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CARNATION

Embrace the new death metal overlords and their second full length ‘Where Death Lies’! CARNATION equals blistering and crushing death metal madness and, with this new chapter, return with relentless destruction and greater punishment than ever before.

Early 2013 guitar player Jonathan Verstrepen created the band to show his appreciation for the old school death metal legends from the 80’s & early 90’s. Vocalist Simon Duson, bass player Yarne Heylen, guitar player Bert Vervoort and drummer Vincent Verstrepen were summoned to complete the band and it didn’t take long until the chemistry between this quintet hit critical mass.

The Belgian’s first EP offering, entitled ‘Cemetery of the Insane’, was released upon the masses in 2015. Tracks such as ‘Explosive Cadavers’ or ‘The Rituals of Flesh’ take you back in time to the better days of shredding riffs, neck-breaking drums and skull-crushing guttural vocals.

The live rituals that followed were executed with stone cold merciless aggression. CARNATION delivered their bloodbath at select festivals across Europe during 2015 and 2016. Their next journey led them to distant Asia for their first tour across mainland Japan. This resulted in the infamous ‘Live at Asakusa Deathfest’ album, which saw the light in 2017.

These releases, combined with their reputation as a notoriously impressive live act, drew the attention of fans worldwide and provided CARNATION with the opportunity to perform at several European festivals and saw the band touring alongside PESTILENCE during their special Brazilian tour in April 2018. After signing with Season of Mist in 2018, CARNATION welcomed new and loyal audiences to death’s domain and invited them to witness them rise to their throne!

CARNATION rage on in 2019 with more spectacular live shows at 70.000 Tons of Metal, Alcatraz (BE) and Damnation Festival (UK), as part of their touring rampage throughout Japan and Europe (with PUNGENT STENCH and DESERTED FEAR), before entering the studio for the recordings of a brand new album. The mastering for the new offering was done by the mighty Jens Bogren (SEPULTURA, ENSLAVED, ARCH ENEMY) at the Fascination Street Studios in Örebro (SE).

With ‘Where Death Lies’ a new chapter of abhorrence now begins and opens up a hellish path to resurrection, reincarnation and immortality. You wanted death? CARNATION is here with a superior appearance performing new rituals in service of ancient deities. All hail the new death metal overlords!

Releases

WHERE DEATH LIES (Season of Mist – September 18th, 2020)

01 Iron Discipline
02 Sepulcher of Alteration
03 Where Death Lies
04 Spirit Excision
05 Napalm Ascension
06 Serpent’s Breath
07 Malformed Regrowth
08 Reincarnation
09 In Chasms Abysmal

Total length: 40:00
Recorded at Hertz Studio, Białystok, Poland (Drums only) & Project Zero Studio, Nijlen, Belgium
Mixed by Yarne Heylen/Project Zero Studio, Nijlen, Belgium
Mastered by Jens Bogren/Fascination Street, Örebro, Sweden

CHAPEL OF ABHORRENCE (Season of Mist – August 17th, 2018)

01 The Whisperer
02 Hellfire
03 Chapel of Abhorrence
04 The Unconquerable Sun
05 Disciples of Bloodlust
06 Hatred Unleashed
07 Plaguebreeder
08 Magnum Chaos
09 Sermon of the Dead
10 Fathomless Depths
11 Power Trip

Total length: 47:37
Recorded & Mixed by Bert Vervoort & Yarne Heylen/Project Zero Studio, Nijlen, Belgium
Mastered by Dan Swanö/Unisound Studio, Örebro, Sweden

LIVE AT ASAKUSA DEATHFEST (Rock Tribune Magazine – April 1st, 2017)

01 The Rituals of Flesh
02 Hellfire
03 Sermon of the Dead
04 The Great Deceiver
05 Explosive Cadavers
06 Fathomless Depths

Total length: 26:20
Recorded by Jason Gluck at Asakusa Deathfest, Japan
Mixed & Mastered by Yarne Heylen/Project Zero Studio, Nijlen, Belgium

CEMETERY OF THE INSANE (Final Gate Records – March 28th, 2015)

01 Explosive Cadavers
02 Cemetery of the Insane
03 The Rituals of Flesh
04 Delusions of Power
05 The Great Deceiver

Total length: 19:39
Recorded by Bert Vervoort & Yarne Heylen/Project Zero Studio, Nijlen, Belgium
Mixed & Mastered by Bert Vervoort & Yarne Heylen/Project Zero Studio, Nijlen, Belgium

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