Carpathian Forest - Defending the Throne of Evil

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Jan 19, 2016 Sold Date

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Artikel Name: Defending the Throne of Evil
Genre: Heavy Metal Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: BACK ON BLACK Titelanzahl: 18

Trackliste LP - 1

1. Carpathian Forest - It's Darker Than You Think 2. Carpathian Forest - Skjend Hans Lik 3. Carpathian Forest - Well of All Tears 4. Carpathian Forest - Put to Sleep Like a Sick Animal 5. Carpathian Forest - Hymne to Doeden 6. Carpathian Forest - Ancient Spirit of the Underworld CARPATHIAN FOREST - SPILL THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB CARPATHIAN FOREST - ONE WITH THE EARTH CARPATHIAN FOREST - CHRISTIAN INCOHERENT DRIVEL CARPATHIAN FOREST - THE OLD HOUSE ON THE HILL CARPATHIAN FOREST - NECROPHILIAC, ANTHROPOPHAGUS MANIAC CARPATHIAN FOREST - COLD MURDEROUS MUSIC

Trackliste LP - 2

7. Carpathian Forest - Spill the Blood of the Lamb 8. Carpathian Forest - One With the Earth 9. Carpathian Forest - Christian Incoherent Drivel 10. Carpathian Forest - Old House on the Hill 11. Carpathian Forest - Necrophiliac, Anthropophagus Maniac 12. Carpathian Forest - Cold Murderous Music

Beschreibung

"Carpathian Forest must be destroyed!," screams the CD booklet for Defending the Throne of Evil -- proof that Norway's Carpathian Forest may not be taking themselves entirely seriously. Which has always been the band's charm, so to speak; like other black metal acts, the delivery is poker-faced and anti-Christian, guitars encrusted with grime, vocals shrieking like squirrels trapped in the garbage disposal, and double-bass tempos veering nearly out of control. While past Carpathian Forest albums have embraced a gritty, Motörhead-meets-Mayhem aesthetic, Defending is the first record where vocalist/guitarist/leader Nattefrost has had full control of the group's reins (longtime collaborator Nordavind quit during the recording of 2001's Morbid Fascination of Death album) -- and he has disappointingly steered the band through more typical and predictable black metal pastures, fleshing out the sound and arrangements with symphonic keyboards. Still, "Spill the Blood of the Lamb" is compellingly vicious, and the final three songs deviate from the maelstrom with some welcome weirdness -- "The Old House on the Hill" is a comical ditty consisting of a jaunty, carnival-inspired keyboard theme smothered with Nattefrost's evil-monster croaks; "Nekrophiliac/Anthropophagus Maniac" concludes down an unexpected two-track road lined with squawking saxophones; and "Cold Murderous Music" sounds like Portishead (!) fronted by a tracheotomy recipient, a fascinating and strange dichotomy (to say the least). However, too much of Defending, solid as it is, takes a conservative path, leaving Carpathian Forest's strong points -- experimental indulgences, tongue-in-cheek S&M lyrical excursions, and the stripped-down rock & roll glory of past albums -- in relatively short supply here. Unfortunately, most of Defending the Throne of Evil just falls in with the rest of the symphonic black metal pack. ~ John Serba

John Serba