[[File:{{Infobox musical artist | Name = Chris Barnes| Img = Barnes.jpg|thumbImg_capt = |Chris BarnesAlias = | Img_size =| Background = solo_singer| Birth_name = | Born = Buffalo, NY| Died = | Instrument = Vocals, guitar| Genre = [[Death metal]]'''Chris Barnes''' (born December 29| Occupation = Musician, 1967) is a vocalist / lyricist best known for his very low death metal vocals in (1) producer| Years_active = 1986–present| Label = [[Cannibal CorpseMetal Blade Records|Metal Blade]] (from 1988-1995), (2) his subsequent work as part of | Associated_acts = [[Six Feet Under|Six Feet Under]] and (3) featured in Finnish death metal band , [[Cannibal Corpse]], [[Torture Killer's second album ''Swarm!''.]], Tirant Sin, Leviathan| URL = | Notable_instruments = }}
==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 'Barnes'A Decade in the Grave''.
Tirant Sin recorded three demos. The first was entitled "Desecration of the Graves" and would privately be self released in February 1987. Tirant Sin's second demo entitled "Chaotic Destruction" would be self released in the fall of 1987, Dennis John on vocals. And finally Tirant Sin's third demo entitled "Mutant Supremacy" would be self released in 1988. Barnes only appeared on the 3rd demo, when he rejoined Tirant Sin in January 1988.
===1988-1995: Cannibal Corpse===
Barnes wrote all ==Discography==;With Six Feet Under* ''[[Haunted (Six Feet Under album)|Haunted]]'' (1995)* ''[[Alive and Dead]]'' (1996)* ''[[Warpath (album)|Warpath]]'' (1997)*''[[Maximum Violence]]'' (1999)*''[[Graveyard Classics]]'' (2000)*''[[True Carnage]]'' (2001)*''[[Bringer of the lyrics on the albums Blood]]'' (2003)*''[[Graveyard Classics 2]]'' (2004)*''[[13 (Six Feet Under album)|13]]'' (2005)*''[[Commandment]]'' (2007)*''[[Death Rituals]]'' (2008)*''[[Butchered at BirthGraveyard Classics 3]] through '' (2010)*''[[The BleedingUndead (Six Feet Under album)|Undead]], and wrote the lyrics on '' (2012)*''[[Eaten Back to LifeUnborn]] with the rest '' (2013)*''[[Crypt of the band helping.Devil]]'' (2015)
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===1995-present: Six Feet Under===;With Torture Killer*''[[Swarm!]]'' (2006)*''[[Phobia]]'' (2013) Backing vocals on "Written in Blood"
In 2005, Six Feet Under released ''13'', their 6th full length album, an album that Chris also produced.== References =={{reflist}}
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.==External links==
Barnes joined the Finnish band ''* [http://www.cannibalcorpse.net/ Cannibal Corpse's official website]* [http://www.torturekiller.com/ 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.official website]
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''.
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''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".
==External links==
* [http://www.sfu420.com/ Six Feet Under's official website]
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