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SIX FEET UNDER’s Chris Barnes has named his “Top Three Death Metal Albums Of All Time”

Speaking with Jonathan Montenegro’s “My 3 Questions To“, the former CANNIBAL CORPSE and current SIX FEET UNDER vocalist was asked to name his “top three death metal albums of all time”.

Chris responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Well, on that I’m gonna have to say POSSESSEDSeven Churches‘. I’m gonna go with DEATHLeprosy‘ and ‘Spritual Healing‘ and ‘Scream Bloody Gore‘; I’m gonna have to wrap those three up, ’cause Chuck [Schuldiner, DEATH mainman] was a good friend of mine and I was a huge fan of DEATH early on. So, rest in peace, Chuck. And also I’m gonna go with… The third one, I’m gonna have to say OBITUARYSlowly We Rot‘ — a huge album.

He continued: “All three of those bands are similar type of death metal. Of course POSSESSED is the kings of death metal; they pretty much started it all. Jeff Becerra, fucking awesome guy, man. So that’s where I come from, man. I really loved all those albums. And if I have to throw a fourth one in there, I’m gonna have to say [CANNIBAL CORPSE‘s] ‘Butchered At Birth‘ — kind of pat myself on the back. That was a huge album in death metal as far as kind of what our twist on the whole thing, and I think it influenced a lot of people, just as POSSESSED influenced a lot of bands to move in a certain direction.”

Barnes previously caused a stir within the metal community after making his feelings of disdain for the modern death metal scene public just over a year ago.

Chris made headlines for saying that modern death metal vocals made him “physically ill” and that he “despises what this genre has become.” The comments came after Barnes said he watched a Death Metal Round Table discussion featuring vocalists George “Corpsegrinder” Fischer of CANNIBAL CORPSE, Trevor Strnad of THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, Chase Mason of GATECREEPER, and Alex Jones of UNDEATH.

The four frontmen discussed “their early influences, the accessibility of the genre, inspiration from the weirdest places, live shows between-song patter, their upcoming releases and tours and much, much more.”

Barnes went on to tweet: “I just watched a ‘death metal’ podcast on YouTube that was done about a week ago with the ‘top’ death metal vocalists .. it made me physically ill. I despise what this genre has become.” Soon after, HATEBREED singer Jamey Jasta, who hosts a podcast called “The Jasta Show” and who co-produced Fisher’s debut solo album, replied: “come on the podcast & discuss”.

Chris responded: “No thanks brother. I have no need to jump on that bandwagon you guys got that”. Jasta fired back with “Weak”, to which Barnes said: “Ain’t here to play that game. You have fun tho bro.” Jasta then wrote: “you’re the one playing games, you ‘hate what the genre has become’ but do you ever promote or discuss new bands or try & help build anything in the genre?” This prompted Chris to respond: “Lol promote lol hahahahaha”. Jasta then countered: “Oh right that’s beneath you lol”, to which Barnes said: “Nah I’m just not a shill…”

Barnes also added to his statement assuring everyone that he does indeed hate modern death metal vocals, the modern death metal scene, and just about everyone else in existence.

Chris posted the following message to his Twitter account on February 4, 2022:

“I stand by my original statement. ‘I despise what this genre has become.’

“All the people trolling me, proves my point all the bitch ass ‘media’ making headlines off it proves my point. “Fuck y’all to Hell, eat a dick on your way down.”

Chris Barnes was the original frontman for CANNIBAL CORPSE from 1988 until his departure in 1995.

After Barnes left CANNIBAL CORPSE, he formed SIX FEET UNDER, whose current lineup also includes another former CANNIBAL CORPSE guitarist Jack Owen.

SIX FEET UNDER‘s latest album, “Nightmares Of The Decomposed“, was released in October 2020 via Metal Blade Records.