Carnival Is Forever
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Cover art by Łukasz Jaszak
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| Studio album by Decapitated | ||||
| Released | July 12, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | February 9 – March 31, 2011, RG Studio, Gdańsk, Poland | |||
| Genre | Technical death metal | |||
| Length | 42:30 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast, Riffs Factory/Mystic Production, Nippon Columbia | |||
| Producer | Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka, Daniel Bergstrand | |||
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Special edition CD+DVD
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Carnival Is Forever is the fifth studio album by Polish death metal band Decapitated. It was released on July 12, 2011, via Nuclear Blast Records. Carnival Is Forever was produced by Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka with Daniel Bergstrand.
Carnival Is Forever is Decapitated's first album to feature vocalist Rafał "Rasta" Piotrowski, and their only album to feature bassist Filip "Heinrich" Hałucha and drummer Kerim "Krimh" Lechner.
In 2009, after a period of disbandment, Decapitated's guitarist, composer and founding member Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka reformed the band with Austrian drummer Kerim "Krimh" Lechner, vocalist Rafał Piotrowski, and bassist Filip "Heinrich" Hałucha. Throughout 2010, the band toured in Europe, United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Decapitated entered RG Studio in Gdańsk, Poland on February 9, 2011, to record Carnival Is Forever, the follow-up to Organic Hallucinosis (2006). The album was produced by Kiełtyka, and the drum tracks were recorded with Daniel Bergstrand. In order to achieve "the 'true', organic and natural sound", the band recorded with live drums (without using drum triggers) and without double guitar tracks, which means one guitar per side.
Several riffs on the new album were created with previous drummer Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka. The almost two-month recording session was finished on March 31. The cover art was created by Łukasz Jaszak. The lyrics were contributed by Jarosław Szubrycht, the vocalist for Lux Occulta.
Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic said [...] implausibly heavy, musically vicious and polyrhythmically busy numbers such as "The Knife," "United," "404," and "Pest" (all of which owe a trick or two to Meshuggah, Gojira, and even Byzantine) appear to be at war with themselves -- such is the instrumental complexity displayed by each musician as he fights to out-shred his bandmates." Dave Schalek of About.com noted Decapitated musicians skills "[...] the quality of the musicianship is as high as ever. Vogg’s riffing and staccato time changes are tight and flawlessly played, and drummer Krimh fills out the sound with perfect accompaniment to Vogg’s frenetic riffing."
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