carnifex third full length, which goes by the name of 'hell chose me'. after their second full length 'the poisoned and the diseased', which didn't really clicked with me, i lost track of them. when they released their latest full length 'die without hope' last year and after some hestitation of mine i finally bought it and really liked it. after that i set out to get the rest of their stuff on vinyl. 'until i feel nothing' from 2011 was first and here we are with 'hell chose me'.
i think this album saw carnifex on the peak of their popularity. deathcore was not that strong anymore but still going and carnifex sat on top of the genre. the record proves that. musically it's tight death metal with the right doses of speed and groove. some hints of melody here and there and ready is the beast to set loose. check out the video to the title track here.
the record was released on victory records. they did two pressing so far. the first pressing came on solid red vinyl out of 100 copies and my clear vinyl out of 400 copies. a second pressing on clear red vinyl out of 500 copies is currently up for sale. the artwork might be a bit cheesy but i like it in a way. pretty ominous and anti-christian. very death metal-ish. victory records. 2010.
