| Carbonized | |
| Image Upright: | 1.2 |
| Origin: | Saltsjöbaden, Sweden |
| Years Active: | 1988–1996 |
| Label: | Thrash, Foundation 2000 |
| Associated Acts: | Therion, Carnage, Demonoid, Dismember, Entombed, General Surgery, Liers in Wait, Messiah, Morpheus Procreation, Serpent, Unanimated |
| Current Members: | Christofer Johnsson Lars Rosenberg Piotr Wawrzeniuk |
| Past Members: | See: Former member listing |
Carbonized was a Swedish avant-garde metal band formed in Saltsjöbaden in 1988. The band was formed by Lars Rosenberg in 1988, with Dismember vocalist Matti Kärki. Joined by drummer Piotr Wawrzeniuk, the trio was completed by Therion's Christofer Johnsson, who originally agreed to only perform session guitarwork but eventually became a full-time member.
The band never officially split up, but stopped being active after recording the Screaming Machines album in 1994 (released 1996).
Quite different from anything that any of the members would become involved in later, the three albums ran the gamut from psychedelic infused grindcore on For The Security to discordant jazz-metal weirdness on Disharmonization to something more avant-garde on Screaming Machines, and described as "the worst of Sonic Youth, Syd Barret era Pink Floyd, old Black Flag, and Voivod" by Christofer Johnsson. Both Rosenberg and Wawrzeniuk were featured on a few Therion albums through Christofer Johnsson, and they also paired up in the doom band Serpent.