Further pursuing their interest in, Six Feet Under released an album entirely of covers, on October 24, 2000. It led to some unexpected promotional events for the band.ĭuring the summer of 2000, Six Feet Under participated in the, a festival that, at the time, usually featured bands. Maximum Violence had sold over 100,000 copies worldwide, a status that hadn't been reached for a while for a death metal band during the late '90s when death metal saw a decline in popularity. The band also recorded a death-metal retooling of the song 'War Machine'. As the name of the album suggests, the lyrics on this release are much more violent than on past releases. July 13, 1999, saw the release of Six Feet Under's third studio album.
This is the only line-up change that the band had until January 2011.Ĭombined with Barnes' departure from Cannibal Corpse, the arrival of Swanson helped turn Six Feet Under from a mere side-project to a band in its own right.
Maximum Violence and Graveyard Classics (1998–2000) In 1998, Allen West left to rejoin Obituary and was replaced. The band released their second studio album, on September 9, 1997. A dual studio/live EP, it contains three studio recordings ('Insect', 'Drowning', and a cover, 'Grinder') and four tracks from Haunted performed live. Six Feet Under's next release was the on October 29, 1996. In 1996, in the process of recording the album, he parted ways with Cannibal Corpse. Haunted was produced by (who discovered ) and Scott Burns (record producer) (who discovered and worked with, and, among others).īy this point Chris Barnes had made Six Feet Under his main priority. Their first album, was released on September 1, 1995. Because Barnes was already signed to with, Six Feet Under signed to this label. The band began writing original material in the middle of 1994. Six Feet Under first played in 1993 at clubs, performing mostly cover songs.
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