Maximum Violence

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Maximum Violence
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 13, 1999
Genre Death metal
Length37:13
Label Metal Blade Records
Producer Brian Slagel
Six Feet Under chronology
Warpath
(1997)
Maximum Violence
(1999)
Graveyard Classics
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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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.

Contents

Style

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]

Reception

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]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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
Reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
12."Wrathchild" (Iron Maiden cover)2:52
13."Jailbreak" (Thin Lizzy cover)4:08
14."War is Coming" (Live)3:15

Personnel

Six Feet Under
Additional musicians
Production
Artwork

Trivia


  1. 1 2 Maximum Violence - Six Feet Under | Album | AllMusic , retrieved 2025-05-10