Artist · chart history
Karnivool
Band Perth Australia Formed 1998
Karnivool formed in 1998 in Perth, Australia. Karnivool has 6 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2005–2013. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Roquefort”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #45. The station that charted Karnivool most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 6 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2009.
Karnivool came out of Perth playing the kind of heavy music that wants to think as hard as it hits. Ian Kenny has been the voice from the very start, and after some early reshuffling behind the kit and on bass, the lineup locked in by 2004: Kenny, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitars, Jon Stockman on bass and Steve Judd on drums.
Themata, the 2005 debut, is alternative metal with a progressive streak a mile wide, all lurching, off-kilter riffs and Kenny's soaring, oddly serene melodies floating over the top of them, with "Roquefort" and the title track as its sharpest blows. A West Australian Music Industry Award followed in 2007.
Sound Awake, in 2009, stretched the songs out and let the atmosphere in, and "Set Fire to the Hive" and "All I Know" show both sides: one a snarling, rubbery groove, the other a slow-building swell. Asymmetry, in 2013, pushed further into the prog deep end with "We Are". Then came a long silence, broken at last by a fourth album, In Verses, in 2026.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Karnivool on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roquefort | 1 | #45 | – | 2006 | |
| 2 | Set Fire to the Hive | 1 | #47 | – | 2009 | |
| 3 | All I Know | 1 | #63 | – | 2009 | |
| 4 | The Only Way | 1 | #63 | – | 2007 | |
| 5 | Themata | 1 | #97 | – | 2005 | |
| 6 | We Are | 1 | #100 | – | 2013 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 100 | We Are | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2013 |
| 2009 | 47 | Set Fire to the Hive | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009 |
| 2009 | 63 | All I Know | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2009 |
| 2007 | 63 | The Only Way | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2007 |
| 2006 | 45 | Roquefort | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2006 |
| 2005 | 97 | Themata | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2005 |
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