SIX FEET UNDER (FL) — Killing for Revenge (review)

SIX FEET UNDER (FL) — Killing for Revenge album cover Album · 2024 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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"Killing for Revenge" is the eighteenth full-length studio album by US death metal act Six Feet Under. The album was released through Metal Blade Records in May 2024. It´s the successor to "Nightmares of the Decomposed" from 2020 and features the exact same quintet lineup who recorded the predecessor. With the 2017 addition of former Cannibal Corpse/Deicide guitarist Jack Owen, band leader (and former Cannibal Corpse vocalist) Chris Barnes found a new composer for his project. Barnes have had several other composers contributing to the songwriting over the years (just in the last 10 years the following have been composing music for Six Feet Under: Steve Swanson, Ola Englund, Phil Hall, Jeff Hughell, and of course Owen), but Barnes of course knew what he was getting when Owen joined, because of their shared past in Cannibal Corpse. Owen on the other hand needed a new project where he could be given the freedom to compose, because that was the main reason he left Deicide in 2016 after having been a member of that band since 2004.

As if the Cannibal Corpse connection wasn´t strong enough, Vincent Locke (Cannibal Corpse artwork artist) has also joined the project creating the artwork for "Killing for Revenge". Stylistically this doesn´t sound much like Barnes former band though. It´s a much more primal form of death metal with the occasional old school thrash metal oriented part thrown in. The tracks range from heavy stomping death metal to faster-paced more aggressive death metal. All very old school in style and execution. The heavy grooves of the past are only very rarely a part of the music. Barnes vocals are deep and brutal, but also predominantly unintelligible which makes them a bit one-dimensional. Although Barnes vocals on "Nightmares of the Decomposed" were generally pretty weak, at least you could make out the words.

"Killing for Revenge" features a good quality sound production and upon conclusion it´s a decent quality release from Six Feet Under, but I wouln´t count it among their better releases. I have great respect for Owen´s merits but to my ears his songwriting isn´t the most interesting. It´s all very straight forward with no surprises and a bit more variation (and not just shifts between mid-paced and fast-paced) would have been appreciated. But at least it´s a step up in quality from "Nightmares of the Decomposed". A 3 star (60%) rating is warranted.
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