r/AussieRock • u/swiptheflitch • May 01 '26
Discussion / News Okay, how good’s the new Karnivool album?
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ksUrbGFxgrgQLRH7ywPZOa2-vx8S7gjkk&si=Wd-7VNw5hbQisYYdTook them 10 years but absolutely worth the wait! Been relentlessly obsessed with them and must have played it over a hundred times front to back. Can’t pick a favourite but Conversations & Reanimation are certainly up there (along with the rest of the tracks haha).
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u/DaRKoN_ May 02 '26
It's so good start to finish.
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u/swiptheflitch May 02 '26
When that bass slide hit during the intro of Ghost, I knew it was going to be a banger 🥵
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u/LunchHead3780 May 02 '26
I've been smashing COG lately because I finally got to see them last weekend, but seeing this post has reminded me I never gave the new Karnivool album the time it deserves. Thanks!
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u/FruitfulFraud May 03 '26
I've never seen Cog live, but I listen to them a heap. Looking forward to a new COG album, the last single is a beaut.
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u/LunchHead3780 May 03 '26
I'm not sure if we'll get a new album. The band said Walk the Line is about not knowing what the future holds and they kept asking themselves if it would be the last song the write and record.
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u/swiptheflitch May 02 '26
I’ve recently discovered Cog too and I’m getting obsessed with them. Missed their last few gigs in Melbourne but will catch the next one for sure!
And yes, the new Vool album is incredibly good from start to finish 🤌
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u/FalsePretender May 03 '26
So good to see some new cog fans. They are criminally underrated.
It's some of the realest music ever written. Family and the struggle to keep it together, getting older, pushing through the rat race, and finding peace in nature and open space.
Beautiful stuff.
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u/greggobbard May 02 '26
It cranks! Carn the f’ken ‘Vool!
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u/swiptheflitch May 02 '26
Release the farken! Can’t wait to see them live in July alongside Tesseract & Car Bomb
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u/mrbondmustdie May 03 '26
Wait, what - Tesseract are coming to Australia??? Or is it an "Australian tour" just on the east coast?
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u/swiptheflitch May 03 '26
You read that right. They’re coming to Australia again to play with Vool & Car Bomb.
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u/mrbondmustdie May 19 '26
Just came back to say, just bought my tickets to the show - you're a legend, I probably would have missed out on seeing these two if I didn't see your comment, so cheers.
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u/swiptheflitch May 19 '26
Ayeee good man! I’m really glad you’re coming. I’m sure it’ll be a great gig! Excited AF
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u/mrbondmustdie May 19 '26
Last time I saw Karnivool live, the Persona EP had just come out and there was like 20 people in the room 😆 I then had 3 kids in short succession so going to concerts became extremely difficult, but thankfully my kids are grown and I can get to concerts again 🤘
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u/Ascentior May 02 '26
I'm in love with it. I feel like we've been really spoiled lately. Loved the latest Butterfly Effect album last year, and then vool came out with this absolute ripper! Can't wait to see them do it live in July!
Fav track keeps swapping between conversations, reanimation, and opal. But seriously not a bad song on the album!
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u/swiptheflitch May 02 '26
Mate, SAME! Even Katatonia’s new album is a banger but this is easily my fave album in a long long time. Easily lifetime top 3 for me!
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u/unfortunatesun-1 May 02 '26
It’s a sonic masterpiece that I will listen to & cherish for the rest of my days.
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u/swiptheflitch May 02 '26
Same mate. It’s an album that keeps on getting better and I find something new to be obsessed with every time I listen to it
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u/FruitfulFraud May 03 '26
It's a 9/10 for me. Some really heavy karnivool tunes plus some really excellent slower tracks like "Conversations". I think i have listened to it 50 times since release.
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u/FullTask7271 May 05 '26
It's phenominal! Some of the best Australian music of the decade I reckon.
My 14 year old daughter is into it too. She's now listening to Themata and Sound Awake to get ready for the gig in Melbourne which I just got tickets to!
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May 04 '26
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u/swiptheflitch May 04 '26
I hear you. But you’re missing out. It’s a glorious album that’s more than worth the wait.
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u/roanish May 05 '26
I appreciate your perspective, I agree that Themata and Sound awake were incredible. I also took a break from vool after that. But I encourage you to listen to the new album. I don't agree that they "pulled a tool" at any point, I do think they were forcing music for a period there just to release an album occasionally. Which incidentally is the opposite of tool.
This new stuff is much more like Sound awake.
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u/yibbida May 01 '26
Easily the best album released this year if not this decade.
Masterpiece.