Chris Barnes (born December 29, 1967) is an American singer, best known as being a death metal vocalist and lyricist known for his very low guttural vocals and as the vocalist and lyricist (from 1988-1995) of death metal band Cannibal Corpse, for his subsequent work as part of Six Feet Under and featured in Finnish death metal band Torture Killer's second album Swarm!.
"Chris Barnes had started his extreme metal career at the age of 19. Primarily...
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Chris Barnes (born December 29, 1967) is an American singer, best known as being a death metal vocalist and lyricist known for his very low guttural vocals and as the vocalist and lyricist (from 1988-1995) of death metal band Cannibal Corpse, for his subsequent work as part of Six Feet Under and featured in Finnish death metal band Torture Killer's second album Swarm!.
"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 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...
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