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved June 26, 2013.