From The Carnival Of Horrors

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From The Carnival Of Horrors
Origin	Swindon
Country	United Kingdom
Years active	2005 – Present
Genres	Metalcore
Labels	Thirty Days Of Night Records
Members	Matty Horrors Xavier Horrors Jack Horrors Nick Horrors James Horrors
Website(s)	MySpace

From The Carnival Of Horrors is a five-piece are metalcore band from Swindon, UK. The band are well-known for their unique sound which fuses metalcore with horror-themed lyrics, a sound which the band describe as "Horrorcore" (not to be confused with the hardcore hip-hop subgenre of the same name).

Contents 1 Band History 2 Band Members 2.1 Current 3 Discography 3.1 EPs 4 Trivia

[edit] Band History

The band formed in early November 2005. They recorded their first EP "They're Not Dead" which included tracks such as "Welcome To Camp Point Pleasant," "This Just In" and "Take A Ride On The Ferris Wheel You Will Not Make It Off Alive" that same year in December.

In June 2006 the band recorded their second EP "Massacre Of The Undead." From The Carnival Of Horrors then toured with indie UK label Thirty Days Of Night Records' Postmortem Promises. They have played with bands such as: Job For A Cowboy, Suicide Silence, Abigiail Williams and Chariot.

The band have no immediant plans for the future, simply stating: "We don't know what's going to happen in the future and where this band will end up, but for now we're just gonna play a shit load of shows. And boogie woogie when you hit that big beat."[1]

[edit] Band Members

[edit] Current

• Matty Horrors - Lead Vocals
• Xavier Horrors - Guitar
• Jack Horrors - Guitar
• Nick Horrors - Bass Guitar
• James Horrors - Drums

[edit] Discography

[edit] EPs

• They're Not Dead (2005, independent release)
• Massacre Of The Undead (2006, Thirty Days Of Night Records)

[edit] Trivia

• The band share a portion of their name with the Give Yourself Goosebumps book titled Escape From The Carnival Of Horrors.