Southern California deathcore band Carnifex will release its new album, “More Than Misery,” on Nov. 6, 2026, via Sumerian Records. Pre-order the album here, and watch the music video for the title track below.
“‘More Than Misery’ is about what happens when suffering becomes more than something you endure, it becomes what changes you,” vocalist Scott Ian Lewis said. “This is Carnifex at our most honest and unapologetically brutal.”
Musically, Carnifex approached “More Than Misery” with the goal of combining its original 2005 musicality with the tools available in 2026. The album brings together the physical directness of first-wave deathcore, the band’s death-metal foundations, the symphonic atmosphere developed across itslater records and the decision to focus on guitars remaining the primary musical voice, with orchestration used to deepen their impact. Every song was built with the live room in mind, from pit and circle-pit movement to whether the five musicians could carry each part convincingly onstage.
The record was tracked in Tennessee with Zach Householder of Whitechapel and mixed by Jeff Dunne, bringing an entirely new production team into the band’s creative process.
“More Than Misery” is Carnifex’s first full-length album for Sumerian Records. The partnership was introduced in May with the release of “Roses & Rotting Corpses.”
“More Than Misery” track listing:
“… And I Held Hands with Death”
“More Than Misery”
“The Process of Pain (ft. Chaney Crabb)”
“No Gods Only Graves”
“Coffin Crowned King”
“Roses & Rotting Corpses”
“Only the Dead”
“Gothic Serpent”
“Heart Made of Teeth”
“Licking Love from a Knife”
Carnifex will spend the months surrounding the album’s release on the road across North America, the U.K. and Europe. The band first will join All Shall Perish for “The Price of Existence” 20th anniversary tour before a run of headline dates, an appearance at Furnace Fest and a 20-date European co-headline tour with Despised Icon and Suffocation.
Carnifex tour dates:
All Shall Perish with Carnifex, Extermination Dismemberment and Mauled unless otherwise noted
September 4th: Fresno, CA – Strummer’s
September 5th: Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
September 6th: Roseville, CA – Goldfield Trading Post
September 7th: Reno, NV – The Alpine*
September 8th: Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
September 9th: Denver, CO – Oriental Theater
September 11th: Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s
September 12th: Chicago, IL – Reggies Rock Club
September 13th: Detroit, MI – Saint Andrew’s Hall
September 15th: Toronto, ON – The Concert Hall
September 16th: Montréal, QC – Club Soda
September 18th: Hartford, CT – The Webster
September 19th: Brooklyn, NY – Saint Vitus
September 20th: Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
September 21st: Virginia Beach, VA – Elevation 27*
September 22nd: Greensboro, NC – Hangar 1819
September 23rd: Greenville, SC – The Radio Room
September 25th: West Palm Beach, FL – The Banyan Live
September 26th: Tampa, FL – The Orpheum
September 27th: Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade, Heaven
September 28th: Pensacola, FL – The Handlebar**
September 29th: Oklahoma City, OK – Farmers Public Market
September 30th: Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
October 1st: Mesa, AZ – The Nile Theater
October 2nd: San Diego, CA – House of Blues
October 3rd: San Jose, CA – The Ritz
* Carnifex with Extermination Dismemberment and Mauled, no All Shall Perish
** Carnifex with Mauled
Carnifex headline dates and Furnace Fest
October 6th: Farmington, NM – Locke Street Eats – with Mauled
October 7th: Lubbock, TX – Jake’s Sports Cafe – with Mauled
October 8th: El Paso, TX – Lowbrow Palace – with Mauled
October 9th: Austin, TX – Come and Take It Live – with Winds of Plague and Mauled
October 10th: Haltom City, TX – Haltom Theater – with Winds of Plague and Mauled
October 11th: Birmingham, AL – Furnace Fest, Sloss Furnaces
Triple co-headline tour with Despised Icon, Carnifex and Suffocation, with Gates to Hell
October 29th: Munich, Germany – Backstage
October 30th: Essen, Germany – Weststadthalle
October 31st: Haarlem, Netherlands – Patronaat
November 1st: Antwerp, Belgium – Kavka Zappa
November 3rd: London, UK – Electric Brixton
November 4th: Birmingham, UK – O2 Institute
November 5th: Manchester, UK – Academy 2
November 6th: Sheffield, UK – Corporation – Album Release Day
November 7th: Bristol, UK – Electric Bristol
November 9th: Paris, France – La Machine du Moulin Rouge
November 10th: Lyon, France – La Rayonne
November 11th: Milan, Italy – Legend Club
November 12th: Vienna, Austria – Arena Wien
November 13th: Budapest, Hungary – Barba Negra
November 14th: Leipzig, Germany – Felsenkeller*
November 15th: Prague, Czech Republic – MeetFactory
November 17th: Warsaw, Poland – Proxima
November 18th: Berlin, Germany – Columbia Theater
November 19th: Hamburg, Germany – Gruenspan
November 20th: Karlsruhe, Germany – Substage
* Expanded Death Dominion Festival bill also featuring Stillbirth, Sun Eater and Dogbite
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