Swedish Thrashers CARNAL FORGE Release New Lyric Video / Single “The Final Enemy”

With the song “The Final Enemy”, Carnal Forge is back with a new, violent release with a mix of fierce thrash and melodic death metal. Crushing aggression combined with melody and technical and fast aggressive riffing. The song is taken from the EP, The Fractured Process, that will be released on March 7, 2025, via ViciSolum Productions. Check out “The Final Enemy” lyric video below, or listen to the song at the digital platform of your choice.

The new EP mixes fierce thrash and melodic death metal. Aggression combined with melody and technical, fast, aggressive riffing is always in focus. But it was not obvious nor certain that anything would ever come into fruition… as a lot has happened along the way.

The follow-up to 2019’s Gun To Mouth Salvation was recorded shortly after, and was ready for release in 2020, but then Covid hit the world and put a halt to basically everything, resulting in the completion of the recording to stop and two members dropping out along the way, eager to move forward. Jari Kuusisto to form his own death band Farsoth, and Lawrence Dinamarca to join forces with Scar Symmetry. Petri becoming a father and Lars in the middle of a Cancer treatment has been slowing the process down and resulted in a number of songs being discarded but now it is time to move forward again and put the pieces together.

The band comments:

Lars Lindén: “The fact that we lost two members doesn’t really change anything negative for those of us who are left. Petri and I are used to people coming and going and sometimes visions diverge. For my part, I’m glad I’m alive, fighting cancer for nearly two years and happy that we could finally take this step, now looking forward to the writing of the next real album.”

Petri Kuusito: “I haven’t thought much about only having three songs left. Of course, it would have been nice to get a whole album out but given the circumstances I am still happy to get out what we have left. I feel that it is music that I can really stand for, I always like to combine melody with aggression and want to capture some kind of feeling, partly with the melodic but also in the more technical and fast more aggressive riffing. I have always thought that quality must come before quantity and then it can sometimes take longer, but sometimes you need a kick in the ass to get going.”

Tommie Wahlberg: “The last four years have been rough in many ways, and a lot has happened, both good and bad. It’s going to be really fun to get our songs out now that everything has settled down again. As for the lyrics, it’s about our inner torments and fears, the broken things that we’re constantly working on fixing in order to function. And the inevitable things we must face within ourselves to win. Overall, it’s fun to be back, I hope you like what we have with us.”

Tracklisting:

“The Final Enemy”
“Fragment Of Sanity”
“Ready To Burn”

The Fractured Process:

“Carnal Forge still ripping it up after 28 years in the game, super proud to have fronted this beast of a band since the formation in -97 up until 2004. The band has evolved a lot since I left 20 years ago! Just heard some new tunes with the band and I must say it’s the best Carnal Forge I ever heard, totally crushing/thrashing with catchy hooks and killer riffs, I love it you probably will too!” – Jonas Kjellgren

“Carnal Forge obviously have been really busy inside their butcher shop, chopping up another succulent serving of their most tender pieces of meat! These three new songs hit me harder than a porterhouse steak roundkick from Chuck Norris!” – Peter Tuthill

“Carnal Forge is back! These new songs are pure ‘no filler’ just killer tunes filled with all the goods you’d come to expect from the Meat Forgers. No clean vocals, no over the top schlager choruses… just the meat and bones… just the way the Doctor ordered.” – Jens C Mortensen

Pre-order The Fractured Process now at this location.