[[File:{{Infobox musical artist | Name = name of musician| Img = Barnes.jpg| Img_capt = | Alias = | Img_size =| Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| Birth_name = | Born = {{birth date|mf=yes|1967|12|29|mf=y}}<br />Buffalo, NY| Died = | Instrument = | Genre = metal| Occupation = Musician, songwriter| Years_active = | Label = | Associated_acts = |thumbURL = |Chris Barnes]]Notable_instruments = }} '''Chris Barnes''' (born December 29, 1967) is a vocalist / lyricist best known for his very low death metal vocals in (1) formerly of [[Cannibal Corpse]] (from 1988-1995), (2) his subsequent work as part of . His current band is [[Six Feet Under|Six Feet Under]] and (3) featured in Finnish death metal band Torture Killer's second album ''Swarm!''.
==Career==
===Early career===
"Chris Barnes had started his extreme metal career at the age of 19. Primarily Barnes's first band was a Death/Thrash band called [[Tirant Sin]], which had formed in 1986 in Chris's hometown of Buffalo. Other members of Tirant Sin member included drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz, guitarists [[Bob Rusay]], Cam V and Joe Morelli, and bassist Rich Ziegler. Also in 1986, Chris quit Tirant Sin to join yet another New York based Death/Thrash metal band named [[Leviathan (thrash band)|Leviathan]] who would record a four track demo entitled "Legions of the Undead" in 1987. This demo would one day be available on the 2005 Six Feet Under boxed set entitled ''A Decade in the Grave''.
[[Tirant Sin recorded three demos]], formed in 1986 in Chris's hometown of Buffalo. Other members of Tirant Sin drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz, guitarists [[Bob Rusay]], Cam V and Joe Morelli, and bassist Rich Ziegler. The first was 1986, Chris quit Tirant Sin to join [[Leviathan (thrash band)|Leviathan]] who would record a four track demo entitled "Desecration Legions of the GravesUndead" and would privately be self released in February 1987. Tirant Sin's second This demo is available on the 2005 Six Feet Under boxed set entitled "Chaotic Destruction" would be self released ''A Decade in the fall of 1987, Dennis John on vocalsGrave''. And finally Barnes rejoined Tirant Sin's third demo entitled "Mutant Supremacy" would be self released in January 1988. Barnes and only appeared on the their 3rd demo, when he rejoined Tirant Sin in January [[Mutant Supremacy]] (1988.)
===1988-1995: Cannibal Corpse===
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===1995-present: Six Feet Under===
In 2005, Six Feet Under released ''13'', their 6th full length album, an album that Chris also produced.
In the same year Six Feet Under released ''A Decade in the Grave'', a box set highlighting the past 10 years of Six Feet Under.
Barnes joined the Finnish band '''Torture Killer''' in the fall of 2005. At the time, Barnes said he was fully committed to the band, and appeared on the band's second album ''Swarm!'', which was released on February 24, 2006. However, he left the band in January 2008.
Six Feet Under released the album ''Commandment'' on April 17, 2007 to highly positive views. Chris Barnes has stated "Commandment" is his favorite album, claiming to have received over 5,000 messages in support, many fans cite it as their favorite Six Feet Under release since 2003's ''[[Bringer of Blood]]''.
In November 11, 2008 Six Feet Under released their newest album ''Death Rituals''. It saw the band returning to Morrisound studios in Tampa, FL with Chris Carroll at the helm with mixing duties being handled by Toby Wright (Slayer, Korn, In Flames, Fear Factory, etc…) and the return old friend Bill Metoyer, who recorded the bands CD ''Warpath'', helping out with recording of the drums. The album includes 13 songs such as the Mötley Crüe cover ''Bastard'' and an ambient song entitled ''Crossroads To Armageddon''.
<!---In January 16th, 2009, a message appeared to Six Feet Under's website:
''Just wanted to let all of our fans know that we are currently in the studio working on Graveyard Classics 3. We are about 60% finished with tracking. Everything is going great and we are havin a lot of fun laying these new songs down. more info and track listing to come!!''
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==Vocal style==
Barnes is known for his rather extreme vocal style, which consists of low and snarled death grunts that have been described by as "thunderous" and "like Satan on a diet of razor blades and paint thinner". He has also been praised for the fact that his famous grunts have never been manipulated or enhanced by a recording studio. Some have speculated that Barnes can get such low vocals because he is a known marijuana smoker, although this has never been confirmed or denied by Barnes. He also seems skilled at raspy screams, exemplified in the songs "Hammer Smashed Face", "I Cum Blood", "Post Mortal Ejaculation", "Pulverized", and "Stripped, Raped and Strangled". Ironically, in interviews he is known for having a very soft voice and for being very mellow.
Chris's vocals on "Tomb of The Mutilated" were so inhumanly guttural, that inside the booklet of the album there is a message that states "Electronic Harmonizer was not used to create any vocals on Tomb of the Mutilated".