Founded in 2000, CARVE comprises members of Sweden's extreme Death Metal elite with a line-up of former PAGANIZER members vocalist / guitarist Rogga Johansson and drummer Matthias Fiebig alongside PORTAL guitarist Emil Koveroth and OBSCURITY bass player Oskar Nilsson. Johansson also has a tradition with DEAD SUN, DERANGED and, as a drummer, with Black Metal band BLODSRIT. CARVE signed to the Brazilian Black Hole Productions label for their 2002 opus 'Stillborn Revelations'.

Johansson would be a prominent guest artist on the EDGE OF SANITY 'Crimson II' album. In 2004 he founded RIBSPREADER with erstwhile PAGANIZER man Andreas Carlsson on guitar and the esteemed DAN SWANȪ on drums and lead guitars.