“No one ever interferes with us creatively and we’d like to keep it that way”: The story of Karnivool, prog metal’s most elusive band

Karnivool posing for a photograph with mirrors.

Cult Australian prog metal outfit Karnivool have been announced as the headliners for 2025’s Arctangent festival – though it’s been over a decade since they last released a record, 2013’s Asymmetry. Back then, Metal Hammer met up with the band on the road in Switzerland to look back on their remarkable rise.

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