Karnivool
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| Karnivool | |
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| Origin | Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock, progressive rock, alternative metal |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Label(s) | Independent (Australia) Bieler Bros. (International) |
| Website | Karnivool.com.au |
| Members | |
| Ian Kenny Andrew "Drew" Goddard Mark Hosking Jon Stockman Steve Judd |
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| Former members | |
| Ray Hawkins (former drummer) | |
Karnivool is a five-piece music group from Perth, Western Australia. Their music style is a combination of melodic progressive rock and alternative rock, with alternative metal influences. Major influences of the band are Nirvana, Meshuggah and Carcass.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Tours
Formed in 1998, Karnivool have since released several singles and one EP, and most recently their debut album Themata. Notable performances include playing at the Big Day Out Festival in Perth twice, as well as performing at the Rock-It Festival. They toured with Cog shortly after the release of Themata and since have toured Australia extensively on their own headline tours. Karnivool, along with Ankla, is currently supporting Skindred and Nonpoint on the Great American Rampage Tour. On the 21st of November, they announced that they were playing at the Big Day Out 2008. During April, they will tour Australia with special guest That 1 Guy.
[edit] Themata
Their album was named after Themata, an old Greek word; the plural of Thema. A Thema is gut assumption or intuition about the workings of the world or life itself, a philosophy you can’t prove with hard evidence, but something you instinctively know is right and are willing to back. For the recordings of Themata, they used guitars tuned in the very awkward tuning of B-F#-B-G-B-E, which is basically a hybrid tuning of Dropped-B (low strings) and Standard E (high strings). Guitarist Andrew Goddard said that this was because he forgot the high strings while detuning and that he liked the complexity. Andrew Goddard wrote the tracks for Themata. Karnivool only actually played the songs off Themata together as a band after the album was recorded, according to Drew.
[edit] New Album
In an interview with X-Press Magazine, Karnivool guitarist Andrew Goddard has stated that the upcoming album will be a huge step up from Themata. He also says that the writing process of the new record has been more of a collaborative group effort by the band than previous works, and that they are going to go into the studio with a new recording strategy: that is, trying to focus less on the minute details, and put together a more natural sounding album. Karnivool will be releasing their long awaited second album in 2008. During their recent live performances, they have teased live audiences playing a couple of new songs. One has a somewhat spacelike echo effect, the other 7-8 minutes long. Both songs have a more mature vibe, but still bear resemblance to Karnivool's other work.
[edit] Awards
At the 2007 WAMi Awards Karnivool won five WAMingtons for 'Most Popular Act', 'Most Popular Live Act', Best Male Vocalist' (Ian Kenny), 'Best Guitarist' (Andrew Goddard) and 'Best Hard Rock Act'.
Numerous Karnivool songs have entered Triple J's Hottest 100. These are:
- 2005 Themata (#97)
- 2006 Roquefort (#45)
- 2007 The Only Way (#62)
[edit] Record Deals
On August 23, 2006, it was announced that Karnivool had signed a licensing deal with prominent American indie label, Bieler Bros. Records. Themata was released in the United States on April 10, 2007 and in the UK on May 7.
[edit] Members
- Ian Kenny – Vocals
- Andrew "Drew" Goddard – Lead Guitar
- Mark Hosking – Guitar
- Jon Stockman - Bass
- Steve Judd - Drums
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums/EPs
| Album information |
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Persona EP
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Themata
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[edit] Singles
- "L1FEL1KE" (2003)
- "Shutterspeed" (2005)
- "Themata"(2005)
- "Roquefort" (2006)
Andrew Goddard (guitar) and Jon Stockman (bass) played on the title track of Perth/London drum'n'bass group Pendulum's 2005 album Hold Your Colour.
Karnivool also contributed a cover of Gotye's song The Only Way to the album Mixed Blood, which contains only covers and remixes of songs from Gotye's Like Drawing Blood.
