| Maximum Violence | ||||
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| Released | July 13, 1999 | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 37:13 | |||
| Label | Metal Blade Records | |||
| Producer | Brian Slagel | |||
| Six Feet Under chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |      link | 
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.
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]
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]
| No. | Title | Length | 
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| 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 | |
| No. | Title | Length | 
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| 12. | "Wrathchild" (Iron Maiden cover) | 2:52 | 
| 13. | "Jailbreak" (Thin Lizzy cover) | 4:08 | 
| 14. | "War is Coming" (Live) | 3:15 |