Carnal Savagery

A Swedish extreme metal quartet whose sound draws from the unfiltered aggression of early death metal pioneers including Entombed, Carnage, and Dismember, Carnal Savagery traces a lengthy history. Core members Mikael Lindgren, responsible for drums and bass, and guitarist Henrik Jansson first launched the brief-lived underground death metal act Cromlech in the early 1990s. Two decades later they recruited vocalist Mattias Lilja and guitarist Patrik Eriksson to launch Carnal Savagery. The group surfaced in 2017 and delivered its debut full-length, Grotesque Macabre, in 2020. Moribund Records noticed the album’s fierce mixture of caustic hardcore and classic melodic death metal and offered the band a multi-album agreement. The punishing Fiendish followed in 2021, with the equally uncompromising Scent of Death arriving the year after.