Okay, here I am with my first review of Six Feet Unders newest album "Commandment". This album is basically what Six Feet Under brings to the table every time it comes out with a new album, basic death metal with worn riffs and a pounding brutal beat.
Let me first off say that I think Chris Barnes is an amazing vocalist. He has put out good quality death metal vocals like his work with Cannibal Corpse. Although Allen West has long since left the band they still managed to put out some quality albums in the past "Maximum Violence" and "Haunted" being the most memorable for me. Since then SFU has taken a little bit of a turn, churning out decent, but not astounding death metal especially with album "13", a rather uninspired attempt of a album. Now its Commandment's turn to go under the knife.
This is SFU's seventh full length album and I have to say I'm liking it a lot more than there last release 13. Commandment seems to be a faster paced, more in-your-face release than SFU's last couple releases and it seems to be working a lot better. The constant tempo changes in songs such as "Zombie Executioner" really make it a more interesting song and save it from being just another death metal song. However many of the songs here sound a lot alike and the album mixes into eachother every once in a while rather than being able to tell every song apart. The downtuned guitars are the same since they have been in "Maximum Violence" and although nothing new have some very cool riffage to them. Not much for guitar solos though.
SFU's lyrics pretty much stay the same. Chris has been writing a little tamer than his Cannibal Corpse works but its pretty much the same topics and such, you know the usual, gore, mutilation, and torture. Chris' voice is not the same as it was when he started in the business but it is still one of the best in the business. So overall SFU's new release isnt really an outbreak from what they've always done, however, it is definetly an improvement from "13" and deserves a look by any death metal fan.
7 out of 10
Let me first off say that I think Chris Barnes is an amazing vocalist. He has put out good quality death metal vocals like his work with Cannibal Corpse. Although Allen West has long since left the band they still managed to put out some quality albums in the past "Maximum Violence" and "Haunted" being the most memorable for me. Since then SFU has taken a little bit of a turn, churning out decent, but not astounding death metal especially with album "13", a rather uninspired attempt of a album. Now its Commandment's turn to go under the knife.
This is SFU's seventh full length album and I have to say I'm liking it a lot more than there last release 13. Commandment seems to be a faster paced, more in-your-face release than SFU's last couple releases and it seems to be working a lot better. The constant tempo changes in songs such as "Zombie Executioner" really make it a more interesting song and save it from being just another death metal song. However many of the songs here sound a lot alike and the album mixes into eachother every once in a while rather than being able to tell every song apart. The downtuned guitars are the same since they have been in "Maximum Violence" and although nothing new have some very cool riffage to them. Not much for guitar solos though.
SFU's lyrics pretty much stay the same. Chris has been writing a little tamer than his Cannibal Corpse works but its pretty much the same topics and such, you know the usual, gore, mutilation, and torture. Chris' voice is not the same as it was when he started in the business but it is still one of the best in the business. So overall SFU's new release isnt really an outbreak from what they've always done, however, it is definetly an improvement from "13" and deserves a look by any death metal fan.
7 out of 10
