Carver City is the fourth studio album by American alternative metal band CKY. Recorded mainly at guitarist and producer Chad I Ginsburg's Studio CIG Pennsylvania in New Hope, Pennsylvania, it was released on May 19, 2009, by Roadrunner Records. The album reached number 46 on the US Billboard 200, number four on the Hard Rock Albums chart, and number 14 on the Rock Albums chart. Written by vocalist and guitarist Deron Miller, Carver City is often billed as a concept album about the fictional eponymous town, which is said to be a holiday resort plagued by crime. This has been Read more on Last.fm.
After a long waited return, CKY made their comeback with this synth and effect driven album that starts with a bang, thus concluding the Hellview saga with the horror movie style track Hellions on Parade. The most redeemable thing about this album is the fact that the story driven songs don’t just end there. Similar themes arise in tracks such as: ..And She Never Returned, The Boardwalk Body, and Old Carver’s Bones. Deron Miller(CKY frontman) definitely knows how to condense a riveting horror movie scenario into a three and a half minute track, and this album is chock full of them, with content ranging from fantasy to real life stories. This is the perfect alternative album to jam to on Halloween, with the only downside being that the multiple layers of effects and distortion kind of take away from the texture of the guitar tone CKY became so well known for