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Maximum Violence

Maximum Violence is the third album by American death metal band Six Feet Under. The album goes back to Chris Barnes' roots in Cannibal Corpse with violent themes/lyrics. It was also the first Six Feet Under album to feature Steve Swanson on guitars and the first to be recorded in C Standard tuning (CFBbEbGC), which they've used ever since except for select occasions.

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Maximum Violence
Studio album by
Six Feet Under
ReleasedJuly 13, 1999
GenreDeath metal
Length37:13
LabelMetal Blade Records
ProducerBrian Slagel
Six Feet Under chronology
Warpath
(1997) 		Maximum Violence
(1999) 		Graveyard Classics
(2000)
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Maximum Violence is the third album by American death metal band Six Feet Under. The album goes back to Chris Barnes' roots in Cannibal Corpse with violent themes/lyrics. It was also the first Six Feet Under album to feature Steve Swanson on guitars and the first to be recorded in C Standard tuning (CFBbEbGC), which they've used ever since except for select occasions.

Style

Steve Huey of AllMusic described the sound as "basically simple riffs alternat[ing] between slow and fast tempos, with ridiculously over-the-top vocals spewing tales of death, dismemberment, and other variations on gore and splatter themes."1

Reception

Steve Huey of AllMusic wrote: "The main problem with the record is its lack of variety, in both style and subject matter -- one gets the impression that any riff or lyric could be moved from one song to another with no noticeable difference in the overall effect. Still, if you're a fan of this particular style of death metal, Maximum Violence does deliver the goods."1

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Chris Barnes.

No.TitleLength
1."Feasting on the Blood of the Insane"4:32
2."Bonesaw"3:08
3."Victim of the Paranoid"3:06
4."Short Cut to Hell"3:12
5."No Warning Shot"3:05
6."War Machine" (Kiss cover)4:27
7."Mass Murder Rampage"3:10
8."Brainwashed"2:43
9."Torture Killer"2:43
10."This Graveyard Earth"3:27
11."Hacked to Pieces"3:40
Total length:37:13
Reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Wrathchild" (Iron Maiden cover)2:52
13."Jailbreak" (Thin Lizzy cover)4:08
14."War is Coming" (Live)3:15

Personnel

Six Feet Under
Additional musicians
  • Paul Booth - Backing vocals on "Feasting on the Blood of the Insane" and "Bonesaw"
  • Chris Carroll - Backing vocals on "Bonesaw"
Production
  • Produced by Brian Slagel
  • Engineered by Chris Carroll, Kieran Wagner and Luly Deya
  • Mixed by Brian Slagel and Chris Carroll
  • Mastered by Brad Vance
Artwork
  • Cover art by Paul Booth
  • Graphics by Brian Ames
  • Photography by Joe Giron

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