Alive and Dead

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Alive and Dead
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ReleasedOctober 29, 1996
Genre Death metal
Length23:17
Label Metal Blade Records
Six Feet Under chronology
Haunted
(1995)
Alive and Dead
(1996)
Warpath
(1997)

Alive and Dead is American death metal band Six Feet Under's first EP, released October 29, 1996. The EP compiles a handful of live songs culled from Six Feet Under's debut album, Haunted , and features three new studio tracks, including a cover of Judas Priest's "Grinder." [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Insect"2:59
2."Drowning"3:02
3."Grinder" (Judas Priest cover)4:02
4."Suffering in Ecstasy" (Live Prattland, Switzerland on 7/12/96)2:34
5."Human Target" (Live Prattland, Switzerland on 7/12/96)3:10
6."Lycanthropy" (Live Prattland, Switzerland on 7/12/96)4:30
7."Beneath a Black Sky" (Live Hengelo, Holland on 6/21/96)3:00
Total length:23:17

Personnel

Six Feet Under
Production
Artwork

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References

  1. "Alive and Dead > Overview". Allmusic . Macrovision . Retrieved 2008-12-30.