Lately It Has Been Taken To A Whole Other Level

Between vicious merch cuts and the price of every part today, touring might simply spell monetary demise for musicians. Even somebody like Six Feet Under vocalist Chris Barnes – who has seen loads of success through the years, together with with the brand new Six Feet Under report Killing For Revenge – is unfortunately feeling the warmth.

In an interview with New Noise Magazine, Barnes mentioned he actually appreciates the need from followers for him to tour, however sadly issues do not get any simpler.

“Musicians have all the time taken the brunt of every part as a result of we love doing this a lot,” mentioned Barnes. “We have all the time been taken benefit of, and different persons are those who make the cash whereas we do the work. It has been powerful through the years, however currently it has been taken to a complete different degree.

“Fuel is like $5 a gallon, and with the price of all of the issues you must journey, and solely making about 10% greater than you used to so far as getting paid, it isn’t arduous to do the mathematics. However followers have a one-track thoughts; they’re like ‘Get right here, we need to see you!’ And I respect the love, but it surely’s getting tougher and tougher to tour and journey.”

However hey, at the very least there’s one other new Six Feet Under report already written! No severely, Killing For Revenge is just a few months previous and Six Feet Under has a brand new one within the can that they wrote in late 2023. So keep tuned for that hopefully throughout the subsequent 12 months.

“The subsequent album is already written, really. It has been written since I believe December and even earlier. We had an actual bust of writing and simply did not cease. I’ve already demoed out lyrics and every part however perhaps three songs are accomplished. So there may be undoubtedly nonetheless extra to come back.”