- Carnival in Coal
Infobox musical artist
Name = Carnival in Coal
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Origin =Amiens ,France
Genre =Extreme metal Avant-garde metal
Years_active =1995 –2007
Label =Equilibre Music
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URL = [http://www.carnivalincoal.com/ www.carnivalincoal.com]
Current_members = Arno Strobl
Axel Wursthorn
Past_members =Carnival in Coal is an
extreme metal /avant-garde metal band fromFrance . Founded in1995 , the band claim to be an effort to create the musical missing link betweenMr. Bungle andPan.Thy.Monium , while pushing the limits of good taste at the same time. The band mixes death metal, black metal and otherextreme metal genres with off the wall uses of other genres such aseasy listening ,disco , pop and other things.Originally, Carnival In Coal signed to and released their debut album though the now-defunct French indie label, War On Majors Records. The band then released two albums through another French based independent Metal label,
Season of Mist , and later signed a multi-album deal toEarache Records and their Elitist Records sub-label. The only album to come from this deal was 2005'sCollection Prestige .The band played its first live show ever in April 2006 at the Killer Fest in Chaulnes (France) and played several dates across Europe since that day, including festivals like
Hellfest Summer Open Air in France and Brutal Assault inCzech Republic .The band officially disbanded in September 2007.
Band members
* Arno Strobl - vocals
* Axel Wursthorn - all instrumentsLive Line-Up
* Arno Strobl - vocals
* Axel Wursthorn - bass and samples
* Alexis Damien (exWormfood ,Pin-Up Went Down )- drums
* Romain Caron (John Makay ) - guitar and backing vocals
* Pierre Antonik (DSK ) - guitar
* Julien Cathalo - keyboard and samplesFormer Live Members
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Frédéric Leclercq (Dragonforce ,Maladaptive , exHeavenly ) - guitar
* El Worm (Wormfood ) - guitar
* Timmy Zecevic (exWormfood ) - keyboard and samplesDiscography
* "
Sramik " (demo) (1997 )
* "Vivalavida " (1999 )
* "French Cancan" (1999 )
* "Fear Not " (2001 )
* "Collection Prestige " (2005 )External links
* [http://www.carnivalincoal.com/ Official homepage]
* [http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:yta9qjolojka Carnival in Coal] atAllmusic
* [http://www.myspace.com/carnivalincoal Official MySpace page]
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