Undead, the latest installment of audio brutality from death metal deviants SIX FEET UNDER entered the Billboard Heatseekers Chart at #5 upon its first week of release! In addition, Undead landed at at #30 on the Billboard Top Independent Album Chart, #22 on the Billboard Top Hard Music Albums Chart, #14 Billboard Top Current Albums Chart and #183 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart.
In Canada, the record ranked in at #34 on the Hard Music Chart, #199 on the Top 200 Current Albums Chart, #167 on the iTunes Top 200 Chart, #35 on the iTunes Rock Chart and #3 on the iTunes Metal Chart. Undead reaped additional praise in Germany entering the German Media Market/Saturn Album Charts at #56 and the German Media Control Trend Charts at #40.
Comments vocalist/death metal maverick Chris Barnes: "Thank you to all of our fans for embracing our new album Undead with such ravenous fervor! And to all at Metal Blade Records for their belief in the band all these years and all the hard work of everyone at the label! This marks the first time in SIX FEET UNDER's career, as well as my own, that we have reached Billboard's Top 200. It is proof positive that underground music and death metal is not dead and is still a force to be dealt with. A very special thanks to the decades of hate that spawned the focus that went into this album. Cheers! It's 420, motherfucker!"
Crowned "the best thing SFU have recorded since Maximum Violence," by Decibel, "an album on which this new level of musicianship adds value without tarnishing SIX FEET UNDER's legacy of brutality," by Outburn and simply a "kickass SIX FEET UNDER record," by Revolver, Undead was unleashed to North American ears via Metal Blade on May 22 and offers an updated lineup of Barnes alongside guitarist Rob Arnold (ex- Chimaira), longtime guitarist Steve Swanson (ex-Massacre), bassist Jeff Hughell (ex-Brain Drill, ex-Vile), and drummer Kevin Talley (Dying Fetus, Misery Index, Chimaira).
In conjunction with the record's release, SIX FEET UNDER will embark on a near three-week run of live ceremonies next week. The 18 Nights Of Blood Tour will begin in Atlanta, Georgia on June 8. The band will be joined by newly recruited rhythm guitarist Ola Englund who takes the place of Rob Arnold. Support will be provided by Dying Fetus and Revocation.
SIX FEET UNDER 18 Nights Of Blood Tour 2012
w/ Dying Fetus, Revocation
6/08/2012 The Masquerade ' Atlanta, GA
6/09/2012 Empire ' Springfield, VA
6/10/2012 Palladium ' Worcester, MA
6/11/2012 Bowery Ballroom ' New York, NY
6/12/2012 Alrosa Villa ' Columbus, OH
6/13/2012 Reggie's ' Chicago, IL
6/14/2012 Peabody's ' Cleveland, OH
6/15/2012 Harpo's ' Detroit, MI
6/16/2012 People's Court ' Des Moines, IA*
6/18/2012 The Gothic Theater ' Denver, CO*
6/20/2012 Studio Seven ' Seattle, WA
6/21/2012 Hawthorne Theater ' Portland, OR
6/23/2012 The Metro ' Oakland, CA
6/24/2012 The Whisky ' Los Angeles, CA
6/25/2012 Rocky Point Cantina ' Tempe, AZ
6/26/2012 House Of Rock ' El Paso, TX
6/27/2012 Scout Bar ' Houston, TX
6/29/2012 Crowbar ' Tampa, FL* [new venue]
* ' No Dying Fetus
