Editor's Note: What follows is the first review ever sent in by Hussein
Sherazi. It appears to be a fairly good review, upon first glance. It's fatal
flaw however, is that nobody seemed to tell him that this was an album full
of covers and didn't contain any material that was written by the band "Six
Feet Under". Thus, it earns a Raging Stinker award and gets re-submitted
here into the Uncut! section.
Six Feet Under...The name tells you that this band is going to be an amazing,
ear-jarring experience. The band has been around for a while and this Graveyard
Classics album is a compilation of their greatest songs. The album starts off
with a song called Holocaust. The singer's extremely heavy voice makes this
song one of the best on the album. The beat and tune seem to all come together
to make one hell of a song.
The next song is TNT, the band's most popular song. And well it should be. It
has a 20 second guitar solo enough to blow anybody's brains out. The pounding
bass adds to the amazing sound.
Sweet Leaf is the third song on the album. Five and a half minutes of absolute
thrash. Not as good as the other two, but has an impressive drum and guitar
solo.
Piranha, the deadly South American poisonous fish just like the song. This song
is my favorite on the album. This is mainly because it's so fast paced and heavy
that it gives all Six Feet Under critics something to think about. Six Feet
Under is usually slow, heavy and loud music, but Piranha seems to go against
all of this. An absolutely amazing guitar solo and fast paced screaming and
drum solo gives this song a great feel.
Son Of A Bitch as the name suggests is bound to be a violent song. The chorus
is "Son of a Bitch kiss my ass." The song is flooded with amazing
guitar riffs and solos. The singer's screaming also makes this song absolutely
amazing.
The next song is Stepping Stone. This song is pretty mediocre. I mean, the
guitaring is nothing to rave about but I'm impressed by the singer's ability
to scream. He'd whoop Max Cavalera's ass anyday. The song is basically him screaming
and the rest of the band trying to keep up. Sounds good anyway.
Seventh track on the album is "Confused". The song sure as hell is.
The singer's not sure whether he wants to go and screw his vocal chords up or
wait until the song is over to do that. But the guitar solo that ends the song
is just too impressive to take anything away from the band.
"California Uber Alles". What a song! This song starts off with a
drum solo really damn catchy. Then it goes on with the bass joining in and finally
the singer starting off. Easily my third favorite on the album after Piranha
and TNT. I keep wanting to hear this song over and over again because of the
change in speed in the beat.
You'll be surprised by the next song. "Smoke On The Water"! It's a
cover of the old Deep Purple hit except it's done Six Feet Under style. The
famous intro is done with absolutely jarring distortion and then with the singer
screaming from his lead lungs.
It's amazing! They've done it in a way that Deep Purple would have never dreamed
of doing it. In the middle of the song there's this guitar solo that goes on
for about a minute. Mind boggling and fantastic. This song is pretty damn good.
The next song is "Blackout" with John Bush. It's a pretty violent
song but it's not really that catchy. John Bush pisses the shit out of me. In
the middle of a reasonably good screaming session I hear this dipshit trying
to shout like a lameass. I mean he shouts differently to how the lead singer
of SFU screams so it really doesn't match up. This song sucks except for the
solo at the end of the song.
The last two tracks are "Purple Haze" and "In League With Satan".
I didn't really appreciate them. They sound a little less heavy. Other than
the guy screaming his lungs out the band sounds a bit like some lame numetal
act. The only thing that convinces me that the band isn't going for that approach
are the retarded guitar solos and the singer's Cavalera-like voice, except it's
better. The latter song is a pretty lame one. A bit of a sad end to an absolutely
amazing album. The only thing I liked about this song is the first minute or
so. My God, it's fantastic. A strange noise incorporated with the singer screaming
like some guy has screwed his head to a toilet seat. Other than that, the song
isn't all that great. Sounds like some lameass gay shit that Marilyn Manson
would take out.
Well this album is one of the best I've ever heard. The tracks are absolutely
fabulous and the singing and guitar solos make this album a really good one.
It just seemed to lack some violence and lacked some moronic speed.
I give this album a 4/5.
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