Carnivore (Body Count album)

Carnivore is the seventh studio album by American heavy metal band Body Count, released on March 6, 2020, by Century Media. The singles "Carnivore"^[9] and "Bum-Rush"^[10] were released to promote the album.

Carnivore
Studio album by Body Count
Released	March 6, 2020
Recorded	2019
Genre	Rap metal^[1] thrash metal^[2] hardcore punk^[2]
Length	35:55
Label	Century Media
Producer	Will Putney
Body Count chronology
Bloodlust (2017) Carnivore (2020) Merciless (2023)
Singles from Carnivore
"Carnivore" Released: December 13, 2019 "Bum-Rush" Released: February 21, 2020

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	67/100^[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Consequence of Sound	B^[2]
Exclaim!	6/10^[4]
Kerrang!	3/5^[5]
Louder Sound	^[6]
Metal Storm	(7.5/10)^[7]
Tom Hull	B+ ()^[8]

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."^[11]

The album art was created by Zbigniew M. Bielak.^[12] It is the first album to not feature any songwriting credits for Ernie C.

Critical reception

Carnivore was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 67 based on four reviews.^[3] At Album of the Year, the release was given a 59 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of six reviews.^[13]

Accolades

Publications' year-end list appearances for Carnivore

Critic/Publication	List	Rank	Ref
Consequence of Sound	Top 30 Metal/Hard Rock Albums of 2020	19	^[14]
Loudwire	Top 70 Rock/Metal Albums of 2020	N/A	^[15]
Revolver	Top 25 Albums of 2020	4	^[16]

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

All tracks are written by Tracy Marrow, Vincent Dennis, Will Dorsey and Will Putney except where stated

Standard edition

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Carnivore"		3:12
2.	"Point the Finger" (featuring Riley Gale)	Tracy Marrow, Vincent Dennis, Will Dorsey, Riley Gale, Will Putney	2:39
3.	"Bum-Rush"		3:24
4.	"Ace of Spades" (Motörhead cover)	Eddie Clarke, Ian Kilmister, Phil Taylor	3:00
5.	"Another Level" (featuring Jamey Jasta)	Marrow, Jamey Jasta	4:12
6.	"Colors - 2020" (featuring Dave Lombardo)	Marrow, Charles Andre Glenn	4:26
7.	"No Remorse"		3:13
8.	"When I'm Gone" (featuring Amy Lee)	Marrow, Dennis, Dorsey, Amy Lee, Putney	4:36
9.	"Thee Critical Beatdown"		3:12
10.	"The Hate Is Real" (featuring Jello Biafra)		4:01
Total length:			35:55

Deluxe edition (disc 1)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"6 in tha Morning - 2020" (Unreleased demo)	Marrow, Andre Pierre	3:31
12.	"No Lives Matter" (Live in Australia 2017)		4:57
13.	"Black Hoodie" (Live in Australia 2017)	Ernie Cunnigan, Juan Garcia, Marrow, Dennis, Putney	3:26

Deluxe edition (disc 2)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Carnivore" (instrumental)	3:12
2.	"Point the Finger" (instrumental)	2:39
3.	"Bum-Rush" (instrumental)	3:24
4.	"Another Level" (instrumental)	4:12
5.	"Colors - 2020" (instrumental)	4:26
6.	"No Remorse" (instrumental)	3:13
7.	"When I'm Gone" (instrumental)	4:12
8.	"Thee Critical Breakdown" (instrumental)	3:12
9.	"The Hate Is Real" (instrumental)	3:54
10.	"6 in tha Morning - 2020" (instrumental)	3:24

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

Charts

Sales chart performance for Carnivore

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[17]	27
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[18]	8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[19]	39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[20]	34
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[21]	39
French Albums (SNEP)^[22]	55
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[23]	5
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[24]	29
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[25]	53
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[26]	96
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[27]	10
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[28]	46
US Top Album Sales (Billboard)^[29]	28
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)^[30]	24

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