Karnage Blog

Witchfest - 2008

Its nearly time for this years premiere metal festival, with way to many awesome bands to mention them all except for one, the mighty CARCASS.

We are playing at 10:40 so make sure you tell all your friends, here is the line up as it stands at the moment.

Thursday
23:15 – 00:15    Rhutz
22:30 – 23:15    MyEpic
21:45 – 22:30    Torment
21:00 – 21:45    Beyond The Pale
20:15 – 21:00    Deane Crescent
19:30 – 20:15    Pledge Defiance
18:45 – 19:30    Arise To Conquer
18:00 – 18:45    Fragmented Children
17:15 – 18:00    The Otherwise
16:30 – 17:15    Heroes Wear Red
15:45 – 16:30    Haggis & Bong
15:00 – 15:45    R.E.B.U.K.E.D
14:15 – 15:00    Every Waking Hour
13:30 – 14:15    Cynical Origin
12:45 – 13:30    Stigmata Dawn
12:00 – 12:45    F#*K

Friday
23:15 – 00:15    Fokofpolisiekar
22:30 – 23:15    Taxi Violence
21:45 – 22:30    Martin Rocka
21:00 – 21:45    Fire Thourgh The Window
20:15 – 21:00    AK Massive
19:30 – 20:15    Van Coke Kartel
18:45 – 19:30    Agro
18:00 – 18:45    Knave
17:15 – 18:00    Hokum
16:30 – 17:15    aKING
15:45 – 16:30    Juggernaught
15:00 – 15:45    ING
14:15 – 15:00    Sheep Down
13:30 – 14:15    Theatre Runs Red
12:45 – 13:30    Marching Dead
12:00 – 12:45    Hate Speech
11:20 – 11:50    Rev Henry Kane
10:40 – 11:10    As Flames Purify
Morning Intro

Saturday

23:15 – 01:00    Carcass (UK)
22:30 – 23:00    Contrast The Water
22:00 – 22:30    Seasons Of Six (UK)
21:00 – 21:45    Architecture Of Aggression
20:15 – 21:00    Wrust (BOT)
19:30 – 20:15    Sacrifist
18:45 – 19:30    Bloodline Ltd
18:00 – 18:45    Mind Assault
17:15 – 18:00    Betray The Emissary
16:30 – 17:15    Erebus
15:45 – 16:30    The Horror Cast
15:00 – 15:45    Misericord
14:15 – 15:00    The Warinsane
13:30 – 14:15    Far Beyond Driven
12:45 – 13:30    Bile OF Man
12:00 – 12:45    Warthane
11:20 – 11:50    All Forlorn
10:40 – 11:10    Karnage
10:00 – 10:30    Bored
Morning Intro

Sunday
17:15 – 18:00    TBC
16:30 – 17:15    TBC
15:45 – 16:30    TBC
15:00 – 15:45    TBC
14:15 – 15:00    TBC
13:30 – 14:15    TBC
12:45 – 13:30    TBC
12:00 – 12:45    Ankst
11:20 – 11:50    Skinflint (BOT)
10:40 – 11:10    Nosey Road (BOT)
10:00 – 10:30    Haggis & Bong
Morning Intro

Karnage Gig Update

Well the first show of the year went down well, besides a few minor technical problems and geting asked for more songs when we had already playd everything we knew, oops.

Luckly enough it Seems that the slyayer songs are still in demand, so we had to thumb suck our way through Dead Skin Mask, we hav't played that since that finals of Burn's first Battle Of The Tributes but it all came back just in time. Thanks to all the bands that played with us and a big thank you to Delia and Barry.

You can catch us again this weekend at The Red Door in PMB with Warthane and Plede Defiance

Thats all for now

See you in the PITT

First Gig of the year - BURN 8th February 2008

Well, well, well. I didn't think it would happen so soon. We will be playing or first gig of the year at Burn with Undoing Judas and As Flames Purify. I hav'nt seen any of these bands yet so it will be cool to check out some new acts.

Band times are as follows.

21h00 Undoing Judas

22h00 As Flames Purify

23H00 Karnage

Hope to see you all in the pit.

Karnage Rising

Right, time for an update. The hunt for a bass player in this small city has proved to be futile. Either everyone is take or uncommitted to say the least. So we have decided to become a three piece band with myself on guitar, Derek on bass and vocals and Andrew on drums.

We are just finishing off the vocals on the last couple of songs and should start hitting the stages with a vengeance from next month. The new songs sound very different from our older stuff, but much heavier and technical than we have ever been before.

We are also hopeing to go in the studio and record one or two songs, so keep a watch on this space for gig dates and new songs.

Cheers for now.

The Story So Far

Derek Faria (Guitar & Vox), Wesley White (Drums), Randall White (Bass) and Gareth Craig (Lead-Guitar) formed Karnage in late 1998 naming the band after the Marvel Comics megalomaniac serial killer Carnage, the guys started rehearsing and soon embarked on a slaughtering spree of their own by stamping their mark on the Durban scene with their fast and hard hitting songs inspired by the likes of Slayer, Sepultura and Morbid Angel .

With Randall Leaving to go on a sabbatical overseas Andrew Radue (ex Hollow-Point now Chief Rebel Angel) filled the breech on the bass guitar adding his 2 tons of bottom end. Through the next several years Karnage played a plethora of gigs in many venues with bands like Gutted Remains, Agro, vVv, Logan Stone and Afflicted Truth and also getting into the finals of the first ever annual Burn The Band Competion.

Sadly dude to many foreseen and un-foreseen reasons Karnage disbanded towards the end 2005.

Jump to 2007 almost 10 years after its inception Karnage are back with a vengeance with Andrew Lailvaux on drums with Gareth and Derek back on guitar duties . Once again determined to spread violence and mayhem across the South African metal scene.

See you in the PITT