Karnivool
| Karnivool | |
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 Karnivool live in Melbourne |
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| General information | |
| origin | Perth , Australia |
| Genre (s) | Progressive rock , progressive metal , alternative rock , alternative metal |
| founding | 1997 |
| Website | http://www.karnivool.com.au/ |
| Current occupation | |
| Ian Kenny | |
| Andrew Goddard | |
| Mark Hosking | |
| Jon Stockman | |
| Steve Judd | |
| former members | |
bass |
Andrew Brown (1998-2000) |
Drums |
Ray Hawking (2000-2004) |
Drums |
Bret McKenzie (1998-2000) |
Karnivool is a five-piece Australian alternative rock / progressive metal music group from Perth , Western Australia , founded in 1997.
history
Karnivool grew out of a high school band formed in Perth in 1997 . In the beginning, the band played cover versions of bands as diverse as Nirvana and Carcass and a few of their own songs, mainly at parties in Perth and the surrounding area. In 1998 singer Ian Kenny decided to focus on his own songs and got rid of his bandmates. With guitarists Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking, bassist Jon Stockman, and drummer Ray Hawking, he found suitable band members with whom he recorded a first, self-titled EP . In 2001 the second EP Persona was created . On the debut album Themata , guitarist Drew Goddard also took over the drums and got involved in the songwriting . With Steve Judd a permanent drummer was finally found.
In 2009 the album Sound Awake was released . It took second place on the ARIA album charts on June 15, 2009.
In 2013 the album Asymmetry followed , which reached number 1 in the charts in Australia and also made it into the charts in Germany and Switzerland.
Music genre
The band started out as a nu-metal band. After Andrew Goddard got more involved in the songwriting, the music tended more towards the progressive metal direction. The music is based on a combination of tuning the low three guitar strings down to " Dropped B " as is common in Nu-Metal, while the high three strings are tuned to the E standard.
Awards
At the WAMi Awards 2007, 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".
Five Karnivool songs appeared in several lists of the "Hottest 100" of the radio station Triple Js :
- 2005: Themes (# 97)
- 2006: Roquefort (featuring The Cat Empire ) (# 45)
- 2007: The Only Way (cover version of Gotye ) (# 62)
- 2008: Set Fire to the Hive (# 47) and All I Know (# 63)
The album Asymmetry was named best hard rock / heavy metal album at the ARIA Awards 2013.
Discography
Albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2005 | Self-published themes |
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AU41 1  (1 week)AU |
Initial release: February 7, 2005
Re-release: 2015 Sales: + 70,000 |
| 2009 | Sound Awake Cymatic |
- | - |
AU2  (9 weeks)AU |
First published: June 5th, 2009
Sales: + 35,000 |
| 2013 | Asymmetry Cymatic |
DE44 (1 week) DE |
CH45 (1 week) CH |
AU1 (7 weeks)AU |
First published: July 19, 2013
Sales: + 35,000 |
EPs
- 1999: Karnivool
- 2001: Persona
- 2009: Set Fire to the Hive
Singles
- 2003: L1FEL1KE
- 2005: Shutterspeed
- 2005: Themes
- 2005: Roquefort (radio single)
- 2009: Set Fire to the Hive
- 2009: All I Know
- 2013: We Are
- 2013: Eidolon
Web links
- Official website
- Karnivool on Myspace
- Official Twitter presence
- Karnivool at Allmusic (English)
- Karnivool at Discogs (English)
- Karnivool on MusicBrainz (English)
- Karnivool at laut.de
- Chart sources: DE / CH / AU
- Music Sales Awards: AU
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- ^ A b c Jodie MacGregor: Karnivool - Biography . In: Allmusic . Macrovision . Retrieved October 8, 2009.
- ↑ Karnivool - Sound Awake . Australian-charts.com. Retrieved June 18, 2009.
- ↑ WAMi Award winners announced . fasterlouder.com.au. February 22, 2007. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
- ↑ Winner of the ARIA Awards 2013
