About Six Feet Under

Six Feet Under is a Florida death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 1993.

The band is currently composed of founding vocalist Chris Barnes, guitarists Ray Suhy and Jack Owen, bassist Jeff Hughell and drummer Marco Pitruzzella. It was originally a side project formed by Barnes with guitarist Allen West of Obituary, but became a full-time commitment after Barnes was dismissed from Cannibal Corpse in 1995. Six Feet Under has released 14 albums, and is listed by Nielsen Soundscan as the fourth-best-selling death metal act in the U.S.

After Barnes and West joined forces, they recruited Terry Butler, who knew West from his involvement with Massacre, and Greg Gall, Terry Butler's brother-in-law. Six Feet Under first played in 1993 at clubs, performing mostly cover songs. The band began writing original material in the middle of 1994. Because Barnes was already signed to Metal Blade Records with Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under signed to this label and became a side project.

Their first album, Haunted, was released on September 1, 1995. Haunted was produced by Brian Slagel and Scott Burns . By this point, Chris Barnes had made Six Feet Under his main priority. In 1995, in the process of recording the album Vile, he was fired by Cannibal Corpse because he chose to go on a European tour with Six Feet Under instead of recording vocals for "Created To Kill" and was replaced by Monstrosity's, George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher .

Six Feet Under's next release was the Alive and Dead EP on October 29, 1996. A dual studio/live EP, it contains three studio recordings and four tracks from Haunted performed live. The band released their second studio album, Warpath, on September 9, 1997, and would incorporate blends of death metal and death n roll. It would also be the last album to feature Allen West, who would depart shortly after the album's release.

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