During an interview with “Into The Combine”, Jack Owen was asked about Chris Barnes and what people get wrong about him. He replied with: “Oh, he’s a big softie, and he’s like a brother to me. But if you don’t know him, then he seems pretty standoffish.”
But despite his kindness, Chris Barnes ignites online firestorms. People troll him mercilessly or blast his critiques of newer bands, like his infamous claim that modern death metal vocals make him physically ill. No wonder the trolls come out in force – everyone’s entitled to their opinion (even if they are wrong). Here’s what Jack Owen said about the online hostility.
“I think it’s contagious to jump on somebody like that online… I think it’s trolls that are connected to each other. And it’s, like, ‘Well, you said that? I’m gonna say something worse.’ But he just did an interview with This Day In Metal, and I was, like, ‘Yeah, that’s Chris’ — really mellow and soft-spoken, but except on stage.”
They also talked about Chris no longer smoking weed, and if his sobriety had effects on his singing.
Jack said: “Yeah, I think it helped with the vocals. Definitely. ‘Cause I started writing lyrics on my demos, and I started putting a scratch vocal myself. And he was, like, ‘You want me to sing it like that?’ ‘Cause I don’t do any high screams or anything — just all low. And I was, like, ‘Yeah, dude. Do it all low and garbled.’ And he was, like, ‘All right, I might lose a word here and there.’ And I was, like, ‘Who cares?’ But, yeah, as far as being sober, I think it definitely helps. Lung power.”
Six Feet Under unleashes “Killing For Revenge” on May 10th! This brutal new album marks Barnes and Owen’s second reunion project since 2020’s “Nightmares Of The Decomposed.”
