Carnal Forge
Swedish thrash metal band
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::summary Swedish thrash metal band ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox musical artist"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Carnal Forge |
| image | Carnal Forge live, 2009 (5).jpg |
| image_upright | 1.25 |
| caption | Carnal Forge in 2009 |
| origin | Sala, Sweden |
| genre | {{flatlist |
| years_active | 1997–2010, 2013–present |
| label | WAR Music, Relapse, Century Media, Candlelight |
| website | |
| current_members | Petri Kuusisto |
| Lars Lindén | |
| Lawrence Dinamarca | |
| Tommie Wahlberg | |
| past_members | Stefan Westerberg |
| Jari Kuusisto | |
| Jonas Kjellgren | |
| Johan Magnusson | |
| Dennis Vestman | |
| Jens C. Mortensen | |
| Peter Tuthill | |
| Dino Medanhodzic | |
| Chris Barkensjö | |
| :: |
| name = Carnal Forge | image = Carnal Forge live, 2009 (5).jpg |image_upright=1.25 | caption = Carnal Forge in 2009 | alias = | origin = Sala, Sweden | genre = {{flatlist|
- Melodic death metal
- thrash metal}} | years_active = 1997–2010, 2013–present | label = WAR Music, Relapse, Century Media, Candlelight | website = | current_members = Petri Kuusisto Lars Lindén Lawrence Dinamarca Tommie Wahlberg | past_members = Stefan Westerberg Jari Kuusisto Jonas Kjellgren Johan Magnusson Dennis Vestman Jens C. Mortensen Peter Tuthill Dino Medanhodzic Chris Barkensjö Carnal Forge are a Swedish band, best classified as thrash metal with some melodic death metal influences.
History
Carnal Forge was founded in Sala in 1997 by Jari Kuusisto and Stefan Westerberg as a side project to their band In Thy Dreams. They released their debut album Who's Gonna Burn (War Music) in 1998, then signed with Century Media Records in 2000 and recorded Firedemon (2000) and Please... Die! (2001).
In 2000, guitarist Johan Magnusson left and bassist Petri Kuusisto took his place. Lars Lindén replaced Petri on bass and made his debut at the 2000 Decibel Festival in Bengtsfors, Sweden and at the Wacken Open Air Festival in Wacken, Germany. Around this time, the band went on tour across Europe with The Haunted and Nile. The releases of The More You Suffer (2003) and Aren't You Dead Yet? (2004) came just prior to the departure of vocalist Jonas Kjellgren just prior to the band's European tour with Pro-Pain. Jens C. Mortensen was chosen as their new vocalist in a matter of days.
In addition to Europe, the band also toured the USA and Japan and played a number of festivals, including the Sweden Rock Festival, Metal Meltdown (USA), Fury Fest, Pressure Festival (Germany),{{cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/festival/2003/pressure-festival-2003-3bd79c88.html|title= Pressure Festival 2003 Setlists|date=n.d.|publisher=Setlist|access-date=14 March 2022}} Kaltenbach Open Air (Austria) Summer Breeze Open Air, and Fuck the Commerce (Germany). They released a 2004 DVD "Destroy Live" of concerts in New York City, Kraków, and Tokyo. In January 2007, the band signed to Candlelight Records and released the album Testify for My Victims later that year. Owe Lingvall, who the band had worked with before on previous music videos, directed the videos for "Burning Eden" and "Numb (The Dead)," both of which were filmed in Umeå, Sweden.
In November 2007, Mortensen and Jari left the band because they were "fed up with the music industry;" other Carnal Forge members were grappling with personal problems too. Dino Medanhodzic (guitar) of Construcdead and Peter Tuthill (vocals) of Soulbreach were brought in to replace them. In September 2009, they released their next album's first single, "Blood War," and filmed the music video the next month. In 2011, Lindén announced the band would be taking an indefinite hiatus for personal reasons and because they "weren't having much fun anymore." They reunited in 2013; Mortensen and Jari returned and Lawrence Dinamarca joined on drums. They released a single, "When All Else Fails," in 2014. In 2018, after a 12-year hiatus, Carnal Forge released Gun to Mouth Salvation, its seventh album, with ViciSolum Production.
Band members
Current members
- Petri Kuusisto – lead guitar (2000–2010, 2013–present); rhythm guitar (2022–present), bass (2000, 2025–present)
- Tommie Wahlberg – vocals (2018–present)
Former members
- Stefan Westerberg – drums (1997–2010)
- Jari Kuusisto – rhythm guitar (1997–2008, 2013–2022)
- Jonas Kjellgren – vocals (1997–2004)
- Johan Magnusson – guitars (1997–2000)
- Dennis Vestman – bass (1997–2000)
- Lars Lindén – bass (2001–2010, 2013–2025; his death)
- Jens C. Mortensen – vocals (2004–2007, 2013–2018)
- Peter Tuthill – vocals (2008–2010)
- Dino Medanhodzic – guitar (2008–2010)
- Chris Barkensjö – drums (2010)
- Lawrence Dinamarca – drums (2013–2023)
Timeline
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Discography
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| Title | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Sweet Bride | 1997 | Demo |
| Who's Gonna Burn | 22 September 1998 | WAR Music/Relapse Records |
| Firedemon | 14 November 2000 | Century Media |
| Please... Die! | 22 October 2001 | Century Media |
| The More You Suffer | 22 April 2003 | Century Media |
| Aren't You Dead Yet? | 21 June 2004 | Century Media |
| Testify for My Victims | 21 May 2007 | Candlelight Records |
| Gun to Mouth Salvation | 25 January 2019 | ViciSolum Productions |
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Videography
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| Title | Release date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Destroy Live | 2004 | Metal Mind Productions |
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References
References
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