Six Feet Under Announces 15th Album and Tour

Veteran death metal band Six Feet Under has announced its 15th studio album, Next to Die, set for release on April 26 via Metal Blade Records. The group also revealed plans for a coheadlining North American tour with fellow death metal act Kataklysm, supported by Wormhole, marking the band's first major domestic run since 2013.

The album blends aggressive death metal with groove-oriented tracks, drawing from the band's early sound. Guitarist Jack Owen, a founding member of Cannibal Corpse who rejoined Six Feet Under in 2017, described the creative process in a statement. "It started out as an album full of death metal songs with speed and aggression," Owen said. "Then vocalist Chris Barnes had the brilliant idea to keep half of those death metal songs and add some groovier songs in the vein of the early Six Feet Under material." This marks the third release reuniting Barnes and Owen since Owen's departure from Cannibal Corpse. The duo shared lyrical duties and coproduced the record, with Ray Suhy handling lead guitar in a twin-guitar setup reminiscent of their Cannibal Corpse days.

To preview the album, Six Feet Under released the single "Unmistakable Smell of Death," a...