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Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian band
signed to the Italian label Avantgarde Music which might seem a bit strange.
Their music has been labelled as "misanthropic black metal" which is a
suitable way to describe the dark symphonies written by the only two permanent
members of the band - R. Nattefrost and J. Nordavind. The lyrics are very dark
and misanthropic in their nature, telling tales of death, suicide and a cold
hell. This album has been accused of being just another release from the
neverending black metal bands erupting from Norway and not being very
creative. I don´t really agree with this description since Carpathian Forest
seem to be a very talented band. Their music is definitely mainly traditional
black metal, very thrashy and also fairly aggressive. They have also been
influenced by regular heavy metal and death metal which can be heard in the
great riffing from time to time. Classical arrangements can also be heard in a
couple of songs such as the instrumental "Theme from Nekromantikk".
Carpathian Forest is a black metal band mainly based on melodic vs thrashy
riffing and not keyboard arrangements like Dimmu Borgir and others. Nattefrost
and Nordavind has hired Tchort to play bass guitar and A. Kobro for drums on
this recording and a couple of other guest musicians can also be heard. The
quality of the production is almost perfect as you could expect when Terje
Refsnes (Tristania, The Sins Of Thy Beloved) is involved. "Strange Old Brew"
was recorded at Sound Suite Studios and produced by Refsnes and the band. The
artwork and design was done by Vrangsinn at Zengeist Studio with art direction
by Nattefrost. Nattefrost also wrote all the lyrics for the album in 1991-97.
If you´re not into black metal this might not be suitable to your ears but
"Strange Old Brew" is one of the finer releases of the
genre.
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Damnation Chant 2. Bloodcleansing 3. Mask of the Slave 4. |
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Martyr / Sacrificulum 5. Thanatology 6. The Suicide Song |
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the Freezing Winds 10. Theme from Nekromantikk 11. The Good Old |
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Enema Treatment Bonus track 12. He´s Turning Blue |
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