★★★★★
Sound: Heavy metal was made by and for the people that felt rock music wasn't heavy enough for them; death metal was made by and for the people that felt heavy metal wasn't heavy enough for them; and then, when a following of people who could be colloquially labeled as "insane" felt that death metal wasn't heavy enough for them, deathcore was founded...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2014-03-19
★★★★★
The act of attempting to switch from deathcore to a more traditional extreme metal sound can be likened to a small-ass peon of a knight trying to fell a 10-foot-tall dragon; it's a ballsy and noble move, but most likely ends up unsuccessful and even embarrassing. Take Job For a Cowboy for example; once a promising act in this infamous genre, they switched to death metal music and abandoned most of their -core elements...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2014-03-03
★★★★★
Though it's a total cliche to make note of deathcore's less-than-stellar reputation, said cliche is an annoying necessity in the case of Carnifex's latest opus . There's a curious sense of deja vu here, given that the album is being hailed as an apparent migration from the doldrums of deathcore to its more accomplished big brother death metal. . Wind the clock back four years, and you'll find the exact same praises being lumped upon the dreary ...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2014-03-01
★★★★★
In late 2012, Carnifex entered what they called "a state of suspended animation," which is really just a glorified way of saying "hiatus." A year and a half later, they've returned with their follow-up to 2011's underwhelming . Titled , it might as well be a homage to the genre on which Carnifex built their career: deathcore...
- exclaim.ca
2014-03-01
★★★★★
"'Die Without Hope' tries out a variety of new elements that significantly pushes the sound in different directions while still maintaining a core atmosphere that remains steady throughout." After a period of hibernation, the lumbering death metal beast that is Carnifex has awoken, with a new label home and a new plan of auditory attack...
- www.metalunderground.com
2014-03-05
★★★★★
Sound: Carnifex is a Deathcore band from San Diego. They are actually a little more death than deathcore. There are breakdowns and everything that goes with a Deathcore band. This album was produced by Tim Lambesis from As I Lay Dying at his studio. I think this a very good mix of straight ahead death metal and Deathcore. This genre and styles like it are extremely popular and finding the real talent is getting harder. I think these guys do it really well...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-05-10
★★★★★
Sound: Here we are, Carnifex's debut album. To start off, I'd like to say my opinion on most modern Deathcore is that it tries to hard to meld Hardcore and Death Metal and it comes out merely tolerable and minimally enjoyable. But this album, and Carnifex's other works (to a lesser degree), blend the two nicely. A good, flowing, Deathcore album. I think the guitar work by Corey Arford is more on the Core side, but impeccable non-the-less. Very well done...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: Equal parts death metal and metalcore, Hell Chose Me is fast, furious, unrelenting, brain-smashing and intense for all 10 songs that comprise the record. Guttural, Cookie Monster growls? Check. Blast beats? Plenty. Ultra-fast riffery? Oh yeah, got those...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
From the sunny city of San Diego, California, Carnifex have been pumping out albums like nobody's business, with this release marking their fourth album in five years. It's wholly impressive feat in itself, but it has appeared that the band had sacrificed quantity over quality with the lack of consistency with their previous records - but with the release of "Until I Feel Nothing" this is might be a thing of the past...
- www.smnnews.com
2011-11-03
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