Carpathian Forest
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| Carpathian Forest | |
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| Origin | Norway |
| Genres | Black metal |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Avantgarde Music Season of Mist |
| Associated acts | Nattefrost, Blood Red Throne, Vrangsinn, Green Carnation, Emperor, Solefald, Neetzach, Taake, Aura Noir, A Waste of Talent, In the Woods..., Kvelertak, Gorgoroth |
| Website | tnbm.no |
| Members | |
| Nattefrost Vrangsinn Anders Kobro Blood Perverter |
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| Past members | |
| John Nordavind Lazare Tchort Mothörsen Kulde |
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Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1990.
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[edit] Biography
Carpathian Forest (previously known as "The Childmolesters", then "Enthrone") emerged with the demo tape "Bloodlust and Perversion" in 1992. In 1993 the band released a second demo: Journey Through the Cold Moors of Svarttjern. The following year, Forest signed to Avantgarde Music and recorded their first EP, Through Chasm, Caves and Titan Woods in 1995, followed by the debut album Black Shining Leather in 1998.
Carpathian Forest played their first concert in 1998 at the Quart Festival, Kristiansand Norway supporting Immortal and Satyricon. This saw the introduction of Vrangsinn. A short studio session followed, with Tchort and Kobro being made permanent members. The following EP was called He's Turning Blue, followed by the albums Strange Old Brew and Morbid Fascination of Death - these were both recorded at the same time and were produced by Terje Refsnes at Sound Suite studio in Sandnes. Nordavind left the band after this studio session due to personal issues with Tchort being promoted to guitarist. Vrangsinn was promoted to bass, and Blood Pervertor to keyboard duties for following sessions and tours.[1]
With this lineup, the band recorded their fourth album, Defending the Throne of Evil, released by Season of Mist. This album was the first to feature symphonic sounds, as witnessed with "It's Darker than You Think". The album was generally well-received.
The following year, Carpathian Forest made two releases - We're Going to Hollywood for This, a live DVD, the title of which was a play on their compilation album We're Going to Hell for This, and another compilation entitled Skjend Hans Lik, which featured many new tracks, as well as some remastered ones from Bloodlust and Perversion.
The band's most recent release was in 2006, with Fuck You All!!!!, an album which has similar structures to Black Shining Leather.
The band last played live at the Inferno Festival in 2009, and confirmed rumors that a new album was in the works.[2]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Studio Albums & E.P's
- Through Chasm, Caves and Titan Woods (1995)
- Black Shining Leather (1998)
- Strange Old Brew (2000)
- He's Turning Blue EP (2000)
- Morbid Fascination of Death (2001)
- Defending the Throne of Evil (2003)
- Fuck You All!!!! Caput tuum in ano est (2006)
[edit] Compilation albums
- Bloodlust and Perversion (1997)
- We're Going to Hell for This (2002)
- We're Going to Hollywood for This - Live Perversions (2004, video release)
- Skjend Hans Lik (2004)
[edit] Demos
- Bloodlust & Perversion (1992)
- Journey through the Cold Moors of Svarttjern (1993)
- In These Trees Are My Gallows (1993)
- Rehearsal Tape (1993)
[edit] Bootlegs
[edit] Band members
[edit] Timeline
[edit] Current members
- "Hellcommander" Nattefrost (Roger Rasmussen) - vocals, guitar, arrangements, production, bass guitar (1990–Present)
- Vrangsinn - Backing vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, arrangements, production and engineering (1999–Present)
- Anders Kobro - drums (1999–Present)
- Blood Pervertor (Goran Boman) - guitar (2003–Present)
[edit] Former members
- Tchort (Terje Vik Schei) - guitar, bass guitar (1999–2009)
- John Nordavind - vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard, arrangements (1990–2000)
- Lazare (Lars Nedland) - session drums (1997)
- Mothörsen (Arvid Thorsen) - Session saxophone (2000–2004)
- Kulde (Eivind Kulde) - live session on keyboards (2002)
- Nina Hex - Backing vocals (2000–2001)
- I.K. Hellslut - Backing vocals (2004)
- Lord Blackmangler - Drums (1992)
- Damnatus - Bass (1992-1993)
- Grimm (Erik_Brødreskift) - Drums (1993)
- John M.Haar - Bass (1995)
- Svein H. Kleppe - Drums (1995)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Carpathian Forest". Encyclopaedia Metallum. http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Carpathian_Forest/147#band_tab_members. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ^ "CARPATHIAN FOREST Working On New Album, DVD - Jan. 2, 2009". Blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=111746. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
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