''Hell Chose Me'' is the third studio album by American
deathcore
Deathcore is an extreme metal subgenre that combines death metal with metalcore. The genre consists of death metal guitar riffs, blast beats, and metalcore breakdowns. While there are some precursors to the concept of death metal fused with me ...
band
Carnifex, released February 16, 2010, through
Victory Records
Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several record labels. It has featured many prominent artists including Thur ...
.
Background
The band started writing and recording the album ''Hell Chose Me'' in 2009. Upon its release, the album received positive reception and acclaim for its musical styling, structure, and concepts. Carnifex maintained that this was due to having more time during the writing and recording process than their previous albums.
On January 5, the band uploaded the first single from ''Hell Chose Me''. They began streaming the entire album to the public on February 10, 2010.
On May 28, 2010, the band embarked on a European Tour with supporting acts
Veil of Maya
Veil of Maya is an American metalcore band, formed in Chicago, Illinois, by members Marc Okubo and Sam Applebaum in 2004. They are currently signed to Sumerian Records and have released six studio albums. Their first four albums are considered ...
and Suffokate beginning in
Bochum, Germany and ending on June 19, 2010, at the Summerblast Festival in
Trier
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, Germany. The tour included shows in Spain, France, UK, the Netherlands, Sweden, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Italy and Switzerland. The tour was presented by Avocado Booking.
Track listing
Personnel
Carnifex
* Scott Lewis – vocals
* Ryan Gudmunds – lead guitar
* Cory Arford – rhythm guitar
* Fred Calderon – bass
* Shawn Cameron – drums
Production
* Carnifex – producer
* Zack Ohren – producer,
engineer
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, tracking, mixing, mastering
* Alan Douches – mastering at West West Side Music
* Brent Elliott White – artwork, cover design
Charts
References
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Carnifex (band) albums
2010 albums
Victory Records albums