CARNAL FORGE - The More You Suffer
March 25, 2003, 21 years ago
(Century Media)
Trying with all their might to be crowned the undisputed kings of thrash in the new millennium, Carnal Forge rip and tear into opening track 'H.B.F. Suicide' in the same manner that Slayer attacks any of their classics. These Swedes have the necessary tools required to deliver the 'Deathblow', however their methodology is very close to the tactics employed by The Haunted. Neck and neck with the finest the genre has to offer, CF are among the most serious competitors in the musical violence event. Relentless aggression runs rampant, as searing vocalist Jonas Kjellgren is 'Baptized In Fire'. Four albums into their career, The More You Suffer being the second with this line-up, Carnal Forge are quickly discerning their own identity and becoming a force. Major touring exposure, on both sides of the Atlantic, is necessary to cement this band within the annals of savage sonic brutality. Until that happens, which it most probably will, the Kuusisto brothers are a razor sharp guitar team offering up six string insanity that binds the best of the Bay Area with unmistakable At The Gates intensity, battering the non-believers until breathless while simultaneously rewarding those who crave salvation through pummeling pints of paroxysm.
