https://mega.nz/#F!o0kHgYpD!_cdwkuvCdN8QUnB1zuTmjw

Three years after Through Chasm, Caves and Titan Woods, Carpathian Forest returned with their debut-full-length, Black Shining Leather.

Here we are knowing a new Carpathian Forest songs and melody, with influencies of other bands out of black metal as Burzum, Mayhem and DarkThrone. but still appreciante as before.

From blast beats and fast tremolo melodies to mid-paced Hellhammer worship to the slower and more methodical arpeggio riffs, reminiscent of Burzum, Carpathian Forest manages to take the listener on a bit of a roller coaster ride. Of course, there are keyboard passages thrown in, here and there, for good measure. They do not always fit into the songs, but they are present, nonetheless


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgF3xH-GKUI

 

https://mega.nz/#F!FkNWgK6A!RaQ5-c_bHBBvZ4Sxwtv0Vg

"Black Symphonic Laments & Hymns", pretty self explanatory for this EP. The production of "Through Chasm, Cave And Titan Woods" is very lifeless and cold, freezing the listener in a casket of ice. The atmosphere present on this recording is pure sorrow evoked through Nattefrost's unique and ultra uncomfortable vocals, probably one of the most recognizable voices in black metal

https://mega.nz/#F!1o1SAYJA!Lav-QQH2fFpgVig-DXo5bw

Journey Through The Cold Moors Of Svarttjern is Carpathian Forest’s last release before they started to change their style. Journey Through The Cold Moors Of Svarttjern showcases a band that can play very well atmospheric black metal, very different from their sounds today. The songs are very strange at times, and certain moments become very memorable, odd, and a bit insane/chaotic

https://mega.nz/#F!UgUwmIJY!WNVn08BDMG2teT6Qd1HPGg

As it has unfortunately happened with way too many other Norwegian black metal releases in the time period this rehearsal demo came out, this 1992 tape was blatantly and inevitably overshadowed by the musical (and non-musical) “merits” of the infamous black metal reigning trio during the second wave of black metal in Norway, namely Mayhem, Burzum, and Darkthrone.

https://mega.nz/#F!FgVEgYBY!Mg9tmjU-P-sAFpPmrHhrRw

The deep, forlorn woods and cold, white towering mountains - the taste of mancare de fasole - and the fantastical visions of what was Europe's least-known and wildest region haunt Bloodlust and Perversion. Guitars howl like the 'children of the night', eerie blue flame appears and your carriage trudges on slowly, yet steadily, to your approaching doom. It's clear that Herr Nattefrost had gleamed much inspiration from Stoker's Dracula, LeFanu's Carmilla and Romania's striking landscapes and perhaps the mystery was greater still due to the then recent fall of Iron Curtain and Nicolae Ceaușescu's brutal and incompetent rule (Euronymous was a fan, right?).