Carnage (band)
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Carnage was a Swedish death metal band whose members later went on to found Dismember
, Arch Enemy and the Grindcore
band Carcass
. The band was formed by Michael Amott
and Johan Liiva
in 1988. They released only one album before dissolving in 1991.
and Johan Liiva
. They released two-widely traded demos The Day Man Lost and Infestation of Evil in 1989. Plagued by lineup changes, Carnage eventually released their only album, Dark Recollections
in 1990 when Michael Amott was the sole remaining founding member. The album was released as a split CD with Cadaver
's Hallucinating Anxiety
on Necrosis Records, a subdivision of Earache Records
, and was re-released with bonus tracks in 2000.
Michael Amott went on to join Carcass
, and later formed Arch Enemy
(with Johan Liiva
) and Spiritual Beggars
. Matti Kärki
, David Blomqvist, and Fred Estby
went on to reform Dismember
.
Dismember (band)
Dismember was a Swedish death metal band that formed in 1988. They are well known in the death metal underground. They split up in October 2011.-History:...
, Arch Enemy and the Grindcore
Grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
band Carcass
Carcass (band)
Carcass are an extreme metal band from England, who formed in 1985 and disbanded in 1995. A reunion was enacted in 2008 without one of its original members, drummer Ken Owen, due to health reasons....
. The band was formed by Michael Amott
Michael Amott
Michael Amott is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter, founding member of the bands Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars, and Carnage, as well as a member of the death metal band Carcass. He is the older brother of Christopher Amott...
and Johan Liiva
Johan Liiva
Johan Patrik Mattias Liiva is a Swedish extreme metal vocalist, most widely recognized as the founding vocalist of popular melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, as well as a former member of Carnage, Furbowl, and NonExist...
in 1988. They released only one album before dissolving in 1991.
History
Carnage was founded at the end of 1988 by Michael AmottMichael Amott
Michael Amott is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter, founding member of the bands Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars, and Carnage, as well as a member of the death metal band Carcass. He is the older brother of Christopher Amott...
and Johan Liiva
Johan Liiva
Johan Patrik Mattias Liiva is a Swedish extreme metal vocalist, most widely recognized as the founding vocalist of popular melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, as well as a former member of Carnage, Furbowl, and NonExist...
. They released two-widely traded demos The Day Man Lost and Infestation of Evil in 1989. Plagued by lineup changes, Carnage eventually released their only album, Dark Recollections
Dark Recollections
Dark Recollections is the debut album by the cult death metal band, Carnage, released in 1990. It was originally released as a split CD with Cadaver's debut album Hallucinating Anxiety on the Earache Records sublabel Necrosis. Some of the songs were later re-recorded by Dismember...
in 1990 when Michael Amott was the sole remaining founding member. The album was released as a split CD with Cadaver
Cadaver (band)
Cadaver was a death metal band from Råde, Norway. The band had a brief venture in the early 1990s before splitting in 1993. Cadaver would eventually re-emerge as Cadaver Inc. in 1999 which consisted of only one founding member...
's Hallucinating Anxiety
Hallucinating Anxiety
Hallucinating Anxiety is the debut album by the Norwegian death metal band Cadaver. Originally, it was released as a split CD with Carnage's only album, Dark Recollections, in 1990, through a sublabel of Earache Records, Necrosis, which consisted of members of popular grindcore/death metal band...
on Necrosis Records, a subdivision of Earache Records
Earache Records
Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
, and was re-released with bonus tracks in 2000.
Michael Amott went on to join Carcass
Carcass (band)
Carcass are an extreme metal band from England, who formed in 1985 and disbanded in 1995. A reunion was enacted in 2008 without one of its original members, drummer Ken Owen, due to health reasons....
, and later formed Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy (band)
Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a supergroup, from Halmstad, formed in 1996. Its members were in bands such as Carcass, Armageddon, Carnage, Mercyful Fate, Spiritual Beggars, and Eucharist to name a few. It was founded by Carcass guitarist Michael Amott along with Johan...
(with Johan Liiva
Johan Liiva
Johan Patrik Mattias Liiva is a Swedish extreme metal vocalist, most widely recognized as the founding vocalist of popular melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, as well as a former member of Carnage, Furbowl, and NonExist...
) and Spiritual Beggars
Spiritual Beggars
Spiritual Beggars is a hard rock/stoner metal band from Halmstad, Sweden, formed by Michael Amott, who is known from Arch Enemy, Carcass and Carnage.- Biography :...
. Matti Kärki
Matti Kärki
Matti Kärki, born December 13, 1972, is a Swedish singer who is best known for his work with Dismember. Before he joined Dismember in 1991, he was the singer in the Swedish band Carnage . The first band fronted by Kärki was Therion in 1989. He also appears with the Autopsy-inspired Murder Squad...
, David Blomqvist, and Fred Estby
Fred Estby
Fred Estby is a Swedish drummer. He is best known as the drummer and main songwriter of the Swedish death metal band Dismember. Before he played drums in the band Carnage...
went on to reform Dismember
Dismember (band)
Dismember was a Swedish death metal band that formed in 1988. They are well known in the death metal underground. They split up in October 2011.-History:...
.
Discography
- The Day Man Lost (1989 demo)
- Live in Stockholm (1989 EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
) - Infestation of Evil (1989 demo)
- Dark RecollectionsDark RecollectionsDark Recollections is the debut album by the cult death metal band, Carnage, released in 1990. It was originally released as a split CD with Cadaver's debut album Hallucinating Anxiety on the Earache Records sublabel Necrosis. Some of the songs were later re-recorded by Dismember...
(1990)
Members
- Michael AmottMichael AmottMichael Amott is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter, founding member of the bands Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars, and Carnage, as well as a member of the death metal band Carcass. He is the older brother of Christopher Amott...
- guitar (1988–1990) - Matti KärkiMatti KärkiMatti Kärki, born December 13, 1972, is a Swedish singer who is best known for his work with Dismember. Before he joined Dismember in 1991, he was the singer in the Swedish band Carnage . The first band fronted by Kärki was Therion in 1989. He also appears with the Autopsy-inspired Murder Squad...
- vocals (1989–1990) - Fred EstbyFred EstbyFred Estby is a Swedish drummer. He is best known as the drummer and main songwriter of the Swedish death metal band Dismember. Before he played drums in the band Carnage...
- drums (1989–1990) - David Blomqvist - guitar (1989–1990)
- Johnny Dordevic - bass (1989–1990)
- Johan LiivaJohan LiivaJohan Patrik Mattias Liiva is a Swedish extreme metal vocalist, most widely recognized as the founding vocalist of popular melodic death metal band Arch Enemy, as well as a former member of Carnage, Furbowl, and NonExist...
- bass, vocals (1988) - Jeppe Larsson - drums (1988)