I respect that, although they could've utilised the potent musicianship to playing material that is original. I guess Chris Barnes told his crew that if the covers are going to sound like shit, they might as well put effort into the performance. One of the few merits of this record is that the playing is tight, however. Specifically, the cover of Piranha is completely ruined by the overproduced, muddy guitars, and the death growls are hilariously dysfunctional with the song. Like I said, the guitars are way too downtuned and muddy for these songs. Anyway, enough bashing this album, I'm going to explain why it is so awful in more detail. Brian Slagel surely would have died in his chair while first listening to this. What's even more difficult to believe is that Metal Blade agreed to distribute this. So naturally, when they try to perform old-school rock n' roll, it comes off as overtly cheesy, to the point of being unlistenable. Also, Six Feet Under is a death metal band. However, when the performance of the covers are so awkward, lifeless and outright obnoxious, it begins to feel like a parody. The purpose of covering songs is to respect them, and solidify their iconic qualities, as well as expressing how the song has had an effect on your music tastes. It almost seems as if Six Feet Under was trying to parody classics such as Holocaust and Son of a Bitch. Firstly, the entire album is downtuned to shit, ruining most of the riffs. Apart from that, there's nothing about this record that I enjoy whatsoever. This cover album is complete garbage, the only redeeming quality is that the choice of songs that they covered are great.
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