Karnivool

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Karnivool


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Origin = Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Genre = Alternative rock
progressive rock
Years_active = 1996–present
Label = Independent (Australia) Bieler Bros. (International)
Associated_acts = Birds of Tokyo
URL = [http://www.karnivool.com.au Offical website]
Current_members = Ian Kenny Andrew "Drew" Goddard Mark Hosking Jon Stockman Steve Judd
Past_members = Ray Hawking (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 influencesfact|date=July 2008. Major influences of the band are Nirvana, Meshuggah and Carcassfact|date=July 2008.

Biography

Tours

Formed in 1996, 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 and May 2008, they toured Australia with special guest That 1 Guy.

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.

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 late 2009.

During their recent live performances in the "Aeons" tour, they have played three new songs, titled "Goliath," "Deadman" and "Pearogram." The new songs appear to have a more mature vibe, but still bear resemblance to Karnivool's other work. It is rumoured that Karnivool will go on an extensive Australia tour to promote the release of their new album with the support acts most likely to be Sleep Parade and That 1 Guy. In an interview with Channel V, Ian Kenny stated that after the success of the Aeons Tour, the band's next tour will be based on a similar layout which brings a new impression on the typical rock show.

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'.

Three Karnivool songs have featured in Triple J's Hottest 100 to date. These are:

*2005 Themata (#97)
*2006 Roquefort (#45)
*2007 The Only Way (#62)

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.

Members

* Ian Kenny – Vocals (Birds Of Tokyo)
* Andrew "Drew" Goddard – Lead Guitar
* Mark Hosking – Guitar (Revolucion Street)
* Jon Stockman - Bass
* Steve Judd - Drums

Discography

Albums/EPs

ingles

* "L1FEL1KE" (2003)
* "Shutterspeed" (2005)
* "Themata"(2005)

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.

The song Sleeping Satellite by pop singer-songwriter Tasmin Archer, was covered by Karnivool and was released as the B-side to their single "Themata" in 2005.

External links

* [http://www.karnivool.com.au/ Official site]
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* [http://wam.asn.au/scene/profiles/karnivool.htm WAM Artist Profile - Karnivool]
* [http://www.bielerbros.com/hot_seat.php Drew Goddard interview - Bieler Bros. Records]