SIX FEET UNDER – Haunted CD

"Haunted" is the key to understand the different approaches Barnes and the Cannibal guys were taking at the time: while "Vile" was soon to show an increasingly technical and faster band, on the other hand "Haunted" was caveman-like, old school death metal with an emphasis on the groovy side of things and stripped-down song structures, perfectly suited for Barnes' vocals. There's not a blast-beat in sight; songs range from slower, doomish heavy-hitters such as "Beneath a Black Sky", "Remains of You" or "Tomorrow's Victim" to slightly more up-tempo, punkish tunes like the opener "The Enemy Inside" and "Suffering in Ecstasy". Several mid-tempo tracks such as "Silent Violence", "Lycanthropy", "Still Alive" , "Human Target", "Torn to the Bone" and the title-track also defined the typical Six Feet Under style, with mostly straightforward structures that almost resembled hard rock or classic metal songs, although in a death metal fashion.