Name: Retaliation
Brand: Carnivore

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

FDDL23.1

Colour

Green

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Extended format

Extended format: Yes

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2023-12-08

Signed copies

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Sales:8.875

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4250444192106

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Green LPx2

FDDL2-V.1

Extended format: No

Limited Edition, Gatefold

2023-01-20

4250444190744

1 / Green / LP

Artist

Carnivore

Genre US

Metal

Label US

Flying Dolphin

Carnivore was a crossover thrash metal band from Brooklyn, NY, active from 1982 to 1990. Led by vocalist/bassist/songwriter <en>Peter Steele</en>, the band emerged after the dissolution of Steele's previous project. With drummer Louis Beateaux also joining, Carnivore was completed by guitarist Keith Alexander (later replaced by Marc Piovanetti). Known for their controversial lyrics, which were often tongue-in-cheek and meant to provoke, Carnivore released two albums and had ties to <en>Agnostic Front</en>. After disbanding, Steele went on to form <en>Type O Negative</en>, incorporating some of Carnivore's songs into their debut album.

In 2006, Steele revived Carnivore with a new lineup for live performances. Sadly, original guitarist Keith Alexander passed away in July 2005 due to a bicycle accident. Tragically, Peter Steele himself died in April 2010 from heart failure.

For fans of Carnivore's unique sound and style, similar artists worth exploring include Hirax, Vio-Lence, Dark Angel, Whiplash, Cryptic Slaughter, Nuclear Assault, Sadus,
Morbid Saint,Sacred Reich,Possessed,Voivod,Rigor Mortis,Destruction,Razor,
Coroner ,Toxik,Venom ,Exciter,Demolition Hammer,and Exhorder

Newest Listed Items

No one in the New York crossover metal scene could make a guy laugh like Carnivore front man Pete Steele. Whether it was the vomit-in-the-toilet track "Jack Daniels and Pizza," which opened the band's second album 'Retaliation' or the crudely drawn obscene Sharpie renderings Steele would scribble on passed out musicians and crew members. Steele was a one of a kind and his perverse, oddball sense of humor infiltrated and enhanced his viciously aggressive blend of hardcore and metal. Just take two of 'Retaliation's' many standouts, "Angry Neurotic Catholics" and "S.M.D. (Suck My Dick)." 

"For 'Retaliation', I really wanted to make an album that was half Black Sabbath-type metal and half ripping hardcore," he said before the album's original reissue in 1987. "I just loved that vibe, so I incorporated the slowness and heavy dirge sound with the incredible energy of bands like Cro-Mags, Agnostic Front, Murphy's Law and Sheer Terror." More than 35 years after it's release, 'Retaliation' still stands as a landmark achievement in crossover music and another indication of Pete Steele's immense gift for songwriting, a talent he would demonstrate time and again between 1991 and 2007 with Type O Negative.

Retaliation

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