Carnation
History
Early 2013 guitar player Jonathan Verstrepen created the band to show his appreciation for the old school death metal legends from the 80's & early 90's. Vocalist Simon Duson, bass player Yarne Heylen, guitar player Bert Vervoort and drummer Vincent Verstrepen were summoned to complete the band and it didn't take long until the chemistry between this quintet hit critical mass.
The Belgians' first EP offering, entitled 'Cemetery of the Insane', was released upon the masses in March 2015. Tracks such as 'Explosive Cadavers' or 'The Rituals of Flesh' take you back in time to the better days of shredding riffs, neck-breaking drums and skull-crushing guttural vocals.
The live rituals that followed were executed with stone cold merciless aggression. Carnation delivered their bloodbath at select festivals across Europe during 2015 and 2016. Their next journey led them to distant Asia for their first tour across mainland Japan. This resulted in the infamous 'Live at Asakusa Deathfest, Tokyo, Japan' (which happened in October 2016) album, which saw the light in March 2017.
These releases, combined with their reputation as a notoriously impressive live act, drew the attention of fans worldwide and provided Carnation with the opportunity to perform at several European festivals and saw the band touring alongside Pestilence during their special Brazilian tour in April 2018. After signing with Season Of Mist in 2018, Carnation welcomed new and loyal audiences to death's domain and invited them to witness them rise to their throne. The band recorded between April and October 2017 at Project Zero Studio, Nijlen, Belgium.
In December Obliteration Records (Japan) released a four-way split live album 'Live at Asakusa Deathfest 2016'. It features 4 songs from each band: Skeletal Remains, Coffins, Carnation and Rude.
In August 2018 the result of studio work in 2017, which is the debut full-length album 'Chapel of Abhorrence', was released in CD and several vinyl formats.
In March 2019, the band released a new song, 'Necromancer', on a 7" split vinyl together with Dutch death metallers Bodyfarm. The split was limited to 300 copies.
Carnation rage on in 2019 with more spectacular live shows at 70.000 Tons Of Metal, Alcatraz (BE) and Damnation Festival (UK), as part of their touring rampage throughout Japan and Europe (with Pungent Stench and Deserted Fear), before entering the studio for the recordings of a brand new album. The mastering for the new offering was done by the mighty Jens Bogren (Sepultura, Enslaved, Arch Enemy) at the Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden.
On September 18th, 2020, with 'Where Death Lies' as a new chapter of abhorrence began and opened up a hellish path to resurrection, reincarnation and immortality. It was released again by Season Of Mist, again as CD and various vinyl editions.
You wanted death metal? Carnation is here with a superior appearance performing new rituals in service of ancient deities.
(source: Carnation, September 2021; edited and 3 chapter added by AM)
(discography incomplete)
