Carnivore (song)

"Carnivore" is a single by American rock band Starset, off of their studio album Transmissions. It peaked at number 16 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2014.

"Carnivore"
Single by Starset
from the album Transmissions
ReleasedOctober 29, 2014 (2014-10-29)
Recorded2013
GenreHard rock
Length4:22
LabelRazor & Tie
Songwriter(s)
  • Dustin Bates
Producer(s)
Starset singles chronology
"My Demons"
(2013)		 "Carnivore"
(2014)		 "Halo"
(2015)

Background

A music video was released for the song on October 29, 2014.[1] The band's official video was directed by Ramon Boutviseth.[2] The band also had several other videos in relation to the song, including a fan contest to create the best music video on YouTube, and working closely with James Spratt of professional esports team Faze Clan to create videos, because the band's music had become popular among the video gamer community for making game-play montages to the band's music.[3] The song's music video topped Loudwire's Top 10 music video chart twice in 2015, including narrowly beating Slipknot's video for "The Devil in I".[4]

Themes and composition

Frontman Dustin Bates described the song's lyrical themes as being about "standing up to oppressive forces", along the same lines as the movie V for Vendetta.[5]

Reception

Commercially, the song peaked at number 16 on the Billboard US Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2015.[6] Additionally, outlets such as The Huffington Post noted that the song was particularly well received in the music streaming world, similar to prior single "My Demons", racking up "tens of millions of views" on sites such as YouTube.[7] Collectively with the album's other releases, the band earned $232,000 from streaming on the site alone.[8]

Personnel
  • Dustin Bates – lead vocals, keyboard
  • Brock Richards – lead guitar
  • Ron DeChant – bass
  • Adam Gilbert – drums

Charts
Chart (2015) Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[9] 16

References
  1. "Starset Premiere New Music Video, "Carnivore" | Revolvermag". Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  2. Willschick, Aaron. "Starset - "Carnivore" [Music Video]". puregrainaudio.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-04. Retrieved 2017-05-26.
  3. "Starset premieres new music video for".
  4. "Battle Royale: Starset Edge Slipknot for Countdown Crown". Loudwire.
  5. "Starset Names Movies To Play With Each Track On Their New Album - New Noise Magazine". 18 November 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  6. "Starset - Chart history - Billboard". www.billboard.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
  7. Hodak, Brittany (19 June 2015). "Starset to Deliver Out-of-This-World Performance at Long Island Planetarium". HuffPost.
  8. "How Independent Rock Band Starset Found Major Success on YouTube, Without Even Trying". Billboard.
  9. "Starset Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved September 13, 2021.
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