Six Feet Under - Nightmares of The Decomposed (Album Review)
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- Опубликовано: 23 сен 2020
- Tracklist:
1. Amputator
2. Zodiac
3. The Rotting
4. Death Will Follow
5. Migraine
6. The Noose
7. Blood of the Zombie
8. Self Imposed Death Sentence
9. Dead Girls Don't Scream
10. Drink Blood, Get High
11. Labyrinth of Insanity
12. Without Your Life
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The fact that metal blade records disabled the comments on the singles says something
There's a reason why Metal Blade Records disabled the comments on the singles! People keep bitching about Chris Barnes' voice!
@@robertsparling917 as they should cause it sucks
They don’t want people trashing it.
@@robertsparling917 Because his voice is fucked.
Oh my God I just came from over there and I noticed that too 😂
The downfall of Chris Barnes voice is one of the saddest stories in death metal.
@Sal Palladino I agree. I love the bleeding, but his highs are atrocious on it. His growls are still really good there but went down the shitter fast after that
@Sal Palladino Just in case you smarties are wondering - Chris Barnes is doing this on purpose. Every album comes with different vocals, how hard is this to understand?
@@louisrastig the only way his vocals could be any worse is if he’s doing it on purpose. To willingly choose a style that gets you and your band mocked by the metal community would be completely stupid. I disagree. I don’t think it’s on purpose. I think his voice wore out
@@Justin-mq8ku To put in your words: I disagree. I don't need a "metal community" or a wikipedia-entry o tell me what's cool and what's not - I do my own research and know that Chris Barnes digs really deep. He wants every album to sound unique and original, so changes are of course natural. Or as he once stated on his IG: "If you wanna hear Tomb Of The Mutilated-vocals, listen to Tomb Of The Mutilated."
@@louisrastig Then why does he do that shit live as well? It's the most stupid thing to do on purpose.
My favorite part is where Chris said "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE." That part really spoke to me.
Those are the best,and this album is full of them. Killer album.
That's my favorite part
haha
🤣🤣
To be honest, these are my favorite lyrics on the album 100 percent.
Huge credit for putting forward an extremely professional review here. It's easy to make fun of this album, specifically because of Barnes vocals, but it's great to see someone take a higher road and give it a proper objective critique. Kudos!
Cool man! Its nice when people talk about music and albums. Appreciated!
Lmao I love this album, was kinda shocked to see ppl dislike it. I like how raw it sounds.
I can see why the rawness makes it cool to u. It's the reason I can't stand any new punk or thrash. Sounds overproduced, i guess. I know it's a douchey stance to have , but i cant help it
Agree on both ends there but douchey or not, I think argument is valid mainly because of drum triggering and pro-tells editing - so not only do most bands drums sound damn near identical, but but then they are edited to be 100% perfect which takes away from the feel. @@happygilmore8321
they spelled the song tittles correctly, theres a positive
Silver lining
Jack Owen is enough for me to buy the album
100%
dude this was so good! i hate shitting on albums/bands too but sometimes its just warranted. great review my man!!!
I like this álbum and enjoy It a lot. Great work!
I like this album. Torment was great too. The musicianship has been very good on the last few albums. I feel you just have to be at peace with the vocals. That's Barnes. He does what he does and smokes a lot of weed while doing it. At this point only a fool would expect anything more. It's not much of a defence but it's all I've got. He's not going to change. He might positively surprise sometimes but there's no point getting your hopes up.
Same
So it’s ok to suck because it just Chris Barnes and that’s what he does?
Yeah I don't even care. I still support the band and Barnes. I'd love to see them play this stuff live honestly. I'd be psyched out of my mind to go to a SFU show sometime soon
Undead was the best. Then Max Violence!!
Ive blown my vocal chords out and smoke hash (im dying so fuck your opinion on it), chris didnt give up like i did on vocals
Did you listen this album on a cellphone speaker? It sounds amazing: not overcompressed, good analog soundig guitars and drums, raw recorded and recognizable vocal, as to the music - every song is completely different from each other, only after 1 playthrough I could remember almost all the songs from the album !
LMAO!
Lollllllll
What drugs are you on?
I fkn loved it 🤘🏼
There must be something wrong with me because I like this album. It's not great or anything but it's cool. Amputator and Blood of th Zombie are rocking!!! The vocals are shit though.
I like black metal so it meshes for me, i honestly rate it 4/5 two songs are duds imo
Nice job keep it up!
I just listened to the two cuts available on Amazon Music. It...was tough to get through. Musically, there's a lot of good bone structure under there, but the vocals and the production betray the effort so badly that I can't imagine wanting to buy the record. I knew Chris Barnes' voice had deteriorated, but I didn't know it had gotten this bad. The rest seems almost like a demo, good enough to get the idea of the music, but not polished. When thinking back to "Haunted", and the supernatural bellowing that Chris was once capable of...it makes me sad. The band and its fans deserve better.
A demo, that is a very nice but accurate way of putting it.
The groove in this album is killer!!!!
I´ve only heard the track "Amputator" good old school death metal and not that bad i must admit. But yes, Chris Barnes have gotten an allmost zombie smashed vocals gradually. More and more loose, sounds like he has lost his voice at some point.,i think it has much to do with the production as well, not good on the vocals. He was a fantastic vocalist in the earlier days, especially in Cannibal Corpse "the bleeding" album "tomb of the mutilated" and the first albums of Six feet under, i´ve never been into Corpsegrinder, too much sea lion sounding vocals on the newer Cannibal corpse. But what i´ve heard untill now, not the worst album of 2020, too many bands that sounds a like in other metal genres. Cheers and keep up the good work!
hahahaha "sea lion" hahaha
Very honest review. Good job!
I love how strained his vocals have become and don't mind the shittier produced albums, like 13. There is so much polished death metal out there, SFU is best when it literally sounds like filth, rot, ugly and guts. It's refreshing!
Exactly!
That's why I came to like Six Feet Under over the last few days
I like the shitty production on this album. It sounds unhinged and dirty
And Chris's vocals are hoarse and raspy and weird. I'd imagine if Ed Gein was a death metal vocalist he'd sound something similar
Yeh that is a good point. It's an honest record
Yes!
The vocals are absolutely God awful I thought it was a fucking elaborate troll when I heard them. Nope, they're being completely serious. Fucking worse than a burning pile of shit and puke
Barnes wishes his vocals were as brutal as this review.
Raw production lol, yea that's what it is hihihi
A Benfica cap in the back???? You have my full atention now, sir!
Carrega Benfica
@@APREACTS ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Weird, but I like this record, more than the "classic" ones. So, I guess I'm in the minority here. But in the end, it's a matter of taste.
Complete shit
Damn if that album isn’t even the worst I can’t imagine the others, I honestly never heard of a death metal band this awful.
Same I really liked it
an aquired taste but unique vocals! imo its great
@@jonwykes348 "unique".....oof
Gotta love his cicada screech
I like the unhinged, raw under production of this album. As for the vocals..... grimmy, dirty, strained and unhinged! Someone said that if Ed Gein was in a DM band, this is what I imagine it would sound like....
An album like this is refreshing in a time of polished, posh albums....imo
And in the 50's Barnes and Owens are STILL relevant..... thats sayin somethin!
The riff on the rotting is catchy as hell it isn't deserving of this hate
Yeah, problem is that there are literally 2 riffs on the entire song, and to be fair, that riff is so basic, just 16th notes on 4 frets on the e string. I just don't know how anyone could like it, but good for the people who like it.
1 good riff among 11 songs is a poor revelation
Going to listen to it and decide for myself. I have been really impressed by Chris Barnes Vocals on the Haunted and Butchered At Birth. Dead Girls Don't Scream has good lyrics? I suppose you must just love the lyrics to Entrails Ripped From a Virgin's Cunt, and Addicted to Vaginal Skin also. So you are saying if Chris Barnes would have been turned up loud his Voice would have sounded killer on this album? I hope to just buy an acapella Chris Barnes album. His Vocals were also drowned out by the music on Tomb of the Mutilated, when I would crank up the album loud enough for it to be heard from miles away, it almost sounded like an instrumental album. So I would blast the Bleeding because everyone could hear and enjoy Chris Barnes and his beautiful Voice and heart warming lyrics for miles around
I found it a really really badass record, the vocals are unique, very agressive... it's probably better on its first half, but still completely worth it. Call it guilty pleasure, but just an amazing album to me...
The vocals are definitely a unique piece of shit.
I liked it
Props to you Pedro for your honest review. You've listened to this album at least 4 times? Brave man. Vocals aside (quite unbelievable they signed off on that) I also feel that the inconsistency of the mix really has let the musicianship on this album down. Pity.
Barnes has done this for 30 years his voice was gonna go sooner or later doesnt change the fact he is a legend of the genre . its nice to hear owen and barnes together non the less
Yes we know who Chris Barnes is.
He is undeserving of his legend status.
@@denizenofclownworld4853
I ask this as someone who just started listening to OGs of Death Metal like Chris Barnes:"What makes you say that?"
@@DemonicRemption He's not the first guy to do gutturals though he acts as if he is.
Cannibal Corpse found popularity with him through shock appeal and novelty. Their early music wasn't terribly innovative. Their first album isn't really full on death metal, more thrash with death metal elements.
Butchered was their first real death metal record. And, again , it was the shock value and novelty that made it stand out. His vocals kinda worked there because the music was all over the place. Their MO at that time was to not stick to a riff for very long incase the listener got bored. Decent strategy for fledgling song writers but not a hallmark of skill. Tomb got tighter musically and had a bit more direction, and here is where the cracks in Barnes started to really show. He is a meandering directionless mess on most of the record. He mumbles aimlessly under the music.
The Bleeding saw the band outgrowing him. The band and the producer had to constantly light small bonfires under his ass to get a good performance out of him.
After that, he had pretty much blown his load.
Now, does that sound like legend material to you?
@@denizenofclownworld4853 Great explanation. I have always maintained that George Fisher was meant for Cannibal Corpse. He can sing the old material fabulously while Chris Barnes can't sing even his own songs. He'd never be able to do the Corpsegrinder's first scream on Vile and his lungs would give away attempting something like Pounded Into Dust.
I never really listened to six feet under but after listening to the singles i checked out other older albums. Chris' voice sounds damaged and i feel kinda bad for him. This is not screaming, it sounds to forced.
Sorry, but i like this alboum.
Forgive me if I misheard you but did you say the vocals on Blood of the Zombie actually are delivered a bit better than what I've heard so far? I ask that since you said that was the one song where you wished they were mixed better.
I respect you for being able to listen to this FOUR TIMES... I got a headache half way through my first and only listen... The album had a lot of potential but well, here we are
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Killer Raider shirt man!
On point. Unbiased. Professional.
This record and this band needs to go six feet under. ;)
Well said!
Great album, a classic, brutal vocals, zombie like!
5:36 talk about self torture. Respect mate \,,/
Hey mate, this was a very good review but wait !!! I really was expecting you to say it but you did not so I will do it haha. Did anyone noticed this album sounds so Slayer somehow? Take the vocals out and make Tom Araya to re-sing and it might be a Slayer album haha. 🖤☠️⚔️
The nightmare is Barnes' today's career, and his voice is decomposing.
Does he looks over the camera?
Musically it's not bad but Barnes voice is done. Tap out or at least get your producer to beef up them vocals in the mix.
Hipster Black Metal layer everything, Deicide vocals start to finish.
He pooped them
Agreed
Did u ever hear the Tragedy of Chris Barnes's Vocals?
You like the lyrics of "Dead Girls Don't Scream"?! How come?
good review i wouldn"t say it better
I am certainly no expert, but, from my vantage point, Chris' vocals during the Cannibal Corpse performance in Moscow in 93 were ledgendary!
After all these years, "Haunted" is still the only Six Feet Under record worth buying.
Nice review.
Maximum Violence and Warpath are two monster albums...
Torment is very good alboum. Also Crypt of the devil and unborn are great for me.
Crypt of the Devil is almost like a Black Dahlia Murder album with Chris on vocals. It's wild.
Crypt of the Devil to me sounds exactly like what Cannibal Corpse would sound like if Chris Barnes had never left the band.
True Carnage is one of my favorites from SFU because the guitars are tuned down to A standard and Barnes sounds like he had just finished recording Tomb of the Mutilated.
Commandment is another one with strong vocals and very straight forward riffing, plus Erik Rutan mixed it.
Death Rituals is the logical conclusion of Six Feet Under's classic sound before they changed their line up and made Undead/Unborn which are totally kickass death metal records.
I like that you did a serious review and whole analysis of instruments, lyrics and mix. I've heard a lot of jokes and complaints about the vocals and not much about the other aspects of the album, which I think it was worth analizing. Still I don't understand how the vocals could get pass the whole band, the producer, and the big label, I mean, before releasing an album you work on it and hear it so many times, I cannot believe no one took any action about the vocals. My guess it's a publicity stunt or some sort of joke, everyone seems to be talking about the album these days.
No such thing as bad publicity. If the album was avg nobody would talk about it
Barnes talks his lyrics like a madman.. fav line.. i.. want... a.. number...3eeeeeeeeeee... no...mayo.. i...ordered...a... 3eeeeeeee... i.... got.... chicken... . Man.. that section was introspective. Made me look at my life in a hard way. Do I eat too much mayo?
It's ugly, but not in a good way.
The music is epic. But the vocals absolutely kill the whole thing so badly that it's sad.
This is sad to hear..I've defended Chris Barnes and SFU for years and I've enjoyed a lot of their material, even Torment which a lot of people seemed to dislike, but from what I've heard of the album and what reviewers have said, I'm gonna have to give this one a miss.. Don't like to say it because he's a Death metal legend but Chris's voice is shot!!
Everyone keeps harping on that, but the actual sound is also not good. There is more to it than just vocals the mixing is atrocious.
@@APREACTS production is secondary to me, 13 had dodgy production and was a good SFU album!
Not to me. If the mixing is shit my enjoyment of the album is affected.
for me the problem is not his voice, i believe he likes to sound off. the problem is that haunted and warpath created something like reaggy, drone death metal and he doesnt even realize it in a "product/brand" kinda way. His voice works best with cannibal blasts and disharmonic shreds, he now is with harmonic shreds and black metal blasts, his voice works best with droning long held powerchords he is with sissynote riffs now. HE needs a new art advisor. Also the people he pulls, he should stop to forcefully write brutal things and write about personal things like he id on the good records. The drone reaggy stuff still was intellectual. he appears intellectual but dumbs his self down it seems to suit into the perception of the simpletons listening to six feet. six feet is a misunderstood misinterpret band that really had some rastafaray vibes that he should embrace again.
Oh real nightmare
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A very good and well put together review . Six feet under new album the 2 tracks I have heard only enjoyed Amputator . The mix is a down and Chris vocals sound really tired . The music was good
Chris BarnEEEEEEEEEs bad
I've loved the tracks for what they are. Been a massive SFU fan for years, because they, to me, are a great band to have a beer to if you will.
Guys listen to the number of the priest album and this one will sound a lot better
I've never seen 6' under in concert if they come around I'm gonna go see them just for shits and giggles😂
Shits and giggles 🤘😆🤘😆😆😂🤣😂🤣🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
I disagree about the vocals, but I am a huge barnes fan so... good review, well studied each piece of this corpse... for me is te best 6FU album in such a long time, is pure AF
Lol yuck
i have always been the guy to take up for six feet under after maximum violence they really started to fall off the horse, and then get back on the horse, and then fall off again... i really don't think ill pick this one up. barnes vocals have just gotten so unbearable to listen to that i can't justify it anymore.
If it is still possible, they should go back and edit the album, take out all the vocal tracks and get a guest vocalist to record their parts on it if Chris' vocal chords don't recover or improve. I'm not dissing Barnes' vocals or lyrics at all, it just seems like he hasn't had time to rest his voice. If he did what Blackie Lawless from W.A.S.P did, which was not speak for 4-7 weeks as recommended by an LA vocal therapist, there is a chance he could get his tone back vocally. The other thing here is that if himself and the band collectively decided that these vocals were fine and used as the final mix on the album, then despite if one or all of them disagreed with the final vocals, Chris would have put them on anyway as it seems he is the head frontman in the group after all.
thats very interesting to not talk for 4-7 weeks. that would be cool if Barnes tried that. i was hoping for a more heavy groove laden sound like true carnarge and with low vocals like that album as well.
Haha, makes for a great comedy album!
I honestly dumped this album just because of the negative reviews, but yesterday I had some work to do in my garden so I put on this album and... It's surprisingly good! It has the grooves, the over the top lyrics, and a well made mix. And the best part are the vocals, brutal and gutteral, sprinkled with Chris's signature high pitched screems is awesome, and felt fresh like back in a day. Best album since Kevin Talley era.
Crypt Of The Devil is a banger.
5:38 man how?
Honestly, sure his voice isn't what it was in the 80s/early 90s but hey.... Life happens. That being said, this album sounds good, lyrics are good, if Barnes re-recorded the vocals and they were mixed with the right effects added here and there (a bit of distortion in parts, reverb, delay, whatever just to accentuate certain lines) I truly believe it would be a different experience. The vocals just sound like they were done in one or two takes and just sent off and thrown onto each track with absolutely NOTHING done to them whatsoever. Not even EQ, filters, nothing. I think that's the issue. They weren't even adjusted slightly to fit the songs.
It’s all in taste and opinion, personally to me killer songs , the raw production is a breath of fresh air🤘
Least he doesn't use a pussy pedal
i have never liked his voice but i kinda enjoy the "EEEEEEEEEEE". :D specially in amputators end.
I thought some of the composures were pretty cool. If I was in the band I'd be like ah yeah, your not putting those vocals over that lol
This review is better than the album.
Someone should've made the executive decision to get "Zodiac" off the album - I mean, there aren't any diamonds here, but this one, especially, is baaaaaad. When you have empty space being filled by nothing but Chris Barnes' voice? Woof.
This song kicks ass, c'mon man,
I do like this record! Taste is something subjective. It's approved to my taste anyway.
Why r people putting this album down. I love it Chris Barnes is the man doing this singing my opinion get this album I listened to it 24 7
He needs to take a break (Barnes) and work on his delivery! Learn some breathing techniques. Get a coach. Can you imagine the singer of Cannabis Corpse on this?
Chris Barnes is trolling y'all hard. The album is classic brutal death and roll. The singer is playing The part of a crazed maniac killer.
He's the GOAT
Très bon album
Would have been better as an instrumental, seriously. Although I go find myself singing along 😂😂 my FRU-STRA-SHHHUNNN
Bleeek - NEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Eeeeeeeee
I saw nightmares of the decomposed for $21.99 at fye if any one’s interested.. 🤣
That is $21.99 too much.
William Prettyman
I’m a big fan of Haunted, Warpath, True Carnage, and Death Rituals. Everything else by Six Feet Under just hasn’t been too memorable for me. What I’ve heard of this album just seems about the same, with the exception of three or four tracks.
The more hate the album gets, the more I love it.
I've been a huge Six Feet Under fan since 95 and I absolutely adore the Warpath album and a lot of their songs. But since 2012 they've only released shitty albums.
And when the first new songs of the next catastrophical album were pre-released, I gave up and thought it was over for good.
But now, fuck, I like this album more and more. I'm even starting to like Barne's completely broken voice. Everything fits together somehow with my entire worldview.
Abandoned, lost, broken and without confidence.
Of course you could say, then listen to My Dying Bride or any other depressive Doom Metal band. I did that for a long time in my 30s, but now 10 years later I no longer bathe in wannabe-depression to appear mystical to women. Now, everything is really fucked up! And this album is the perfect soundtrack.
Nightmares of the Decomposed is my 2020 album.
And at least it's finally again after many many years a controversial SFU album in its own way.
In fact, it didn't do that badly on the Billboard charts.
ouch!
I feel like the mix and production is just fine and the riffs and solos are good quality. Chris' mid and low growls are decent, but his highs are crap imo. Who knows, it may grow on me eventually.
Lord Marco, Jeff Hughell, and Jack Owen should be paid 1 million dollars to be able to deal with Barnes.
Drink Blood Get High?! Great lyrics? Holy hell. Their absolutely bad especially how gory he was on the first few cannibal records
i really think chris can do much better job. i think he is effortlessly trying to do his own thing, but it just does not click. i find it similar to what axl rose did during his solo gnr era. but at least he did start singing as he should when they reunited. maybe chris needs his cannibal corpse to flourish again :D
Maybe you can started your rEEEEviEEEEEEw early.
I think it’s time for CB to write songs for other people. There’s a lot of miles on his voice after 30+ years on the road and it deserves a rest. That’ll do vocal chords...that’ll do.
Bro that's a great idea he could write songs for other bands and you know hes a good writer I respect him but I think other people would Respect him Again
this album makes me think good thing he left cannibal corpse
Great album..real grinder and fkn brutal savage lyrics. Ppl trying to sound smart but epically failing wit the cryin
I really "enjoy" his bugs bunny taking a huge dump sounding eeeeeeeeeeeee's
I expected better from Jack Owen. I suspect he's only doing it for the paycheck. Can't really blame him.
Just got back in to death a couple of weeks ago long time sfu fan but this is to me shit
Good, balanced review... unlike the production on this thing (see what I did there?!? :P)...
LMAO!!! Well played.
@@APREACTS Kinda like the album, though... :P
I just listened to the album, and I really like the Slow Heavy 1970s Proto Metal riffs on Zodiac, and Labyrinth of Insanity, but most of the other tracks have that repetitive Black Sabbath - Zero the Hero riffs that have been played to death on 100 Six Feet Under songs. For the most part the Vocals sound like some guy making fun of Death Metal. I would say though on Dead Girls Can't Scream the Vocal patterns fit slightly better than the other tracks, but definitely not professional by any stretch of the imagination. On what few instances the music has a rhythm or key change the Vocals don't change with the music . Those high EEEEEEEEEE screeching noises do nothing but sound terrible. It seems like if Chris Barnes refrained from the screeching his Voice on Dead Girls Can't Scream wouldn't be any worse than it was on the last 4 Six Feet Under albums, which in all honesty were pretty bad. He was at one point in time the best Death Metal frontman, he had great stage presence , and some scary sounding Vocals, but now with dreadlocks and a Voice that's comical he really needs to re evaluate his entire presentation. Maybe see a doctor, and find out what he can do to get back his Voice
Sorry the mix sounds good, vocals not so much, overall i liked the songs and guitar tone was pretty crushing
The volume from track to track isn't even the same. Having to constantly adjust volume isn't the sign of a good mix. Also, Zodiac's loudest element in the mix is the cymbals. It's a nightmare, no pun intended.
EEEEEEEEEEE
In today times after the last Cannibal Corpse Album, after the new Uada, the new Lik Album Misanthropic Breed, the new Demonical Album, the last Nile Album Six Feet Under is a joke of Death Metal Band, thanks god that Cannibal Corpse fired Chris Barnes, they were right to fire him
Weird, but I like this record, more than the "classic" ones. So, I guess I'm in the minority here. But in the end, it's a matter of taste.🧟♂🧟♂🧟♂🧟♂🧟♂
I still love Chris Barnes. His voice may have declined over the years, but it serves its purpose. Grimy and gross death metal.
All extremes are bad ( weed)
It's a fantastic album