Best Carnifex
Slow Death is the sixth studio album by American deathcore band Carnifex, released in 2016. It combines the group's death-metal-rooted guitar work, breakdowns, and harsh vocals with prominent orchestral textures and influences from black metal. The album is intended for listeners of modern extreme m...
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Generally liked for symphonic blackened elements and polish, but formulaic writing keeps consensus moderate.
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Die Without Hope is the fifth studio album by American deathcore band Carnifex, released in 2014. Carnifex, formed in San Diego, California in 2005, is known for combining death metal intensity with metalcore elements including breakdowns and blast beats. The album followed the band's temporary hiat...
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Solid Carnifex comeback, tight and aggressive, though not widely regarded as deathcore's upper tier.
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Hell Chose Me is the third studio album by Carnifex, an American deathcore band formed in San Diego County. Released in 2010, it combines the group's established use of breakdowns, harsh vocals and rapid drumming with a stronger emphasis on the dense riffing and bleak atmosphere associated with deat...
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Respected deathcore release, darker and heavier than peers, but genre consensus remains mixed.
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"World War X" is the sixth studio album by the American deathcore band Carnifex, released on August 2, 2019. The album features the band's characteristic aggressive instrumentation, incorporating elements of symphonic black metal and technical death metal. It was produced by Jason Suecof and include...
Why this score?
Commercially visible Carnifex album, competent and heavy, but mixed reviews and familiar sound.
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