Karnak Seti

History

Emerging from the exotic Madeira Island in Portugal, Karnak Seti present themselves as an exciting melodic death metal band, going against the relaxing atmosphere from the land that saw them born in 2001. Being natives of a small island, where the main interest is tourism is not an easy task when you want to play heavy metal. There is no metal scene, no venues to play and no specialized media or studios. The band has struggled to make an impact during all of these years but managed to create a well composed fan base, and managed to release a fair amount of demos until 2005. 'Cosmic Fate' was released in 2003, followed by 'Karnak Seti' (this one with honours of 1st place in a band contest) and 'Collateral Dreams' in 2005.

The band managed to get into a real studio and record some of their songs and in 2008 the demo 'Stranded by Existence' was released. Although not recorded in a metal oriented studio, it still captures the essence of what the band can do.

Shortly after the release of 'Stranded by Existence', the band booked the Ultrasound Studio in Braga, to work with renowned producers Daniel Cardoso and Pedro Mendes. The recording sessions took place in October 2008 and resulted in the debut album called 'Scars of Your Decay'. It is by far their most professional work, with a magnificent sound quality, that allows the musicians to express themselves perfectly.

From the beginning, the name of the band raised a lot of curiosity. “Karnak” is a temple from ancient Egypt and “Seti” is the acronym for Search of Extra Terrestrial Intelligence. The name was a suggestion from one of the early day's member and it stuck with the band and its fans. In the early days, the topic of the lyrics was extra terrestrial life, but that soon changed to another subject focused on life psychosis and paranoia.

(source: Karnak Seti @ MySpace.com, August 2009)