Warpath (Six Feet Under album)

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Warpath
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1997
Genre Death metal, death n roll
Length41:25
Label Metal Blade Records
Producer Brian Slagel
Six Feet Under chronology
Alive and Dead
(1996)
Warpath
(1997)
Maximum Violence
(1999)

Warpath is the second studio album by American death metal band Six Feet Under. Tracks on this album include "Death or Glory", which is a cover of a song originally done by Holocaust, and "4:20", a song four minutes and twenty seconds in length which, according to the liner notes, was recorded at 4:20 PM on April 20, 1997. It is the last album to feature founding guitarist Allen West.

Contents

Style

Chris Barnes' growls on the album have been likened to Godzilla. The guitar riffs of Allen West have been described as "snail-paced." [1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rock Hard 10/10 [3]

In 2005, Warpath was ranked number 334 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time. [4]

Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic said, "the simplicity of the riffs and their slow pace may just as well inspire criticism as it does celebration, given the fact that most death metal bands pride themselves on velocity." [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Chris Barnes and Allen West, except "Death or Glory" (Holocaust cover).

No.TitleLength
1."War Is Coming"3:15
2."Nonexistence"3:34
3."A Journey into Darkness"2:17
4."Animal Instinct"4:49
5."Death or Glory"2:52
6."Burning Blood"3:58
7."Manipulation"2:51
8."4:20"4:20
9."Revenge of the Zombie"2:50
10."As I Die"3:54
11."Night Visions"3:07
12."Caged and Disgraced"3:34
Total length:41:25

Personnel

Six Feet Under
Production
Artwork

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References

  1. Warpath - Six Feet Under | Album | AllMusic , retrieved January 30, 2025
  2. Birchmeier, Jason. Warpath review AllMusic.com. Retrieved on August 30, 2011.
  3. Wendel, Kai. "Rock Hard review". issue 124. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
  4. Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 77. ISBN   3-89880-517-4.
  5. Warpath - Six Feet Under | Album | AllMusic , retrieved January 31, 2025