What Made Chris Barnes Lyrics Great | Kyle Rasmussen of VITRIOL

[@Cattledecap4life]

Finally some love for Barnes. He’s an easy punching bag nowadays, but in my eyes he’s a legend

[@Durkhead]

A lot of it is his own fault though cause hes a dik. But i think becoming a meme has actually saved his career

[@ridleysomeliana-lauer5814]

He’s a punching bag for a reason. That being said, those first three Cannibal records are fucking untouchable.

[@Eastonv1000]

Absolutely! Barnes is fucking awesome! I've met him in person and he's such a cool humble guy. Fuck that haters who say he's an asshole they provoke him and they get what they deserve.

[@echobutcher7027]

Chris Barnes will be always a Death Metal legend

[@Adam-pi9nb]

The bleeding is timeless, his lyrics on the first 4 cannibal records are untouchable, The early SFU albums are just as awesome

[@BeardGuy-vz8tn]

@@Adam-pi9nb 100%. Those first four albums are literally god tier.

[@mariamargiannis1510]

Chris barnes Had his peaks and he killed it and was brutally untouchable .he is beyond unique he whole look. stage presence and of course his death metal voice music and lyrics. Whole package and early sfu the band itself a bunch of killer musicians killer songs which i love greatly...catchy . He just keeps going his passion continues i love this . Just keeps producing brutal metal He must be honoured 💙💛🧡🤟🔥🏴‍☠️💚 A brutal death metal Legend...eeeeeeee

[@shredenvain7]

The vocals on Butchered at Birth are still some of the most brutal lows in all of death metal in my opinion

[@dethrocker]

That's not an opinion its true :)

[@dennisjordan4952]

@shredenvain7 yeah tomb of the mutilated too.the lyrics on those two albums are so unhinged and crazy.i got those feelings from the first two carcass albums too.

[@Hecatecrossways]

​@@dennisjordan4952The Vocals are much better on Butchered At Birth, and the Bleeding than Tomb of the Mutilated. Because the Vocals weren't recorded high enough in the mix.

[@spjmasson]

Finally some respect for Chris Barnes. Long overdue and well deserved

[@neilbottles2597]

Chris Barnes was a true poet.

[@soundgear7066]

@@neilbottles2597 to an Edgar Allen Poe level!

[@ridleysomeliana-lauer5814]

Nah. Dude can write some fun stuff but writing four albums about rape and torture isn’t exactly poetry.

[@soundgear7066]

@@ridleysomeliana-lauer5814 in the way he did to the details in which he did, absolutely. Great story telling or poetry isn't confined to subject matter. The 2nd & 3rd albums are the upper tier of gore based lyrical writing

[@ridleysomeliana-lauer5814]

@@soundgear7066 I guess I just don’t agree. To me, poetic depictions of gore tend to be the stuff Lord Worm wrote for Cryptopsy, but I won’t deny for a second that Barnes had a skill for crafting some real fucking wild lyrics.

[@charlespeter5610]

Wild how some of this interview was like a self-fulfilling prophecy. Less than a week after the original interview was posted Vitriol became a two piece

[@alexdicicco5230]

@@charlespeter5610 what happen

[@infinidominion]

​@@alexdicicco5230bassist out and I think the other guitarist too

[@alexdicicco5230]

@@infinidominion Adam's out whaaat?

[@scamtoons]

I met Chris once. He was a nice guy. Six feet under back in 2004 was a tight band to see live. They could grove pretty good.

[@t045tSKT]

I met Chris once and he randomly shoulder checked me. He was such a dick.

[@infinidominion]

​@@t045tSKTfeel blessed you fucking touched him

[@mark6302]

he punched travis from cattle decapitation in the head

[@t045tSKT]

@@mark6302 travis is punchable though

[@t045tSKT]

@@scamtoons you sure you didn't just meet another scrawny poser with dreadlocks?

[@Hecatecrossways]

Most of the lyrics Chris Barnes had written were based on real people, and events. Entrails was written about 2 brothers that actually did what the song title applies. Barnes had a friend that worked at a penitentiary, and would tell him about the sickest inmates.

[@jasearc]

Chris Barnes is the Alfred Hitchcock of death metal. While other bands just talk about killing people, Chris Barnes takes you further into horror death metal. It's also not just the music, it's also the album art that takes things to a whole different level. No other bands back then had album artwork like Cannibal Corpse apart from Mortician.

[@alexnevills6263]

Chris Barnes made me want to do Guttural vocals and write gore style lyrics absolute legend still look up to that dude

[@carlborman5165]

You defenetly need to have chris on your podcast

[@harryzimmerman7991]

He's pretty spot on about that, the early Barnes lyrics are very depraved, when we were playing that Cannibal, people who didn't know asked "what's he saying" and we'd be "you don't wanna know!"😂 I can also that they mentioned Black Metal, Per "Dead" Ohlin definitely wrote his lyrics from a very dark, bleak place, although it helped Mayhem and Norwegian BM solidify itself as a genre, he truly was a deeply disturbed person

[@thomasbaldiscola4671]

I'll never forget serving Chris Barnes Mac N Cheese at a Southern Buffet place in New Port Richey Florida back in the day! 🤘

[@TheLeader664]

what year was it?

[@jonathanergueta]

Finally a 6ftunder US tour happening.

[@TheLeader664]

I've been listening to them since I was 14 and now I finally have a chance 12 years later

[@NateSmith87]

The early Six Feet Under is fuckin untouchable, same with Chris's work with early CANNIBAL CORPSE

[@NateSmith87]

Crazy how now, 2 days ago, after finding out vitriol are coming to Tulsa, the bassist and other guitarist quit.

[@fromthesky1050]

Why did they quit? 🤔

[@Deftik]

Damn, great perspective!

[@veenoir1991]

Dude I had no idea Kyle would be on. Fking LOVE vitriol

[@knowsbeans]

I totally see where Kyle is coming from but also there is a positive side to it looking in reverse. When fans get into the hobby with “lighter metal” a lot of times that opens it up to delve deeper. Many of us started with Metallica or maiden and that opened the door to appreciate “heavier things” my first exposure to “harsh” lyrics was in flames. Likely because the melodic riffs pulled me in even if that vocals were not my original cup of tea. Now I listen to all kinds of death metal. This is the same for lyrical content. The blood and gore aspect is not attractive to newbies but there are gateway bands that expose it to you and it grows on you and you discover heavier things and build a taste for it.

[@fadingdimension]

That old stuff was authentic. Our generation avoids authenticity and tries to hide behind a veil of irony and self deprecating humor. There is a common sentiment I hear from people now, which is basically, that the old metal music was just kayfabe and larping for the lulz. Of course, they also really want you to know that they are totally in on the joke too, you know, because "its just edgy and funny". At least those old bands had the professional courtesy to stay in character, commited to the gimmick, and at the very least attempted to sell the whole illusion, so that we, as juveniles, could believe it was real.

[@obeatyrules419]

Human Target and Shadow of the Reaper are the shiznit

[@derroteerichausderzone4825]

Chris Barnes is the Drachenlord of the Death Metal Scene.

[@Divine_Serpent_Geh]

Eeeeeeeeeeee 😂 Sorry, couldn’t resist. Love Barnes though!

[@rusbell2981]

Man Kyle is fucking bad ass!

[@98romenningthoujam]

I am hardcore Barnes era CC fan

[@JulianEmdon]

That's truth right there.

[@KingCrimson82]

Yeah, he goes fully into channeling those murderers. He was a grunting Profiler and on stage "medium". But Cannibal corpse's members do not come from a dark place. They were naturally interested into the music form before it became a "handy" thing to do or like. Same goes for all OG Metal Fans, epople that listened to Metal in 80's and 90's besides Korn, Metallica or likewise had to do that from an inner impulse rather than from external factors. The external factors, Zines, Videos, Shows needed to be consumed by your own decision. Thats also why all long haired people greeted, trusted and knew each other. It took some determation to show interest into something that was not popular with normal people and or even learn an instrument without music lessons yet being specialized into teaching you how to do it. Most are basically self taught back in the day. Also that added to the integrity.

[@petermiller1575]

So many people trash Chris Barnes and I’m totally confused. He’s the goat and the original. I’m 55 years old and still listen to him. It never gets old for me. He has his own style that nobody can match.

[@N6J6R6]

Real talk..

[@Joshua_Froschauer]

6'⚰️Graveyard Classics One made Death Metal clicc with Me- the vocals, actually...they were so over the top gruff I laughed at the absurdity but all the while the song choices and there arrangements etc fuccin rocced hard and then it clicced and I began.

[@anthonyzanfardino7506]

Meh I knew a ton of death metal guys from those days none where in dark places they were just horror movie fans.

[@LifeDrain001]

Your anecdotal knowledge surely applies to 100% of musicians

[@Americanrancher7574]

The Lars ulrich of death metal

[@SIRebrum]

Haha 💯

[@mark6302]

ooo low blow xD

[@Kin_Ton_Ti]

@@Americanrancher7574 looks wise? Or douche wise?

[@NeilDmonte]

I heard Seth Putnam was influenced by Chris

[@richardrofacale4557]

Pfffttt! "Great lyrics". His lyrics are as good as his vocals on any given album and that's one Hell of a downward slope.

[@Nkic-r3k]

Chris Barnes? Not so sureeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee about him.

[@derroteerichausderzone4825]

Eeeeeeee

[@Hecatecrossways]

I don't like the post Barnes Cannibal Corpse lyrics because they are mainly gory just for the sake of being gory.

[@ThugNerd]

METHRIOL

[@Jmack7861]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@riffgroove]

Chris Barnes turned into a parody of himself very quickly. Tomb of the Mutilated, which was his last good album, came put over 30 years ago.

[@LifeDrain001]

The Bleeding has his best lyrics and Created to Kill was badass too. You’re just a dick smoker

[@TheLeader664]

wrong

[@necron9028]

complimenting Barnes? downvote

[@Durkhead]

Why? He was good in cannibal corpse and the first sfu album

[@robertl.wilson1199]

@@Durkhead People just wanna meme and be part of an echo chamber.

[@anthonyzanfardino7506]

​@@Durkheadpeople are followers it's become the " cool" thing to do.

[@deadliestassassin3092]

Downvote over that? You're pathetic lol.

[@TheLeader664]

it's only the cornballs like you that think like this. grow up