Six Feet Under

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[3] Six Feet Under’s popularity in the death-metal underground is still partially due to vocalist Chris Barnes’ time in Cannibal Corpse-but mostly because his new band play to the lowest common denominator of metal enthusiast. Their metal is the ultimate complement to a night of double-fisting Schlitz while your IQ melts away. On 13, 6FU have done the unthinkable: They’ve written songs with meat on the structural bone, picked up the pace in spots and injected some energy into their anemic sound (“The Art Of Headhunting” and “Stump”). The majority is still rudimentary, down-picked bowel grunting, but if they can show signs of life after 10 years, who knows what the future holds? (METAL BLADE) Kevin Stewart-Panko