Carnifex
A punishing deathcore group based out of San Diego, Carnifex's uncompromising blend of traditional death metal and metallic hardcore is built on a foundation forged by severe metal luminaries like Slayer, Carcass, and In Flames. Emerging in 2005, Carnifex issued a pair of well-received albums before lurching out from the underground with their relentless third studio effort, 2010's Hell Chose Me. Subsequent outings like Die Without Hope (2014), Graveside Confessions (2021), and Necromanteum (2023) continued to mine the depths of extreme music, adding symphonic black metal to their already formidable sonic arsenal.
Carnifex formed in Fallbrook, California, in 2005 around the talents of Scott Lewis (vocals), Shawn Cameron (drums), Rick James (guitar), and Kevin Vargas (bass). After the band released a self-titled demo through Enclave Records, James and Vargas departed and were replaced by bassist Steve McMahon and guitarist Travis Whiting, resulting in the 2006 EP Love Lies in Ashes. The group inked a deal with This City Is Burning Records in 2007 and released their full-length debut, Dead in My Arms, during which the band recruited a second guitar player, Jake Anderson, for a tour that included dates with Whitechapel and Emmure.
The following year, Carnifex signed with Victory Records and endured another lineup change with the departure of McMahon and Anderson and the addition of Fred Calderon and Ryan Gudmunds. The group's sophomore outing, 2008's The Diseased and the Poisoned, peaked at number 19 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, while their third release, 2009's Hell Chose Me, sold over 3,000 copies in its very first week. The well-received Until I Feel Nothing arrived in 2011, followed in 2014 by their critically acclaimed fifth long-player, Die Without Hope, issued by Nuclear Blast. 2016's lumbering Slow Death saw the band refining their sound, expanding on some of the classical and electronic elements that began creeping in on Die Without Hope. In 2019, Carnifex released World War X, which marked a return to the kinetic deathcore attack of their earlier work while maintaining an icy sheen of blackened symphonic metal. Two years later the band returned with punishing old-school blackened deathcore effort, Graveside Confessions. 2023's Necromanteum explored themes of existentialism and the afterlife with equal amounts of brutality and atmosphere.
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Discography
22 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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GRAVESIDE CONFESSIONS
Metal - Released by Nuclear Blast on 3 Sep 2021
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Bury Me in Blasphemy
Rock - Released by Nuclear Blast America on 7 Dec 2018
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Slow Death
Rock - Released by Nuclear Blast America on 5 Aug 2016
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Lie To My Face (2022)
Rock - Released by Nuclear Blast on 13 Jul 2022
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Die Without Hope
Rock - Released by Nuclear Blast America on 7 Mar 2014
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Dead In My Arms
Metal - Released by Uprising Records on 12 Jul 2007
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Until I Feel Nothing
Metal - Released by Victory Records on 25 Oct 2011
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Hell Chose Me (Bonus Track Version)
Rock - Released by Victory Records on 16 Feb 2010
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Death's Forgotten Children
Metal - Released by Nuclear Blast on 25 Aug 2023
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The Diseased And The Poisoned
Metal - Released by Victory Records on 23 Jun 2008
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Cursed (Isolation Mix)
Rock - Released by Nuclear Blast on 29 May 2020
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Dead Bodies Everywhere
Rock - Released by Nuclear Blast on 9 Apr 2021
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Slow Death (Track Commentary)
Rock - Released by Nuclear Blast America on 4 Aug 2016
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Dead But Dreaming
Metal - Released by Victory Records on 11 Oct 2011
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Raw Talk
Miscellaneous - Released by Demolition Hammer on 19 Nov 2009
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