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Band Name: Six Feet Under
Album Name: 13
Rating: 4.5 / 5 User Rating: 3 / 5
Label: Metal Blade
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Tracklist
1. Decomposition Of The Human Race
2. Somewhere In The Darkness
3. Rest In Pieces
4. Wormfood
5. 13
6. Shadow of The Reaper
7. Deathklaat
8. The Poison Hand
9. This Suicide
10. The Art Of Headhunting
11. Stump
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Since Chris Barnes started Six Feet Under ten years ago, the group has remained in the metal spotlight, issuing several classic death metal platters and taking the lead in bringing extreme music with a deathly supernatural attitude to fans around the globe. Amazingly, Barnes and crew have pulled off an even greater coup. The creation of what is without a doubt, the group's best collection of metal from beyond the grave in the band's decade long career. What originally began as a side project for Barnes has evolved into the most massive death metal machine in the US and the group's dedicated touring schedule and years of experience shine through the cracks in the casket on '13'. Over the years, Barnes has developed an array of voices, from his patented guttural graveyard growls to his more recent gravel throated barking, his presence alone makes any death metal album worthy of the fan's attention. 'Decomposition Of The Human Race' is a fear inspiring anthem of death that lays out the agenda for Barnes' enemies quite plainly. Steve Swanson provides razor sharp riffs with an emphasis on maximum sonic butchery, particularly in his shredding Slayer inspired leads on 'Somewhere In The Darkness'. 'Rest In Pieces' takes on a de-tuned punk feel before bursting into an infectious riff that makes this track one of the most memorable of the album. Barnes barks out psychotically as bassist Terry Butler and drummer Greg Gall lay down a driving rhythm grinds along over the course of the entire track. Having developed an affinity for catchier vocal phrasing, Barnes utilizes techniques on '13' that cause the songs to be markedly memorable. The singers signature style lyrics remain fully intact here on the new record, particularly on the voracious 'Wormfood', which features deliciously repulsive lines like 'there are worms feeding on the carcass, rotten and moldering and bones are exposed'. '13' finds Barnes barking with a blood dripping grunt and the whispered chorus makes this makes the track all the more fright inducing. 'Deathklaat' is simply a killer track with a gloomy vibe that showcases Six Feet Under's ability to craft a catchy death metal tune. 'This Suicide' has a doomy feel, almost sounding like a contorted Alice In Chains with of course, Barnes rumbling out sick bellows from beneath the Earth like a demented soldier of the undead. Six Feet Under have grown into their sound over the last few years and the result of this artistic progression is directly responsible for the emergence of so many powerful tracks on this record. SFU has written many songs that are already death metal classice, but never have they assembled such a strong group of cuts as you'll find on '13' If this ghastly grooving album doesn't rip your face off, you're not standing close enough to the stereo speakers!
Review by: EF
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