Six Feet Under (band)

Six Feet Under
Background information
Origin	Tampa, Florida, United States
Genres	Death metal
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Metal Blade
Associated acts	Cannibal Corpse, Torture Killer, Obituary, Death, Chimaira, Brain Drill, Dååth, The Haunted, Cannabis Corpse
Website	http://www.metalblade.com/sixfeetunder/
Members	Chris Barnes Ray Suhy Marco Pitruzzella Jeff Hughell
Past members	Terry Butler Greg Gall Allen West Rob Arnold Matt DeVries Kevin Talley Ola Englund Steve Swanson

Six Feet Under is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 1993. The band consists of four members: founding vocalist Chris Barnes, latest guitarist Ray Suhy, current bassist Jeff Hughell and recent drummer Marco Pitruzzella. It was originally a side project formed by Cannibal Corpse vocalist Chris Barnes with guitarist Allen West of Obituary.

Six Feet Under have released eleven albums, and are listed by Nielsen Soundscan as the fourth best-selling death metal act in the U.S., with album sales over 370,000 (sales numbers are taken from 2003).

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.

Their first album, Haunted, was released on September 1, 1995. Haunted was produced by Brian Slagel (who discovered Slayer) and Scott Burns (record producer) (who discovered Sepultura and worked with Napalm Death, and Deicide, among others). By this point Chris Barnes had made Six Feet Under his main priority. In 1996, in the process of recording the album Vile, he parted ways with Cannibal Corpse.

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