The Show Saver (Digital Super Single)

There exists quite a few adjectives that apply to Carnage The Executioner when speaking of his brand of live performance. Some descriptors, such as intense, abnormal & immodest lead to differing opinions. Despite whatever arguments come about, some that’ll never come up are: lazy, lackluster, and unoriginal.

Carnage The Executioner is out to prove that he can single-handedly change the negatives associated with live Hip-Hop performances into positives. Seems ambitious, indeed…

In under 7 minutes total, The Executioner accomplishes multiple feats that include, but are not limited to delivering a gripping story; giving a tutorial on how emcees can improve their own live shows; making your head nod uncontrollably, and providing hope. He explicitly tells amateurs and live show enthusiasts that he can SAVE THE SHOW if it’s deemed to be in danger.

Carnage The Executioner gives listeners two well-crafted tracks – making this release more of a project than a simple single. The Show Saver and Save The Show! are as different from one another as they are similar. Carnage employs 2016’s winner of his Carnage’s Co-Star Contest, Gradient (Eugene, OR) to rap The Show Saver’s first verse as “Voe-kulz” – a fictional rap character who’s not performing so well in the live show arena. Listeners will find appeal in Gradient’s ability to embody the personality needed to bring Carnage’s songwriting to life. The second verse has Carnage giving Voe-kulz a helping of much-needed veteran advice. The recipe of horns, piano, and organ seasonings atop meaty drums and enormous low-end is nothing short of spectacular. Save The Show! puts an action-packed spin on the already-creative Show Saver concept with different lyrics over a raw Golden Age Hip-Hop banger. Enigmatic and versatile producer Big Jess proves that he and Carnage are a stellar production team. The two generously provide you with instrumentals to both melodic, densely-layered, heavy-hitting songs…AND a cappella versions as well!

 

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released January 7, 2017

TRACKLIST + CREDITS

01. The Show Saver (Single)
02. Save The Show! (XXXTRA)
03. The Show Saver (Vocal-less)
04. Save The Show! (Vocal-less)
05. The Show Saver (Beat-less)
06. Save The Show! (Beat-less)

SHOW SAVER
(prod: Big Jess, co-prod: Carnage The Executioner
additional vocal performance – verse 1: Gradient)

SAVE THE SHOW!
(prod: Big Jess, co-prod: Carnage The Executioner
additional vocal performance – choruses: Katana Da Don)

Mixed, recorded, engineered, and mastered by Rob Genadek at Brewhouse Studios.

Artwork, design, and layout by Pat Jensen.

Hecatomb Industries, LLC

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