Carnival Is Forever
{{Infobox album
| name = Carnival Is Forever
| type = studio
| artist = Decapitated
| cover = Decapitated - Carnival Is Forever.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Cover art by Łukasz Jaszak
| released = {{Start date|2011|07|12|df=y}}
| recorded = 9 February – 31 March 2011
| studio = RG Studio, Gdańsk, Poland
| genre = Technical death metal
| length = {{Duration|m=42|s=30}}
| label = Nuclear Blast, Riffs Factory/Mystic Production, Nippon Columbia
| producer = Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka, Daniel Bergstrand
| prev_title = Organic Hallucinosis
| prev_year = 2006
| next_title = Blood Mantra
| next_year = 2014
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = studio
| cover = Decapitated - Carnival Is Forever alternate.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = Special edition CD+DVD
}}
}}
Carnival Is Forever is the fifth studio album by Polish death metal band Decapitated. It was released on 12 July 2011 via Nuclear Blast. 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.
Background
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/decapitated-new-drummer-announced|title=Decapitated: New Drummer Announced|date=July 30, 2009|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=177431581&blogId=517802074|title=UK Tour 2010!|publisher=MySpace|access-date=2011-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065936/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view|archive-date=2009-02-07|url-status=dead}} Throughout 2010, the band toured in Europe, United States, Australia and New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/decapitated-the-faceless-all-shall-perish-confirmed-for-summer-slaughter-tour|title=Decapitated, The Faceless, All Shall Perish Confirmed For Summer Slaughter Tour|date=April 15, 2010|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/decapitated-new-lineup-announced|title=Decapitated: New Lineup Announced|date=November 20, 2009|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}
Decapitated entered RG Studio in Gdańsk, Poland on 9 February 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/decapitated-to-enter-studio-next-month|title=Decapitated To Enter Studio Next Month|date=January 21, 2011|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/decapitated-recording-new-album-photos-report-available|title=Decapitated Recording New Album; Photos, Report Available|date=February 14, 2011|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=September 8, 2013}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/wiadomosci/metal/news/decapitated-efekt-jest-piorunujacy,1618117,47 |title=Decapitated: Efekt jest piorunujący |date=March 31, 2011 |publisher=muzyka.interia.pl |language=Polish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110508152820/http://muzyka.interia.pl/wiadomosci/metal/news/decapitated-efekt-jest-piorunujacy%2C1618117%2C47 |archivedate=2011-05-08 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/label/music/news/details/323422.decapitated-final-studio-report.html|title=Decapitated final studio report|date=April 1, 2011|publisher=Nuclear Blast}}
Several riffs on the new album were created with previous drummer Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka. The almost two-month recording session finished on 31 March. The cover art was created by Łukasz Jaszak.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/decapitated-carnival-is-forever-track-listing-unveiled|title=Decapitated: 'Carnival Is Forever' Track Listing Unveiled|date=May 13, 2011|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=September 8, 2013}} The lyrics were contributed by Jarosław Szubrycht, the vocalist for Lux Occulta.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/decapitated-new-album-title-announced|title=Decapitated: New Album Title Announced|date=May 9, 2011|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|first=Eduardo|last=Rivadavia|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/carnival-is-forever-mw0002164544|title=Carnival Is Forever - Decapitated|publisher=Allmusic|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}
| rev2 = About.com
| rev3 = Blabbermouth.net
| rev3Score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite web|first=Scott|last=Alisoglu|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/carnival-is-forever|title=Carnival Is Forever Decapitated|date=28 July 2011|publisher=Blabbermouth.net|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}
| rev5 = Brave Words
| rev5Score = {{Rating|9|10}}{{cite web|url=http://bravewords.com/reviews/decapitated-carnival-is-forever|title = Decapitated - Carnival Is Forever|first=David|last=Perri|date=July 8, 2011|accessdate=August 25, 2014|publisher=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles}}
| rev6 = Revolver
| rev7 = Teraz Rock
| rev7Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|first=Łukasz|last=Wewiór|url=http://www.terazrock.pl/recenzje/czytaj/Carnival-Is-Forever.html#more|title=Decapitated – Carnival Is Forever review|publisher=www.terazrock.pl|accessdate=September 21, 2013}}
}}
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."
Scott Alisoglu of Blabbermouth.net also praised musicianship: "In what turns out to be an ace rhythm section, bassist Filip Halucha and Kerim "Krimh" Lechner deliver the rhythmic goods in the form of tight, acrobatic performances and some very colorful percussion that both contrasts and syncs up with all those gouging and biting Waclaw riffs."
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_lyrics = Jarosław Szubrycht
| total_length = 42:30
| title1 = The Knife
| length1 = 4:31
| music1 = Wacław Kiełtyka, Witold Kiełtyka, Kerim Lechner
| title2 = United
| music2 = Kiełtyka, Lechner
| length2 = 5:24
| title3 = Carnival Is Forever
| music3 = Kiełtyka, Kiełtyka, Lechner
| length3 = 8:49
| title4 = Homo Sum
| music4 = Kiełtyka, Kiełtyka, Lechner
| length4 = 4:33
| title5 = 404
| music5 = Kiełtyka, Kiełtyka, Lechner
| length5 = 5:08
| title6 = A View from a Hole
| music6 = Kiełtyka, Lechner
| length6 = 6:11
| title7 = Pest
| music7 = Kiełtyka, Kiełtyka, Lechner
| length7 = 3:36
| title8 = Silence
| music8 = Kiełtyka
| length8 = 4:18
| note8 = Instrumental
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Special edition DVD
| title1 = Studio Report 2011
| length1 = 19:35
}}
Personnel
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
=Decapitated=
- Rafał "Rasta" Piotrowski – vocals
- Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka – guitars, production
- Filip "Heinrich" Hałucha – bass
- Kerim "Krimh" Lechner – drums
=Additional musicians=
=Production=
- Jarosław Szubrycht – lyrics
- Daniel Bergstrand – mixing, drum production
- Arkadiusz "Malta" Malczewski – engineering
- Rickard Sporrong – mastering
- Łukasz Jaszak – cover, design, photos
- Wojciech Kiełtyka – consultant, help, lyric revision
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Charts
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Chart (2011)
!Peak |
|---|
| US Billboard Top Heatseekers{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/300646/decapitated/chart|title=Decapitated - Chart history|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=September 8, 2013|archive-date=June 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606185007/http://www.billboard.com/artist/300646/decapitated/chart|url-status=dead}}
| style="text-align:center;"|11 |
| US Billboard Top Heatseekers (Northeast)
| style="text-align:center;"|4 |
| US Billboard Top Heatseekers (Pacific)
| style="text-align:center;"|8 |
Release history
| class="wikitable"
!Region/Country !Date !Label !Format |
| Poland
| rowspan="2"|{{Start date|2011|7|12|df=y}} | CD, CD+DVD |
| United States
| rowspan="2"|Nuclear Blast{{Cite web|url=http://www.nuclearblast.de/de/label/music/band/about/71069.decapitated.html|title=Decapitated}} | CD, LP, CD+DVD |
| Europe
| {{Start date|2011|7|15|df=y}} | CD, LP, CD+DVD |
| Japan
| {{Start date|2011|7|20|df=y}} | Nippon Columbia{{Cite web|url=http://columbia.jp/prod-info/COCB-60011/|title = ディキャピテイテッド / カーニヴァル・イズ・フォーエヴァー | 商品情報 | 日本コロムビアオフィシャルサイト}} | CD |
| Argentina
| {{Start date|2011|7|20|df=y}} | CD |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110822163715/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=155853 Drum-Tracking Footage From The Studio - Mar. 25, 2011] Studio preview for SickDrummerMagazine.com at Blabbermouth.net.
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