In a fan-requested Cameo message, Chris Barnes owned up to tension in Cannibal Corpse.
“I mean, probably pretty close for me too,” the singer said of the fan’s choice of ‘The Bleeding’ by Cannibal Corpse and ‘Maximum Violence’ by Six Feet Under as their top two death metal albums. “I kind of tend to really like [Cannibal Corpse’s] ‘Butchered At Birth’ ’cause that’s what really brought us out of the woodwork, so to speak, and caused a lot of controversy and also gave us really our first real step up.”
He continued, “And the music and everything on that — the band was just hitting on all cylinders. There was not too much tension in the band, although there was some. There was always tension on a personal level in that band when I was in the band, and probably mostly my fault [laughs], so I’ll be the first to admit it.”
“But, yeah, those are great albums that you picked there. I’m glad you like those a lot. They’re important, important, important albums to me, too,” Barnes further shared.
Barnes led Cannibal Corpse from 1988 to 1995, leaving a year after ‘The Bleeding’ was released. After leaving, he started Six Feet Under, which now includes ex-Cannibal Corpse guitarist Jack Owen.
In a 2017 interview with The Chainsaw Symphony, Barnes discussed his departure from the band, explaining, “I just didn’t like being around them, because I was being ridiculed, and I just didn’t feel comfortable being in the same room with people that weren’t very nice to me personally.”
“And I was part of that too, so we had all of our own type of differences, personally, and I don’t think it was gonna be able to be worked out. You know, mutual respect goes a far way when it comes to being in close quarters with people,” the vocalist added.
He concluded, “I’m sure we’d do things differently [today] — I mean, I know we would. It’s just the way things worked out. And I don’t have any animosity towards those guys at all, and I don’t think they do towards me. It’s just that… It would be too confusing for things [if we were to tour together], I think, from their perspective.”
Barnes’ latest studio album with Six Feet Under, ‘Killing for Revenge,’ hit the shelves on May 10, 2024.
