Should ve packed more music on each cd - Some stats: Six Feet Under A Decade in the Grave box setCD#1= 14 tracks TT= 46:37 (best of)CD#2= 14 tracks TT= 46:10 (best of)CD#3= 16 tracks TT= 52:13 (rare,live,unreleased)CD#4= 9 tracks TT= 35:04 (early demo stuff from Leviathan) DVD#5= assorted video frm concerts,etc (sizeable number of tracks)extras= poster, sticker, trading cards, booklet, box formatI won t go on here about the debate (for some) on the merits of 6FTU and wether Chris Barnes still deserves the accolades he previously inherited with Cannibal Corpse.Suffice it to say that this is a very nice packaged box set. My only gripe is the overall length of 3 of the 4 cds. I d of hoped for @60 min a disk (like with the Cannibal Corpse Box Set, a better purchase overall). Several tracks are repeated in one form or another on the DVD.Though the length of CD#4 is short, there was only so much material from the vaults they could find from Chris Barnes early work with Leviathan. I can understand that. Even though Leviathan is abit different than SFU, the music is nt bad sounding at all (though generic) for a band in their mid-teens...and certainly has a historical connection (perhaps only that).As for the extras: the poster is cool (same one as that featured pix on box itself). The sticker is vinyl,circular,with the reversed 6 swirl logo...nice. The booklet (which devotes several pages to Leviathan lyrics) could have less pix of the band scowling (looks like all shot at same session,no variety) and more info,wether lyrics or real bio.The 4 trading cards are stupid, say virtually nothing,and at the age of 54 just what and the hell am I suppose to do with em, trade?? These cards each feature a band member (scowling of course) and dopey facts. Something you d get ina cereal box. Curiously, under the birthdate of each it says unknown. Can t even get the facts on that. Give me a break. One peculiar observation of mine concerning DEATH Metal in general. Many of the artists who typify this genre disconnect themselves from their overall brutal and morbid creations by saying it s just entertainment and not to be taken seriously.Releasing inner-Demons? Hmmmm, I guess better here than on the streets.
badass - This box set has almost everything good by Six Feet in it. It s probly one of the most complete box sets I have ever seen.
YOU GOTTA LOVE THEM!! - SFU is one of the best bands in this genre, I bought Warpath about 8 Years ago and to be honest I ve been a fan ever since, and this boxset is just plain awsome, groups like this are out to please fans, maybe cause there are fewer of us but hey, groups like this are still around while other mainstream one hit wonders have long since turned to dust, maybe it s the talent....which is what this group is all about from riffs to songwriting, they re over the top!!
Chirs Barnes srikes again. - I thought this was an awesome boxset. It came with 4 cds and 1 dvd. Two of the cds are greatest hits, the third one is a rarity collection, and the fourth disk is demo s from around 1985. The dvd I thought was well done. There s about 8 or 9 music videos. They do censor out the bad words though. In a review by another person they said that the music stopped when a bad word was said. That s not true. That only happend in one of the videos. The other one s they just scratch out the middle of the word. There s also around 11 or 12 live videos mostly from Berlin. These are not censored. This is pretty cool because you can listen to these songs the way their meant to be. The box set comes with a pretty big poster which looks like the front cover which is kick ass. It comes with some trading cards with a picture and info about everyone in the band. It comes with a pretty cool sticker and a 30 page coler booklet with pictures and lyrics. The box set folds out nicely also. All in all I thought it was worth my $45.00. If your a fan of the band, definitly check this out.
One of the best box sets ever - I listen to every genre of music. I understand that Six Feet Under is not one of the most popular groups around, and the genre they sing in is often shunned upon by society. Read one of the many reviews for the cds, and you ll understand why. The boxset is nicely presented. Unlike some boxsets with cds filled with hits and takes up alot of room, this is like a dvd boxset. It folds out nicely and is easy to store. It has some cheap trinkets like trading cards and a sticker, but does have a sweet poster. 2 cds are hits, 2 cds are rarites, and a dvd with videos and lots of live performances. I may not be a die hard Six Feet Under fan, but this boxset made me one. Metal bands are some of the nicest people around and always treats there fans well. So screw what people think about metal, its here to stay. Thanks Six Feet Under for a awesome boxset, hope to see you on tour!