Twenty-one years into their career, Southern California deathcore veterans CARNIFEX are continuing to push beyond the boundaries of their sound while exploring some of the darkest corners of the human experience. The band officially unleashed their latest full-length album, More Than Misery, on November 6 through Sumerian Records, celebrating the release with a brand-new music video for “The Process Of Pain,” featuring Chaney Crabb of Entheos.
The ten-track record finds CARNIFEX taking a deeply personal approach to songwriting, drawing from years of confronting emotional hardship, fractured relationships, anxiety, isolation, and the lasting effects of trauma. Rather than simply documenting the experience of suffering, the band shifts its perspective toward what happens after the damage has been done. The result is a record centered on confronting the past, recognizing its impact, and finding the strength to move forward without allowing it to define the future. For vocalist Scott Ian Lewis, the album’s title represents more than another expression of darkness. It challenges the idea that pain has to become someone’s identity. While the struggles explored throughout the record are impossible to ignore, there is an underlying message that life can hold something greater than the experiences that once threatened to break us.
Lewis describes More Than Misery as an important statement for the band, emphasizing the intention behind creating a record that should be experienced as a complete body of work rather than a collection of individual songs.
“Carnifex as a band are more driven and focused than ever and More Than Misery isn’t just an album. It’s a statement of survival and a descent into the darkness of living with and surviving past trauma. We wrote this album to be a reminder, that the only way out is through. This album was meant to be listened to start to finish. Deep dive the lyrics, become more than your past, become More Than Misery,” Lewis explains.
With More Than Misery, CARNIFEX deliver a reminder that surviving difficult experiences is only part of the journey. Learning to live beyond them is another battle entirely. Two decades into their existence, the band continues to turn uncomfortable realities into music that refuses to look away.
Stream More Than Misery and watch the official video for “The Process Of Pain” featuring Chaney Crabb below.
Full list of upcoming tour dates below. Tickets and further information HERE
EUROPE AND UK: DEATH DOMINION TOUR | REMAINING DATES
Triple co-headline tour with Despised Icon, CARNIFEX and Suffocation, with Gates to Hell
November 6th: Sheffield, UK – Corporation – Album Release Day
November 7th: Bristol, UK – Electric Bristol
November 9th: Paris, France – La Machine du Moulin Rouge
November 10th: Lyon, France – La Rayonne
November 11th: Milan, Italy – Legend Club
November 12th: Vienna, Austria – Arena Wien
November 13th: Budapest, Hungary – Barba Negra
November 14th: Leipzig, Germany – Felsenkeller*
November 15th: Prague, Czech Republic – MeetFactory
November 17th: Warsaw, Poland – Proxima
November 18th: Berlin, Germany – Columbia Theater
November 19th: Hamburg, Germany – Gruenspan
November 20th: Karlsruhe, Germany – Substage
* Expanded Death Dominion Festival bill also featuring Stillbirth, Sun Eater and Dogbite.
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