Southern California deathcore veterans Carnifex have released “Licking Love From A Knife” and its official music video. The song comes from their new album More Than Misery, their first for Sumerian Records, out November 6.
Pre-order More Than Misery here.
“Licking Love From A Knife is my favorite song on More Than Misery and a song that I hope speaks deeply to our fans that have survived toxic relationships.”
Scott Ian Lewis
A Record About Survival
The album title has a double meaning: a life can be bigger than the misery inside it. Where earlier Carnifex records found Lewis processing pain while still living in it, here he looks back from the other side. Musically, the band combined their 2005 instincts with 2026 tools, leading with guitars, deepening the orchestration and writing every song with the live show in mind. With no fixed deadline, they had more time than ever to build the songs, tracking for five to six weeks in Tennessee with Zach Householder of Whitechapel, with Jeff Dunne mixing. It follows the singles “Roses & Rotting Corpses” and “More Than Misery“.
More Than Misery Tracklist
- …and I Held Hands With Death
- More Than Misery
- The Process Of Pain (ft. Chaney Crabb)
- No Gods Only Graves
- Coffin Crowned King
- Roses & Rotting Corpses
- Only The Dead
- Gothic Serpent
- Heart Made of Teeth
- Licking Love From A Knife
Death Dominion Tour
Carnifex head to Europe and the UK for a triple co-headline run with Despised Icon and Suffocation, with Gates to Hell as special guests. They play Sheffield on album release day.
- October 29: Munich, DE, Backstage
- October 30: Essen, DE, Weststadthalle
- October 31: Haarlem, NL, Patronaat
- November 1: Antwerp, BE, Kavka Zappa
- November 3: London, UK, Electric Brixton
- November 4: Birmingham, UK, O2 Institute
- November 5: Manchester, UK, Academy 2
- November 6: Sheffield, UK, Corporation
- November 7: Bristol, UK, Electric Bristol
- November 9: Paris, FR, La Machine du Moulin Rouge
- November 10: Lyon, FR, La Rayonne
- November 11: Milan, IT, Legend Club
- November 12: Vienna, AT, Arena Wien
- November 13: Budapest, HU, Barba Negra
- November 14: Leipzig, DE, Felsenkeller (Death Dominion Festival with Stillbirth, Sun Eater and Dogbite)
- November 15: Prague, CZ, MeetFactory
- November 17: Warsaw, PL, Proxima
- November 18: Berlin, DE, Columbia Theater
- November 19: Hamburg, DE, Gruenspan
- November 20: Karlsruhe, DE, Substage
Carnifex Are
Scott Ian Lewis: vocals
Cory Arford: guitar
Neal Tiemann: guitar
Fred Calderon: bass
Shawn Cameron: drums
