Six Feet Under Announce “Next To Die” Album – First Single “Unmistakable Smell Of Death” Is Out

Six Feet Under, Florida’s death metal pioneers, will release their fifteenth studio album via Metal Blade Records on April 24. The album is called “Next To Die”.

The first single and video from the album, for the track Unmistakable Smell Of Death, is available below, so go check it out.

Six Feet Under are also hitting stages across Europe this summer. They’ll bring their new studio album “Next To Die” to Slovenian fans on June 14, 2026, with a show at Orto Bar in Ljubljana. Special guests on the tour are Embryonic Autopsy. You’ll find more info HERE.

The band started out as a side project of Chris Owen in his last years with Cannibal Corpse, and put out their debut “Haunted” in 1995. Since 2017, Six Feet Under have been back in a lineup built around vocalist Chris Barnes and rhythm guitarist Jack Owen. With those two at the helm, they released the album “Nightmares Of The Decomposed” in 2020, followed by “Killing For Revenge” in 2024. 

The new album “Next To Die” was also produced by Owen and Barnes, with Mark Lewis handling the mixing and mastering at MRL Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).

Besides Barnes and Owen, the current lineup features guitarist Ray Suhy, bassist Jeff Hughell and drummer Marco Pitruzzella.

“Next To Die” will be available in all formats and their variations, and you can already pre-order it.

The tracklist for “Next To Die” is as follows:
1. Approach Your Grave
2. Destroyed Remains
3. Mister Blood And Guts
4. Mutilated Corpse In The Woods
5. Unmistakable Smell Of Death
6. Wrath And Terror Takes Command
7. Skin Coffins
8. Mind Hell
9. Naked And Dismembered
10. Grasped From Beyond
11. Next To Die
12. ILL Wishes

Six Feet Under are:
Chris Barnes – vocals
Jack Owen – rhythm guitar
Ray Suhy – lead guitar
Jeff Hughell – bass
Marco Pitruzzella – drums

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