Carnivore

Description

Reissue updated of the self-titled debut album by Carnivore, originally released in 1985, with numerous sleeve notes and contributions from the band.
Newly remastered, the album contains notes from respected metal author Mark Freebase who conducted a rare interview with the only surviving member of the band, drummer Louis Beato.
Housed in a digipack, the disc contains three bonus tracks from the 1986 demo 'USA For USA'.
Carnivore was founded in 1983 in Brooklyn, New York, blending Hardcore and Metal with an extremely confrontational and direct approach both visually and lyrically.
The band recorded two albums before disbanding in 1987 - founding member Pete Steele later formed the huge Gothic Metal band Type O Negative. Louis Beato played on Agnostic Front's hardcore classic "Cause For Alarm".
With classics like "Predator" and "God Is Dead", Carnivore bridged the gap between the doom-laden Heavy Metal of Black Sabbath and the New York hardcore sounds characterized by bands like Cro-Mags, Agnostic Front, and Murphy's Law.
In his last interview before his death in 2010, Steele reflected on the band's legacy. "People completely misunderstood Carnivore... the whole point of Carnivore is that sometimes you have to upset people..."