Maximum Violence

Six Feet Under | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 13, 1999)
• Original Release Date: July 13, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metal Blade
• ASIN: B00000JHKS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (75 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,901 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 13-JUL-1999

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Six Ft Under exceeds previous efforts with "Max. Violence", November 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Maximum Violence (Audio CD)

As good as the first two disks were, with their powerful, simple grooves and straight ahead heavy riffs, Six Feet Under simply devastate on their new album "Maximum Violence." Like on their previous albums, 6Ft Under crushes the listener with slower grooves and powerful headbanger riffs in the tradition of bands like Celtic Frost and Slayer, but on this album the band actually speeds up on some tracks. "Bonesaw" could be confused for a Cannibal Corpse song. Many songs, like the opener, "Feasting on the Blood of the Insane" use multiple tempo changes for great effect. I think the new guitarist Steve Swanson must have added much ferocity to this band and gave the band a creative shot in the arm. The band also recorded three awesome cover songs for the album: "War Machine" by Kiss, "Wrathchild" by Iron Maiden, and "Jailbreak" by Thin Lizzy. It is surpising how even with Chris Barnes' limiting death metal growl they are able to pull these songs of so well! The outstanding cover art is the icing on the cake. "Maximum Violence" is a masterpiece of raging power. This is one disk that stays in my CD player for long periods of time.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Maxium Violence is the best death metal album of the year, September 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Maximum Violence (Audio CD)

First off this album does not sound like the other Six Feet albums. It is a lot faster, Barnes voice is a lot deeper compared to Warpath, and with some gory lyrics and cover. The lyrics are awesome, the cover is awesome and the 3 cover songs on the album are awesome. It is the best death metal album I have ever heard I say 5 stars

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chris Barnes is an animal!, September 20, 2003

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mysanthropyk_overlord (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Maximum Violence (Audio CD)

I don't think the band could've picked a better name for this album, as you get all-out "maximum violence" in both the lyrics and the music. Even without vocals, you'd be able to tell that this music isn't for preppy little Linkin Park fans; it's just a slow, ultra-heavy assault of metal that death metalheads will adore. The riffs aren't fast, and the playing is quite simple, but the effect created is much more damning in sound than, say, Cannibal Corpse (Barnes' old band). The vocals rule, and while the lyrics aren't the best in death metal, they get a (sadistic) point across. All three covers are good, particularly "War Machine" (I know someone who used that song in a prayer service at my old high school! That was quite funny). The original songs, however, are not to be forgotten; the two I enjoy the most are "This Graveyard Earth" and everyone's favorite, "Bonesaw." So, now that you're feeling violent, go get this album.