| CD REVIEW Six Feet Under |
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Band: Six Feet Under More than fifteen years ago, Six Feet Under were formed by Cannibal Corpse’s Chris Barnes and Obituary’s Alan West as a side-project to their main bands. This project, however, soon became the most important band to Chris after he left Cannibal Corpse. Throughout the years, Six Feet Under became one of the most important names within the Death Metal scene. And one of their strengths (and that’s why so many fans from the early days still like this band) is that they did (almost) ever stay true to their roots. The dirty, filthy, groovy old school doom-grinding Death ‘n’ Roll, has (almost) never really changed, and it has never been this band’s goal to create melody, beauty or poetry, on the contrary. The same goes, again, for this album. But I need to add: ‘this time you’ve heard it all several times before, and where are the killer hits?’… Death Rituals is an acceptable album, of course, with its typical slow and rough riffs, ultra-heavy rhythm section and the deep, bestial vocals, yet Death Rituals can’t satisfy me as intensively as, for example, Six Feet Under’s former album, Commandment. There seems to be less variation and inspiration this time (???) (an enormous exception is the track Shot In The Head, with some ingenious hooks), and even the sound quality is too superficial. Oh yes, to make it all worse, of course a cover song has been recorded, and this time the ‘winner’ is: Mötley Crüe’s Bastard. Please ignore! Surplus: excellent artwork! Line-up: Chris Barnes (v), Steve Swanson (g), Greg Gall (d), and Terry Butler (b). 77/100 Ivan Tibos. |