Carnifex

Killer Lyrics: God damn this world / God damn my life / I didn't choose hell / Hell choose me San Diego's Carnifex return with their sophomore album for Victory Records, 'Hell Chose Me.' The title track from the deathcore band might sound like they came from the tortured imagination of a crazy person -- but then again, you're not that far off the mark...

Last week, Rob Zombie's 'Hellbilly Deluxe 2' debuted at 8 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, and landed at 1 on the Hard Rock Chart, selling nearly 50,000 copies its first week at retailers. Charred Walls of the Damned's self-titled debut for Metal Blade capped off a flurry of pre-release activity by selling over 2,000 copies so far...

Music fan-approved apparel label Atticus will sponsor another full bore metal tour, the Atticus Metal Tour II, featuring Unearth, Stick to Your Guns, Veil of Maya, Ghost Inside and Carnifex, with special guests Darkest Hour, Stray From the Path and Your Demise, as well...

"We're a little older, between 25 and 30," Carnifex vocalist Scott Lewis told Noisecreep. "Most people equate this genre with younger kids, but for us, Carnifex is far from being our first band. This is my seventh band!" Seven bands? Clearly, Lewis is dedicated to making music as a career...

Ask a band what their music sounds like and nine times out of 10, they won't want to use a 'label' or 'genrify' their sound. Bands eschew categorization, that's for sure. Southern California's Carnifex aren't one of those bands thumbing their noses at markers or tags when it comes to their music...

On Nov. 3, just hours after stepping off the plane in Los Angeles, the Black Dahlia Murder played a packed club on Hollywood's famed Sunset Strip to a much more intimate crowd than the band is accustomed to. Just as quickly after their set, they were back at the airport and ready for their late night flight to South America...

San Diego's Carnifex spent November holed up at Shark Bite Studios in Oakland, Calif., working on their second effort for Victory Records, the follow-up to 'The Diseased and the Poisoned.' Vocalist Scott Lewis told Noisecreep, "We made the drive up here, but we won't be commuting back to San Diego 'til we're done...

Poor Farrah Fawcett. The world was just starting to mourn her death when someone even more iconic kicked the bucket. Unless you live under a rock, you know by now that Michael Jackson died yesterday at the age of 50, from sudden cardiac arrest (we're hoping he left us the Elephant man's bones in his will)...