In these ever-changing times, it's nice to know there are still some constants in the world. Sunday afternoon will always be reserved for football and beer, cops will always let cute girls off for speeding tickets and Six Feet Under will always deliver solid grunt-n-grumble death metal.
The band just released its eighth studio album of originals (SFU also have two cover albums), Death Rituals, which contains 12 new songs, including "Seed of Filth," the video for which we premiered yesterday. The album features the same lineup Six Feet Under have had since 1999 -- Barnes, guitarist Steve Swanson, bassist Terry Butler and drummer Greg Gall. The bulk of production was handled by Chris Carroll and drums were recorded by metal veteran bill Metoyer, who recorded the band's 1997 record Warpath. Death Rituals was mixed by Toby Wright, who has worked with everyone from Alice in Chains to Slayer.
We recently phoned up Barnes to talk to him about the title of the album, death as creative subject matter, his approach to songwriting, his interest in touring with Cannibal Corpse and the strength of the current death metal scene. Click "more" to stream or download the podcast. Read more...
On Halloween, Tampa death metal veterans Six Feet Under weren't wearing black ski masks and smashing windows of all the old folks in their neighborhood. They were onstage tearing through old favorites and treating fans to some songs from their new album Death Rituals. During the show, they shot a new video for the song "Seed of Filth."
"This is one of our favorite songs from the album, one we' are just really stoked on," says frontman Chris Barnes. "Once again, we worked with director Mario D. Framingheddu, who has directed our videos for 'Ghosts of the Undead' and 'Doomsday.' We're really proud of this video and how it came out."
Click "more" to watch "Seed of Filth." And come back tomorrow to check out our podcast interview with Barnes. Read more...
Death metal veterans Cannibal Corpse will release the mammoth three DVD set "Centuries of Torment The First 20 Years" on July 8. The set features live and rare footage, interviews with members past and present, and loads of bonus material including all of the band's music videos. Click "more" to watch a clip from the documentary directed and produced by Denise Korycki, in which the band members talk about their first big tour, which took place in Europe in 1991. Read more...
