Carnivore (Starset song)

"Carnivore"
Single by Starset
from the album Transmissions
Released October 29, 2014 (2014-10-29)
Format Digital download
Recorded 2013
Genre
Length 4:22
Label Razor & Tie
Songwriter(s)
  • Dustin Bates
Producer(s)
Starset singles chronology
"My Demons"
(2013)		 "Carnivore"
(2014)		 "Halo"
(2015)

"My Demons"
(2013)		 "Carnivore"
(2014)		 "Halo"
(2015)

"Carnivore" is a single by American rock band Starset, off of their studio album Transmissions. It peaked at number 16 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2014.

Background

A music video was released for the song on October 29, 2014.[1] The band's official video was directed by Ramon Boutviseth.[2] The band also had several other videos in relation to the song, including a fan contest to create the best music video on Youtube, and working closely with James Spratt of professional esports team Faze Clan to create videos, because the band's music had become popular among the video gamer community for making game-play montages to the band's music.[3] The song's music video topped Loudwire's Top 10 music video chart twice in 2015, including narrowly beating Slipknot's video for "The Devil in I".[4]

Themes and composition

Frontman Dustin Bates described the songs lyrical themes as being about "standing up to oppressive forces", along the same lines as the movie V for Vendetta.[5]

Reception

Commercially, the song peaked at number 16 on the Billboard US Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2015.[6] Additionally, outlets such as The Huffington Post noted that the song was particularly well-received in the music streaming world, similar to prior single "My Demons", racking up "tens of millions of views" on sites such as YouTube.[7] Collectively with the album's other releases, the band earned $232,000 from streaming on the site alone.[8]

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock 16[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.revolvermag.com/news/starset-premiere-new-music-video-carnivore.html
  2. ↑ http://puregrainaudio.com/videos/starset-carnivore-music-video
  3. ↑ https://www.axs.com/starset-premieres-new-music-video-for-carnivore-26493
  4. ↑ http://loudwire.com/battle-royale-starset-fend-off-slipknot/
  5. ↑ http://newnoisemagazine.com/starset-names-movies-play-track-album/#
  6. 1 2 http://www.billboard.com/artist/5883713/starset/chart?f=376
  7. ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brittany-hodak/starset-to-deliver-out-of-this-world-performance-at-long-island-planetarium_b_7607118.html
  8. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7572322/starset-rock-band-surprising-youtube-success
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