Six Feet Under
Nightmares of the Decomposed

An old review of a ManowaR album began like this:

"ManowaR are like a joke: the first time it makes you laugh, the second time it's "hey, you've already told me this," and the third time not only is it no longer funny, but you start to seriously worry."

I couldn't find a better beginning than this to describe this latest """"work"""" by Six Feet Under, an American combo dedicated to a Death Metal as grim and cavernous as the voice of their acclaimed singer, Chris Barnes, former Cannibal Corpse and a celebrity within the Death world.

Going straight to the point, this Nightmares of the Decomposed is perhaps the worst Metal album I've listened to in the last 10 years, and in general, one of the worst works across all possible musical genres you might listen to in full.

Listening to it from start to finish (an almost Herculean task) means navigating a shroud of genre clichés, poorly played and especially badly sung songs, and in general an atmosphere so stale and tired that I don't know how long it's been since I last felt anything like it; Zodiac, Amputator, and Blood of the Zombie even verge on the ridiculous, appearing more like a poorly made parody of a Death Metal group, if not a group of fourteen-year-olds with a seven-string guitar in hand just starting out in a garage lost who knows where, imitating their old idols.

A group without ideas and without personality anymore, despite their notable name, reveling among photocopied riffs of the worst Heavy Metal around, an embarrassing bass/drum rhythm section, and a voice that is frankly ridiculous, especially compared to the glory of the past; connecting to the beginning, it's as if they have taken all the already thunderous defects of the last 3-4 albums united in a single work, delivering themselves to the most total media lynching, considering that this product is being released worldwide under Metal Blade, one of the most serious (apparently) labels in the entire Metal landscape.

It could be the marijuana, the constant lineup changes, the "old age," whatever you may think: it is impossible to release such a product today and be taken seriously.

I would say it's time to disband definitively and make room for the hundreds of decidedly more valid and motivated underground bands eager to release quality music.

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