Carnivore A.D. is stepping out from behind the legacy with their first original material. The New York hardcore and metal outfit — featuring bassist/vocalist Baron Misuraca (Sheer Terror, Darkside NYC), guitarist Chuck Lenihan (Crumbsuckers, Christian Death), and drummer Joe Cangelosi (Kreator, Massacre, Whiplash) — has shared “I Stand Alone”, the second single from their debut studio EP Transmutation, due 03/27 via Apostasy Records. A lyric video for the track is now streaming.
Formed as a tribute outfit built around the explosive catalogue of Carnivore and co-founded with the full endorsement of original drummer Louie Beateaux, Carnivore A.D. has spent years keeping Peter Steele‘s primal vision alive on stages from Hellfest to Maryland Deathfest. Transmutation marks the point where that mission shifts — not by erasing the past, but by building something new from it. The EP, also dedicated to the memory of Keith Alexander, represents the band’s first attempt at original songwriting: material that doesn’t try to replicate the Carnivore legacy so much as grow out of it.
Beateaux puts it plainly: “Think of Carnivore A.D. as a renowned dining establishment where its chef passed on years ago, but the recipes remain, and folks still want to dine there instead of cooking the food themselves. And Chef Pete wouldn’t mind because his friends are making it with love.”
Over the past years, Carnivore A.D. has appeared at established metal festivals (including Brutal Assault and Hellfest) as well as stages at events like Rock Hard Festival, Lisbon Tattoo Rock Fest, Ruhrpott Metal Meeting, and Maryland Deathfest, reinforcing its reputation through consistent live performances and international presence.
Transmutation was recorded and mixed at Soundlodge by Jörg Uken, with artwork by Simon Bossert. The five-track EP runs as follows:
- Prologue
- Transmutation
- I Stand Alone
- Social Decomposition
- Mine Is the Hand
The band has a run of live dates lined up across the US and Europe through April, including a stop at Inferno Festival in Oslo on 04/02. Full dates below.
- 03/20 — Sanford, FL / West End Trading Co
- 03/21 — Tampa, FL / The Brass Mug
- 04/02 — Oslo, NO / Inferno Festival
- 04/03 — Gothenburg, SE / The Abyss
- 04/04 — Schwerin, DE / Bus Stop
- 04/05 — Berlin, DE / Cassiopeia
- 04/06 — Kassel, DE / Goldgrube
- 04/07 — Dortmund, DE / Junkyard
- 04/08 — Düsseldorf, DE / Pitcher
- 04/09 — Goes, NL / T Beest
- 04/10 — Drachten, NL / Iduna
