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Six Feet Under Warpath Metal Blade Warpath is like the death-metal soundtrack to a bad horror movie filled with excerpts from Jason's diary. On "Revenge of the Zombie," lead vocalist Chris Barnes belts out, "From the grave I will escape / maggots crawl from out my skull / the worms they feed upon my brain / the life I lost I now regain." One can't help but think of pick-ax murderer Karla Faye Tucker when he barks, "Your torture brings me pleasure / I climax as I murder" ("Burning Blood"). Barnes' lyrics are paradoxical, because while he screams about gruesome destruction he also longs for freedom ("Manipulation," "4:20" and "Caged and Disgraced"). Musically, Six Feet Under's death metal is ideal for thrashing, but the juvenile lyrics are almost unbearable. (Sarah Quelland) Chocolate Weasel Spaghettification Ninjatune If psycho Picassos Chocolate Weasel (is the name a rip on Peanut Butter Wolf?) submitted to random magic-mushroom testing, they'd suffer the fate of a Canadian bobsledder. The music industry has yet to make its artists piss in cups; thus Spaghettification is an tune-in, turn-on trip. The CD takes listeners through crates of records, hard drives stocked with beats and sheets of blotter paper. "Reworked From Scratch Backwards" is bounce-rock-skate music for roller rinks on Mars. "11th Hour Concept," "Coda" and "Way of the Weasel" are creative beat edits that startle and juggle. What would you expect from a crew that credits David Lynch, Crass, Hawkwind and A Tribe Called Quest? If you're down with Prince Paul's Psychoanalysis album, Spaghettification makes an excellent companion piece. (Todd S. Inoue) [ San Jose | Metroactive Central | Archives ]