Carnage (album)
Encyclopedia
Carnage is the debut full-length album by the Chicago
-based thrash
/sludge metal
band Lair of the Minotaur
. The album was released in CD form by Southern Lord Records
, along with a red vinyl version with a gold and black screenprinted cover limited to 666 copies.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
-based thrash
Thrash metal
Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...
/sludge metal
Sludge metal
Sludge metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that melds elements of doom metal and hardcore punk, and sometimes incorporates influences from southern rock, stoner rock and grunge. Sludge metal is typically abrasive; often featuring shouted vocals, heavily distorted instruments and sharply contrasting...
band Lair of the Minotaur
Lair of the Minotaur
Lair of the Minotaur is a thrash/sludge metal band from Chicago, Illinois.-History:Lair Of The Minotaur was formed by vocalist/guitarist Steven Rathbone in 2003 due to his other band, 7000 Dying Rats, becoming solely a studio project, giving up playing live...
. The album was released in CD form by Southern Lord Records
Southern Lord Records
Southern Lord is an American record label that was founded in 1998 by Greg Anderson, specializing in what could broadly be classified as experimental heavy metal, particularly the doom metal, stoner rock, and drone metal sub-genres. Some of the more notable artists on the label include Earth, Om,...
, along with a red vinyl version with a gold and black screenprinted cover limited to 666 copies.
Track listing
- Carnage Fucking Carnage - 3:32
- The Wolf - 4:54
- Lion Killer - 3:22
- Caravan of Blood Soaked Kentauroi - 5:58
- Enemy of Gods - 3:46
- Warlord - 5:34
- Demon Serpent - 3:53
- Burning Temple - 5:53
Line-up
- Steven Rathbone - vocals, guitar, synthesizer
- Donal James Barraca - bass
- Larry Herweg - drums
Credits
- Tom Denney - album artwork
- Sanford Parker - engineering, mixing
- John Brearley - engineering assistant
- Scott Hull - mastering
- Erica Barraca - photography