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From Left: Chris Barnes, Greg Gall, Terry Butler, Steve Swanson
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I’ve been a huge Chris Barnes fan ever since Cannibal Corpse, which he departed from in 1995 to
form his own band called Six Feet Under. With Chris Barnes on vocals, Obituary’s guitarist Allen
West on guitar teaming up with former band member from Massacre (who laid down the
foundation of Obituary) Terry Butler on Bass and Terry’s Brother-in-Law - Greg Gall - on drums,
they formed one of the most epic death metal band of the mid 90s. In 1995 Six Feet Under
released their first debut album titled Haunted.
Over the years Six Feet Under have given their fair share of covers on full albums, which inspired
the band to release a full album titled Graveyard Classics, where Six Feet Under manage to pay
homage to a number of bands who’ve inspired them one way or other. Once again the band have
released Graveyard Classics III, which surprisingly covers a wide range of genres including punk,
rock and early hair-metal bands from the early 80s.
The Six Feet Under - Graveyard Classics’ albums have always managed to spark a mix range of
emotions from its fans, when listening to certain covers. I find that the Graveyard Classics III to
be worst album of them all. The punk tracks especially just didn’t suit Barnes’ vocals, I often
chuckled with laughter at the terrible audio mix as Barnes tries to keep to beat while maintaining
his deep-growling vocals. Their was probably a good handful of tracks I didn’t mind, the strongest
track on this album is the cover of Metallica’s “Frayed Ends of Sanity” from the album And Justice
for All, just hearing Barnes’ thunderous vocals in the intro instantly sent goosebumps across my
skin. Next track was “Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck” from Prong and their album Cleansing,
sadly this cover does not come anywhere close or as good enough as the cover from Grinspoon
from their EP album Pushing Buttons. And finally comes the Slayer cover “At Dawn They Sleep”
from their album Hell Awaits, this cover alone definitely got the goat horns, air guitar-ing and the
constant neck crunching approval.
Only the loyal Six Feet Under fans are going to find pure enjoyment out of this album. The tracks
are definitely brutal, that will please any metal fan. For those who are still unsure whether or not
to buy this album, well you can play it safe and just listen to a few of the sample tracks on
Amazon, before dishing out you hard earned cash and buying the whole album. Or you can play it
smart and just purchase the selected mp3s for your Ipod.
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Track Listing:
01. A Dangerous Meeting (Mercyful Fate cover) 5:10
02. Metal On Metal (Anvil cover) 4:07
03. The Frayed Ends Of Sanity (Metallica cover) 7:40
04. At Dawn They Sleep (Slayer cover) 6:30
05. Not Fragile (Bachman Turner Overdrive cover) 4:02
06. On Fire (Van Halen cover) 3:16
07. Pounding Metal (Exciter cover) 4:23
08. Destroyer (Twisted Sister cover) 4:09
09. Psychotherapy (The Ramones cover) 2:31
10. Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck (Prong cover) 4:13
Total Runtime: 46:01
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