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Carnifex - Slow Death



8.1 | 72 votes |
Release date: 5 August 2016
Style: Deathcore

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54 have it
8 want it


01. Dark Heart Ceremony
02. Slow Death
03. Drown Me In Blood
04. Pale Ghost
05. Black Candles Burning
06. Six Feet Closer To Hell
07. Necrotoxic
08. Life Fades To A Funeral
09. Countess Of The Crescent Moon
10. Servants To The Horde

Additional info
Produced and recorded by Carnifex and Mick Kenney.
Co-produced by Jason Suecof.
Mixed by Mark Lewis at Audiohammer Studios.
Cover art by Godmachine.

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Comments: 11   [ 1 ignored ]   Visited by: 227 users
28.07.2016 - 10:25
Rating: 9
s_t_s

Since it has leaked, I'm listening to this album and have already decided that it would me on my "summer 2016 hit" list
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28.07.2016 - 12:08
Rating: 8
Overrwatcher

I don't like filling out addresses and shit to semi-shady websites to unlock the leak so I'll wait patiently (but agonizingly) for the album.

As I said, this is shaping up to be the best deathcore album of the year, and a contender for best blackened death metal album of the year. The third single was released recently:



And it's fucking tight. That solo, although a bit abrupt, is an excellent addition to the song. Welcome to the big leagues, Carnifex. Going from your garbage Suicide Silence worship to a legitimately good blackened deathcore band attracting attention outside of the genre, you deserve it.
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Written by Dr. Strawberry on 12.06.2016 at 19:43

Overwatcher, MS Xena, crumbled him in no time. MS needs you to kill the boredom in here.
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28.07.2016 - 21:57
Rating: 9
s_t_s

Written by Overrwatcher on 28.07.2016 at 12:08

I don't like filling out addresses and shit to semi-shady websites to unlock the leak so I'll wait patiently (but agonizingly) for the album.



Erm dunno what you are talking about, I simply downloaded the album from some P2P proggy but make sure I will buy the album ! I just cannot wait until the official release date but I'm not another silly sucker who dl but never buys

Really like what I've listened to ! To me they are the new All Shall Perish as they manage to mix a lot of different elements (oki, let's be honest sometimes it just sounds like chaotic and brutal noise but then what if I enjoy it ?)
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05.08.2016 - 16:15
Rating: 8
Hellcult

Good enough to buy it! \m/
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And I see the blade fall down upon the head of lord in heaven
And Darkness falls upon the end of history
While I drink the milk of the Black Goddess and cry over the mankind

Black Moses is my name...
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06.08.2016 - 18:13
Rating: 8
Overrwatcher

Aaaaand it's out! Sadly my headphones just died so I have to use earbuds:

Sadly, the only songs on the level of the singles are the opener "Dark Heart Funeral" and the closing song "Servants to the Horde". All of the other songs have some really nice moments, like the Gojira-like guitar squeal in "Pale Ghost", the pretty nice (although unnecessary) acoustic interlude "Life Fades To A Funeral", or "Countess of the Crescent Moon" outside of the song-killing awkward breakdown in the middle. It's just that outside of that they are the same Carnifex we've heard forever. This is the fourth album in a row with the exact same style, just with a little more breakdowns and an endearingly cheesy 90's horror theme.

As much as I enjoy it, I'm struggling to give it a 9/10 simply because I expected better from them and I don't want them to get away with the fourth album in a row like this. Half of the songs are amazing, the other half falls just short of greatness and it makes me so disappointed in the album. They have shown they can make "Drown Me In Blood", the five weaker songs just feel half-assed in comparison. It's still great, don't get me wrong, just that it's way overshadowed by Infant Annihilator's release for deathcore AOTY and there are definitely better blackened DM albums this year.
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Written by Dr. Strawberry on 12.06.2016 at 19:43

Overwatcher, MS Xena, crumbled him in no time. MS needs you to kill the boredom in here.
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09.08.2016 - 00:10
Auntie Sahar
Drone Empress
Written by Overrwatcher on 28.07.2016 at 12:08

This is shaping up to be the best deathcore album of the year, and a contender for best blackened death metal album of the year

Not too big a fan of deathcore, but I can't argue that Carnifex are that. Blackened death metal though? No. Certainly wouldn't refer to them as such, I mean maybe I need to listen more but I've never heard any black metal in their sound whatsoever. As far as blackened death AOTY though, well...
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I am the Magician and the Exorcist. I am the axle of the wheel, and the cube in the circle. “Come unto me” is a foolish word: for it is I that go.

~ II. VII
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09.08.2016 - 11:15
Rating: 8
Overrwatcher

Written by Auntie Sahar on 09.08.2016 at 00:10

Written by Overrwatcher on 28.07.2016 at 12:08

This is shaping up to be the best deathcore album of the year, and a contender for best blackened death metal album of the year

Not too big a fan of deathcore, but I can't argue that Carnifex are that. Blackened death metal though? No. Certainly wouldn't refer to them as such, I mean maybe I need to listen more but I've never heard any black metal in their sound whatsoever. As far as blackened death AOTY though, well...


Early Carnifex was super generic deathcore, but they've added black metal influences over the years. Die Without Hope and onwards is when it becomes more noticeable. Here is what Scott said in the track-by-track commentary of the album, for "Countess of the Crescent Moon":

"So 'Countess of the Crescent Moon' was sort of an homage to when I was young. Cradle of Filth was a huge inspiration, still is. Dimmu Borgir, Immortal, Dissection... So that song to me was, going back and really trying to capture those feelings I felt from listening to Dusk... And Her Embrace, Reinkaos, Storm Of The Light's Bane, and the early Dimmu albums, stuff like Godless Savage Garden, stuff like that. And musically we put a huge black metal influence on that one, and lyrically we tried to take it back to that late 90's black metal sound that was just starting to get good production. I feel like we captured that real good."

So at the very least (since Reinkaos is pretty textbook melodeath), the guys at Carnifex grew up with late 90's black metal and see it as a major inspiration. But as it stands, it's definitely not deathcore album of the year (although it'll be in top 5 lists), let alone blackened death AOTY (a much harder category than deathcore). They seriously need to cut back on the breakdowns and learn how to make non-singles more appealing. The commentary for "Necrotoxic" was pretty much screaming "yeah this was a filler song and we didn't even expect it to be good." It feels like they missed an open goal, but it was the kind that bounced off the goalpost right back to them.

The way to look at it is that it's not blackened in the style of Burzum or Mayhem. Or even Immortal. It's a lot more in the lines of the CoF/Dimmu symphonic blackened sound early in their careers. Scott's words make a lot more sense that way.
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Written by Dr. Strawberry on 12.06.2016 at 19:43

Overwatcher, MS Xena, crumbled him in no time. MS needs you to kill the boredom in here.
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09.08.2016 - 11:50
Cynic Metalhead
Paisa Vich Nasha
I laughed it pretty hard when Scott started saying he's heavily influenced from CoF or early Dimmu which apparently, it's amusing none of those influential sounds has been seen in a deathcore band like Carnifex.

I always consider this band as a pure fucking mag band features in every goddamn mag around the world giving stupid interviews and making hassy music. Push Whitechapel into this too.
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22.08.2016 - 04:06
Rating: 9
Sircheesewhistle

Probably one of my favorite albums of this genre this year so far. Dark Heart Ceremony is one strong opener.
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13.09.2016 - 18:02
NecroToxic666

Best album this year, by far!
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29.07.2020 - 01:18
ickoriss

Easy to see why this is their highest rated. Phenomenal songwriting and their best output yet.
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