Carnal Forge

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Carnal Forge (1997-2010, 2013-present): a Thrash Metal band from Stockholm, Sweden.

ormed in 1997 by Jari Kuusisto (guitar) and Stefan Westerberg (drums) and with fellow members, Johan Magnusson (guitars), Dennis Vestman (bass), Jonas Kjellgren (vocals) joining soon after, Carnal Forge would release their debut, Who's Gonna Burn in 1998 on the 'War Music' label. By 2000, they would switch to 'Century Media' to release, Firedemon (2000).

By the time the band was ready for their European tour supporting The Haunted and Nile, Petri Kuusisto had joined, and in 2001 Lars Linden joined on bass. Please... Die! then followed in 2001, followed by The More You Suffer (2003) and Aren't You Dead Yet? (2004).

For Testify for My Victims (2007), Jens C. Mortensen had taken vocals.In November 2007 both Mortensen and Kuusisto decided to part ways with the band for personal reasons. Shortly after, replacements were found in Peter Tuthill (Ex-Construcdead; Vocals) and Dino Medanhodzic (ex-Soulbreach; guitar).

January 2010 saw Stefan Westerberg leave to be replaced by Chris Barkensjö. The band broke up shortly later so members could engage in side projects, reforming in 2013 under the membership of Jari Kuusisto (guitars), Lars Lindén (bass), Petri Kuusisto (guitars), Lawrence Dinamarca (drums) and Tommie Wahlberg (vocals) to release Gun to Mouth Salvation (2019).