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Wikipedia / Maximum Violence

Maximum Violence is the third album by American death metal band Six Feet Under. The album goes back to Chris Barnes' roots in Cannibal Corpse with violent themes/lyrics. It was also the first Six Feet Under album to feature Steve Swanson on guitars and the first to be recorded in C Standard tuning (CFBbEbGC), which they've used ever since except for select occasions.

Style

Steve Huey of AllMusic described the sound as "basically simple riffs alternat[ing] between slow and fast tempos, with ridiculously over-the-top vocals spewing tales of death, dismemberment, and other variations on gore and splatter themes."

Reception

Steve Huey of AllMusic wrote: "The main problem with the record is its lack of variety, in both style and subject matter -- one gets the impression that any riff or lyric could be moved from one song to another with no noticeable difference in the overall effect. Still, if you're a fan of this particular style of death metal, Maximum Violence does deliver the goods."

Track listing

Personnel

  1. Six Feet Under

  2. Chris Barnes - vocals

  3. Steve Swanson - guitars

  4. Terry Butler - bass

  5. Greg Gall - drums

  6. Additional musicians

  7. Paul Booth - Backing vocals on "Feasting on the Blood of the Insane" and "Bonesaw"

  8. Chris Carroll - Backing vocals on "Bonesaw"

  9. Production

  10. Produced by Brian Slagel

  11. Engineered by Chris Carroll, Kieran Wagner and Luly Deya

  12. Mixed by Brian Slagel and Chris Carroll

  13. Mastered by Brad Vance

  14. Artwork

  15. Cover art by Paul Booth

  16. Graphics by Brian Ames

  17. Photography by Joe Giron

Trivia

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