Carnival in Coal was an extreme metal

Extreme metal

Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. The term usually refers to a more abrasive, harsher, underground, non-commercialized style or sound nearly always associated with genres like black metal,...

/avant-garde metal band from France

France

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. Founded in 1995, the band mixed death metal, black metal and other extreme metal

Extreme metal

Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. The term usually refers to a more abrasive, harsher, underground, non-commercialized style or sound nearly always associated with genres like black metal,...

 genres with genres such as easy listening

Easy listening

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, disco

Disco

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, and pop

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History

Originally, Carnival In Coal signed to and released their debut album through the now-defunct French indie label War On Majors Records. The band then released two albums through another French based independent Metal label, Season of Mist

Season of Mist

Season of Mist is a record label and record distributor with subsidiaries in France and the United States. The record label was founded in 1996 by Michael S. Berberian in Marseille, France. From the start releasing black metal, pagan metal and death metal records, the label moved on to releasing...

, and later signed a multi-album deal to Earache Records

Earache Records

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 and their Elitist Records sub-label. The only album to come from this deal was 2005's Collection Prestige

Collection Prestige

Collection Prestige is an album from French duo Carnival in Coal, and their only album released which was correspondent to the band's deal with Earache Records. The disc features a number of guest appearances, listed below...

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The band played its first live show in April 2006 at the Killer Fest in Chaulnes, France, and then went on to play several dates across Europe, including festivals like Hellfest Summer Open Air

Hellfest Summer Open Air

Hellfest is an annual music festival which takes place in Clisson, France in mid-June. It is held within the Val de Moine sport complex in Clisson, approximately 35 km south-east of the city of Nantes, and approximately 400 km south-west of the nation's capital Paris. Billed as an "extreme music...

 in France and Brutal Assault in Czech Republic

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The band officially disbanded in September 2007.

Live members

• Arno Strobl - vocals
• Axel Wursthorn - bass and samples
• Alexis Damien - drums
• Romain Caron - guitar and backing vocals
• Pierre Antonik - guitar
• Julien Cathalo - keyboard and samples
• Frédéric Leclercq
  Frédéric Leclercq
  Frédéric Leclercq is the bassist and backing vocalist for power metal band DragonForce and the guitarist/vocalist in his own band, Maladaptive. He is a session musician for various other bands, including George Lynch's Souls of We...
  
   - guitar
• El Worm - guitar
• Timmy Zecevic - keyboard and samples
• Nicolas Minier - guitar

Discography

• Sramik (demo, 1997)
• Vivalavida (1999)
• French Cancan (1999)
• Fear Not (2001)
• Collection Prestige
  Collection Prestige
  Collection Prestige is an album from French duo Carnival in Coal, and their only album released which was correspondent to the band's deal with Earache Records. The disc features a number of guest appearances, listed below...
  
  (2005)

External links

• Official homepage
• [ Carnival in Coal] at Allmusic
• Official MySpace page