Jack Owen (born December 6, 1967) is an American guitarist and a member of the

death metal Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, feat ...

band Six Feet Under. He was one of the founding members of

Cannibal Corpse Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band formed in Buffalo, New York in 1988, now based out of Tampa, Florida. The band has released fifteen studio albums, two box sets, four video albums, and two live albums. The band has had little radi ...

. He stayed with the band from their formation in 1988 until 2004 when he left because he wanted to move on, as stated in the '' Centuries of Torment'' DVD. Later that year though, he was hired by

Deicide Deicide is the killing (or the killer) of a god. The concept may be used for any act of killing a god, including a life-death-rebirth deity who is killed and then resurrected. Etymology The term deicide was coined in the 17th century from m ...

—another influential and long-running Florida

band—with whom he recorded four albums. He left the band in 2016. In 2007, Owen played shows with Adrift before joining Order of Ennead at times when their guitarist, John Li, was unavailable. In 2009 Owen played guitar for a white power band Attack on their album ''Fade Away'', though he claimed it was merely session work and he was not informed of their racist beliefs beforehand.

Discography

Cannibal Corpse

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Eaten Back to Life ''Eaten Back to Life'' is the debut studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. It was released on August 17, 1990 through Metal Blade Records. The album was banned in Germany—censored versions of the album were not available, ...

'' (1990) *''

Butchered at Birth ''Butchered at Birth'' is the second studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. It was released in 1991 through Metal Blade Records. Track listing All lyrics written by Chris Barnes. All music written by Cannibal Corpse. Pers ...

'' (1991) *''

Tomb of the Mutilated ''Tomb of the Mutilated'' is the third studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. It was released in 1992 through Metal Blade Records and is the last record with the band's original lineup, as founding guitarist Bob Rusay was fire ...

'' (1992) *'' The Bleeding'' (1994) *'' Vile'' (1996) *''

Gallery of Suicide ''Gallery of Suicide'' is the sixth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. It was released in 1998 through Metal Blade Records. It is also the first Cannibal Corpse album to feature former Nevermore (band), Nevermore guitarist ...

'' (1998) *'' Bloodthirst'' (1999) *''

Gore Obsessed ''Gore Obsessed'' is the eighth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released in 2002 by Metal Blade Records. The Japanese version of the album includes "Compelled to Lacerate" as a live bonus track. Track listing Cr ...

'' (2002) *''

The Wretched Spawn ''The Wretched Spawn'' is the ninth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. The cover art is by Vincent Locke. This is the last studio album to feature guitarist Jack Owen, one of the band's founding members, and up to the 201 ...

'' (2004)

Deicide

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The Stench of Redemption ''The Stench of Redemption'' is the eighth studio album by American death metal band Deicide. It is the first album by the band to feature Jack Owen (formerly of Cannibal Corpse) and Ralph Santolla (formerly of Iced Earth) on guitars. Some editio ...

'' (2006) *'' Till Death Do Us Part'' (2008) *''

To Hell with God ''To Hell with God'' is the tenth studio album by American death metal band Deicide. The follow-up to '' Till Death Do Us Part'' (2008), it was originally intended to be released in 2009 before being pushed back to a 2010 release, and was final ...

'' (2011) *''

In the Minds of Evil ''In the Minds of Evil'' is the eleventh studio album by American death metal band Deicide. It was released on November 25, 2013, by Century Media Records. It was the first album to feature guitarist Kevin Quirion and the last to feature guitar ...

'' (2013)

Six Feet Under

*'' Nightmares of the Decomposed'' (2020)

Adrift

*''Absolution'' (2007)

Estuary

* Played bass live in 2007 on European tour.

Attack

*''Fade Away'' 2009

Grave Descent

*''Grave Descent'' MCD 2011

Tennessee Murder Club

*''Sessions, "The Pact" 2013 Full Length Release

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20130902111237/http://www.html.forrestfogarty.us/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Owen, Jack American heavy metal guitarists Death metal musicians Living people Cannibal Corpse members 1967 births People from Akron, New York Seven-string guitarists American male guitarists 20th-century American guitarists Six Feet Under (band) members Deicide (band) members