Carnivore is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Body Count, released on March 6, 2020, by Century Media. The singles "Carnivore" and "Bum-Rush" were released to promote the album.

Background Explaining the title, vocalist Ice-T reported to Loudwire in 2018, prior to the album's recording:"It's basically: 'Fuck vegans.' We figure, anything carnivorous pretty much kicks ass. We're carnivorous! I'm not [really] saying 'Fuck vegans.' Everyone's so pussy right now, [so] we're carnivores." The album art was created by Zbigniew M. Bielak. It is the first album to not feature any songwriting credits for Ernie C.

Reception Critical reception

Accolades + Publications' year-end list appearances for CarnivoreCritic/PublicationListRankRef Consequence of Sound Top 30 Metal/Hard Rock Albums of 202019 Loudwire Top 70 Rock/Metal Albums of 2020N/A Revolver Top 25 Albums of 2020 4

The song "Bum-Rush" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, later winning the award and making it the band's first Grammy win.

Track listing

Personnel

Body Count Ice-T – lead vocals Ernie C – lead guitar Juan of the Dead – rhythm guitar Vincent Price – bass, additional voices on "The Hate Is Real" Ill Will – drums Sean E Sean – sampler, backing vocals Little Ice – hype man, backing vocals

Other personnel Will Putney – production, mixing, mastering, additional guitar Riley Gale – vocals on "Point the Finger" Jamey Jasta – vocals on "Another Level" Amy Lee – vocals on "When I'm Gone" Jello Biafra – additional voices on "The Hate Is Real" Jorge Hinojosa – additional voices on "The Hate Is Real" Hue X – additional voices on "The Hate Is Real" Trina Scelsi – additional voices on "The Hate Is Real" Emotional Xan – additional lyrics on "Point the Finger" Dave Lombardo – additional drums on "Colors" Josean Orta – additional drums on "Ace of Spades" Zbigniew Bielak – artwork Nishad George – guitar solos on "Colors - 2020"

Charts +Sales chart performance for Carnivore Chart (2020) Peakposition French Albums (SNEP) 55 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 96

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