''Maximum Violence'' is American
death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, fe ...
band
Six Feet Under's 3rd studio album. The album goes back to
Chris Barnes' roots in
Cannibal Corpse
Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band formed in Buffalo, New York in 1988, now based out of Tampa, Florida. The band has released fifteen studio albums, two box sets, four video albums, and two live albums. The band has had little rad ...
with violent themes/lyrics. It was also the first Six Feet Under album to feature
Steve Swanson on guitars.
Track listing
Personnel
;Six Feet Under
*
Chris Barnes - vocals
*
Steve Swanson - guitars
*
Terry Butler
Terry Butler is an American bassist who currently performs with the death metal bands Obituary and Inhuman Condition. He was also a member of Six Feet Under, Massacre and Death. He was credited on the Death album ''Spiritual Healing'', and b ...
- bass
*
Greg Gall
Greg Gall (born December 29, 1965 in Tampa, Florida) is a drummer, formerly with the death metal band, Six Feet Under. He does not play the classic death metal style of drumming ( blast beats). He uses more of a traditional drum approach, but ...
- drums
;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
Trivia
*"Torture Killer" inspired the band
Torture Killer
Torture Killer is a Finnish death metal band from Turku, formed in 2002.
The band consists of five members: guitarists Jari Laine and Tuomas Karppinen, bassist Kim Torniainen, drummer Tuomo Latvala and the current vocalist Pessi Haltsonen. Th ...
.
* The album cover art was illustrated by tattoo artist
Paul Booth.
External links
Six Feet Under's Home Page
Six Feet Under (band) albums
1999 albums
Metal Blade Records albums
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