05/14/2011 18:25

Decapitated

Decapitated: 'Carnival Is Forever'

Polish death metallers' Decapitated's fifth studio album, and Nuclear Blast debut, 'Carnival Is Forever' will be released in North America and Poland on July 12th.

Decapitated's line-up includes Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka on guitar, Kerim "Krimh" Lechner (Thorns Of Ivy, Tone Intimacy) on drums, Rafał Piotrowski (Ketha, Forgotten Souls) on lead vocals, and Filip "Heinrich" Hałucha (Vesania, Rootwater, Unsun, Masachist) on bass.

Guitarist & founding member Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka shares a few words about the cover art's intent and photography by Lukasz Jaszak: "Very intriguing and quite strange for a metal album but surely staying in memory. A vital thing is that it's a photo. We did not want any computer graphics this time or anything artificial or plastic. The same regards the production of the album. We had actually been thinking about getting a painting for the cover but unfortunately we couldn't do it. Maybe next time."

About the album title, Vogg has previously stated:
"Carnival: war, rape, lies, pathology, evil displayed through certain events and situations of the latest years in the world. Is Forever - I guess it doesn't need explaining. Both the text and the title are bitterly ironic."

'Carnival Is Forever' is the follow-up to 2006's Organic Hallucinosis and was produced by Wacek Kiełtyka and sound engineered by Malta Arkadiusz Malczewski. Drums & mixing duties were handled by Daniel Bergstrand (Behemoth, Meshuggah, Dimmu Borgir, Keep Of Kalessin, Defleshed). The author of the album's lyrics is Jarek Szubrycht, music journalist, author of "No Mercy", the world's first biography of thrash metal legends Slayer.
The band will be self-releasing the new album in their native Poland.

(source: Decapitated)

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Polish legendary death metallers Decapitated will be entering RG Studio in Gdańsk, Poland on February 9, 2011 to record their fifth studio album and follow-up to 2006's 'Organic Hallucinosis'.

The new release will be produced by Wacek Kiełtyka and sound engineered by Malta Arkadiusz Malczewski. Drums will be recorded with Daniel Bergstrand (Behemoth, Meshuggah, Dimmu Borgir etc.), who will also handle mixing duties.

Decapitated's as-yet-untitled new album appeared on "The Top 25 Most Anticipated Albums of 2011" list in Decibel Magazine's February 2011 issue, available now at newsstands.

Decapitated's line-up includes: Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka on guitar, Kerim "Krimh" Lechner (Thorns Of Ivy, Tone Intimacy) on drums, Rafał Piotrowski (Ketha, Forgotten Souls) on lead vocals, and Filip "Heinrich" Hałucha (Vesenia, Rootwater, Unsun, Masachist) on bass.

(source: Nuclear Blast)