''Carnivore'' is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band

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, released on March 6, 2020, by

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. The singles "Carnivore" and "Bum-Rush" were released to promote the album.

Background

Explaining the title, vocalist

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reported to ''

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'' in 2018, prior to the album's recording:

"It's basically: 'Fuck vegans.' We figure, anything carnivorous pretty much kicks ass. We're carnivorous! I'm not eallysaying 'Fuck vegans.' Everyone's so pussy right now, owe're carnivores."

The album art was created by Zbigniew M. Bielak. It is the first album to not feature any songwriting credits for

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Critical reception

''Carnivore'' was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At

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, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 67 based on four reviews. At ''Album of the Year'', the release was given a 59 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of six reviews.

Accolades

The song "Bum-Rush" was nominated for the

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for

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, later winning the award and making it the band's first Grammy win.

Track listing

Personnel

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– lead vocals *

– lead guitar *

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– rhythm guitar *Vincent Price – bass, additional voices on "The Hate Is Real" *Ill Will – drums *Sean E Sean – sampler, backing vocals *Little Ice – hype man, backing vocals ;Other personnel *

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– production, mixing, mastering, additional guitar *Riley Gale – vocals on "Point the Finger" *

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– vocals on "Another Level" *

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– vocals on "When I'm Gone" *

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– additional voices on "The Hate Is Real" *Jorge Hinojosa – additional voices on "The Hate Is Real" *Hue X – additional voices on "The Hate Is Real" *Trina Scelsi – additional voices on "The Hate Is Real" *Emotional Xan – additional lyrics on "Point the Finger" *

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– additional drums on "

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" *Josean Orta – additional drums on "

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" *Zbigniew Bielak – artwork *Nishad George – guitar solos on "Colors - 2020"

Charts

References

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