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Decapitated - Carnival Is Forever



7.8 | 306 votes |
Release date: 12 July 2011
Style: Groove metal , Death metal

Owners:

283 have it
45 want it


Disc I
01. The Knife
02. United
03. Carnival Is Forever
04. Homo Sum
05. 404
06. A View From A Hole
07. Pest
08. Silence

Disc II [DVD] [Special Edition]
+ In-Studio: Making Of...

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01.08.2011 - 13:29
Rating: 7
Moosh666

Different, but good
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02.08.2011 - 07:22
Rating: 9
Misfit74

Long, long-time metal fan and had never knowingly listened to Decapitated. I saw it on top of the chart and decided to check it out. Blew my fucking head off! I'm IN. Fantastic guitar work, especially. I'm now a HUGE Decapitated fan. They make Vader sound like Motley Crue.

Decapitated and Hail of Bullets are my two new most-listened bands, along with the new Sepultura album.
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02.08.2011 - 10:12
Rating: 9
ASiema113

Pure brutally, loved it through the high, the low, the fast and the slow.

Haven't heard anything since The Negation that really caught my interest, I guess I enjoy their new vocalist and find Victor as fresh as ever on the guitar. Feel similarly about Dissection's 'Reinkaos' & this album but feel I must also trek lightly.
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Written by Guest on 18.01.2008 at 09:05

People are always at their very best when they're dead.
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05.08.2011 - 23:18
Stabby
Account deleted
Love it. This is the first album I have heard from them and it is great. So crunchy and brutal with great flow, now I know why they're popular.
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09.08.2011 - 11:44
buyrecords

This album totally slays. In the initial listens i felt that the track "Silence" was of no use, but after multiple listens i understood the need for that track. After the complete aural assault, silence is what is required, to get back to your senses.
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12.08.2011 - 23:53
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Huh. Not the worst thing I've ever heard, but it's definitely the worst they've done. Some good songs here and there with a lot of filler tracks and filler moments in the good songs...I mean it's still a pretty decent tech-death album and once you come to terms with the vocalist it gets easier to listen to, but I really wanted this album to do more damage than it did.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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14.08.2011 - 07:48
Rating: 9
Misfit74

Upon further review: fantastic. Can't wait to see them in Portland this fall. I love the unpredictability and complexity of the riffs and arrangements. Brilliant guitar work for what they do. Certainly, Decapitated is now one of my new favorites.
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19.09.2011 - 21:03
Rating: 9
fosi

Killer album!!!
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22.09.2011 - 02:06
AtrumHiberna

It needs a few listens to dig it. I didn't like it at first, but I gave it a chance.
I find it very normal and logic that this album sounds a little different than their other ones. A band MUST progress, otherwise it will end up boring and repetitive. Some must learn to understand and accept this.
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This is my worship, this is my path...
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02.10.2011 - 07:23
JÄY
Metal slave
Written by Don_Doom on 01.08.2011 at 02:01

Ahahaha I don´t know how or why is a good album for all of them!!

I only listened 2 songs, and I closed my Itunes.


Different tastes, but for me this album sucks!!!


you only listened to 2 songs and felt justified in rating the entire album?
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20.12.2011 - 02:02
Mattybu

Listened to this one a few times and it's pretty good. Especially The Knife and Homo Sum, those two tracks are killer. Good stuff.
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21.03.2012 - 01:29
Rating: 6
Dark Cornatus
Powerslave
Written by JÄY on 02.10.2011 at 07:23

Written by Don_Doom on 01.08.2011 at 02:01

Ahahaha I don´t know how or why is a good album for all of them!!

I only listened 2 songs, and I closed my Itunes.


Different tastes, but for me this album sucks!!!


you only listened to 2 songs and felt justified in rating the entire album?

That is fine? 2 songs is all you need to justify an album. Bands don't just change style after the first 2 songs. Clearly the music style doesn't work for him. The vocals for example, they sure don't work for me. After i heard the first song i knew i was going to not really get into this album. This album is barely death metal lol.
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22.03.2012 - 19:03
JÄY
Metal slave
Written by Dark Cornatus on 21.03.2012 at 01:29

Written by JÄY on 02.10.2011 at 07:23

Written by Don_Doom on 01.08.2011 at 02:01

Ahahaha I don´t know how or why is a good album for all of them!!

I only listened 2 songs, and I closed my Itunes.


Different tastes, but for me this album sucks!!!


you only listened to 2 songs and felt justified in rating the entire album?

That is fine? 2 songs is all you need to justify an album. Bands don't just change style after the first 2 songs. Clearly the music style doesn't work for him. The vocals for example, they sure don't work for me. After i heard the first song i knew i was going to not really get into this album. This album is barely death metal lol.


...interesting
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23.03.2012 - 01:56
Troy Killjoy
perfunctionist
Written by JÄY on 22.03.2012 at 19:03
...interesting

I can usually tell what I'm going to think after listening to one or two songs from an album, but for the most part I listen to it in full at least once before passing any kind of official judgment.

The exception here would be Lulu. I listened to... in total, probably about 6 minutes. And even that was enough to scar me for life.
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"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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27.03.2012 - 02:47
Rating: 6
Dark Cornatus
Powerslave
Written by Troy Killjoy on 23.03.2012 at 01:56

Written by JÄY on 22.03.2012 at 19:03
...interesting

I can usually tell what I'm going to think after listening to one or two songs from an album, but for the most part I listen to it in full at least once before passing any kind of official judgment.

The exception here would be Lulu. I listened to... in total, probably about 6 minutes. And even that was enough to scar me for life.

Hahaha Lulu scarred me for life too. The lyrics are so weird.
This youtube video sums Lulu up for me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRP_dwEUQwI

In my point above i still listen to the album usually as a whole. My point was that i can draw conclusions after 2 songs about key aspects of the band (whether or not i like the vocals, production, direction, etc). Listening to the album through means you can try to develop a liking for it.

As in the case with this album. I have given it two complete listens, and i find it to be mediocre. Decapitated has never had strong vocals, and they have declined in quality over time to the point now where it affects the overall music for me. Not to mention this album is not heavy enough either.
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26.04.2012 - 21:05
Rating: 8
infernaldeath87

Great album! It's just too short!
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04.05.2012 - 18:13
Rating: 9
Slyfang

Written by Dangerboner on 22.07.2011 at 20:08

Interesting how Vitek gets writing credits for most of the songs

Not Decapitated's best, but at least The Knife is a top 10 Decapitated song, for me


Because the album was probably half written already before the accident?
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11.07.2012 - 15:40
Rating: 7
musicalkaratekid

The album that introduced me to the band. The fact that it seems to be the band's weakest record makes me think it wasn't a very good place to start, but I was curious. This is really good technical death metal, but you can't help but feel if one song really does sound different from any other or not. That said, the title track is absolutely stellar.
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04.02.2013 - 01:32
Góral
Combo Breaker
A few days ago I saw them live. This is a must see, they are really fuckin great. "Homo Sum" live kills.
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15.02.2013 - 11:03
Rating: 10
szakiel

Very fresh album, I love that new style!
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15.02.2013 - 15:21
Paz
Nuclear Cowboy
This album has grown on me with time. If anyone complains about vocals, this is further proof that not every polish dm should sound like Behemłoth and Vader.
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03.11.2019 - 12:26
Rating: 8
angel.
Evil Butterfly
Written by Troy Killjoy on 12.08.2011 at 23:53

Huh. Not the worst thing I've ever heard, but it's definitely the worst they've done. Some good songs here and there with a lot of filler tracks and filler moments in the good songs...I mean it's still a pretty decent tech-death album and once you come to terms with the vocalist it gets easier to listen to, but I really wanted this album to do more damage than it did.


what's with the vocalist?

Music wise I think it's just fine, nothing mind-blowing and nothing that boring. I think their strength in this album is their lyrics.
And I think this is a lot better than what they did later.
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The Fangirl.
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