CARPATHIAN FOREST

Release Year: 2013
Artist Origin: NOR
Style: grim eerie misanthropic black metal

debut full-length [1998] by fundamental, absolutely cult Norwegian ensemble was built step by step when two lunatics, Nattefrost and Nordavind, were firmly standing behind this entity, already gaining a deep respect from die-hard audience in demo and EP times, as well as ferocious live rituals, while guest drumming of Lazare [Borknagar, Solefald] involved here triumphantly culminated and at the same time ended early era of the band, marked by eerie and mysterious approach, yet adding in quite a handful of necrotic, exterminating and ferocious material, making a brilliant combination of apocalypse, including a mesmerizing The Cure A Forest cover; recent British black 180g vinyl edition