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Carnival Is Forever is the fifth studio album by Polish death metal band Decapitated. It was released on July 12, 2011, via Nuclear Blast Records. 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 hiatus, 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. Throughout 2010, the band toured in Europe, United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Decapitated entered RG Studio in Gdańsk, Poland on February 9, 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. 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, which means one guitar per side.

Several riffs on the new album were created with previous drummer Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka. The almost two-month recording session was finished on March 31. The cover art was created by Łukasz Jaszak. The lyrics were contributed by Jarosław Szubrycht, the vocalist for Lux Occulta.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Blabbermouth.net	8/10
Brave Words	9/10
MetalSucks
Revolver	2.5/5

After its release, Carnival Is Forever received mixed to positive reviews from music critics. Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic described the "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)" as appearing "to be at war with themselves—such is the instrumental complexity displayed by each musician as he fights to out-shred his bandmates."

Scott Alisoglu of Blabbermouth.net also praised the 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." Blistering's Mike Sloan noted of the production, "The only real downside of the album is the rather thin production. There is so much power and fluidity throughout the entire record, but the final mix has certainly taken away from the bite and murderous attack of the guitars."

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Jarosław Szubrycht

Personnel

Decapitated

• Rafał "Rasta" Piotrowski – vocals
• Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka – guitars, production
• Filip "Heinrich" Hałucha – bass
• Kerim "Krimh" Lechner – drums

Additional musicians

• Bartosz Hervy (Blindead) – keyboards

Production

• Jarosław Szubrycht – lyrics
• Daniel Bergstrand – mixing, drum production
• Arkadiusz "Malta" Malczewski – engineering
• Rickard Sporrong – mastering
• Łukasz Jaszak – cover, design, photos
• Wojciech Kiełtyka – consultant, lyric revision

Charts

Release history

References

1. "Decapitated: New Drummer Announced". Blabbermouth.net. July 30, 2009. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
2. "UK Tour 2010!". MySpace.
3. "Decapitated, The Faceless, All Shall Perish Confirmed For Summer Slaughter Tour". Blabbermouth.net. April 15, 2010. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
4. "Decapitated: New Lineup Announced". Blabbermouth.net. November 20, 2009. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
5. "Decapitated To Enter Studio Next Month". Blabbermouth.net. January 21, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
6. ^ "Decapitated Recording New Album; Photos, Report Available". Blabbermouth.net. February 14, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
7. ^ "Decapitated: Efekt jest piorunujący" (in Polish). muzyka.interia.pl. March 31, 2011.
8. ^ "Decapitated final studio report". Nuclear Blast. April 1, 2011.
9. "Decapitated: 'Carnival Is Forever' Track Listing Unveiled". Blabbermouth.net. May 13, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
10. "Decapitated: New Album Title Announced". Blabbermouth.net. May 9, 2011. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
11. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Carnival Is Forever - Decapitated". Allmusic. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
12. ^ Alisoglu, Scott. "Carnival Is Forever Decapitated". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
13. Perri, David (July 8, 2011). "Decapitated - Carnival Is Forever". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
14. O'Hagar, Sammy (June 21, 2011). "Decapitated's Carnival Is Forever: The Metalsucks Review". MetalSucks. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
15. Krovatin, Christopher (July 13, 2011). "Review: Decapitated – Carnival Is Forever". Revolver. Retrieved September 8, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
16. Sloan, Mike. "Blistering.com Review: Decapitated - Carnival Is Forever". Blistering. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
17. ^ "Decapitated - Chart history". Retrieved September 8, 2013.
18. https://www.mystic.pl/plyty_cd,decapitated-carnival_is_forever,11106.htm
19. http://www.nuclearblast.de/de/label/music/band/about/71069.decapitated.html
20. http://columbia.jp/prod-info/COCB-60011/
21. http://www.icarusmusicstore.com/cd/1647-decapitated-carnival-is-forever.html?search_query=decapitated&results=2

External links

• Drum-Tracking Footage From The Studio - Mar. 25, 2011 Studio preview for SickDrummerMagazine.com at Blabbermouth.net.

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• Decapitated (band) albums
• Nuclear Blast albums