Carpathian Forest - Through Chasm Caves and Titan MLP

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You are biding on a brand new mLP from CARPATHIAN FOREST "THROUGH CHASM CAVES AND TITAN WOODS" mLPrelased back in 1995.

This collectors item is new and it has never been played; its a leftover from my distribution Andromeda Creations which distributed Avantgarde Music in Portugal for quite some years.

This release is a split release between Avantgarde and Damnation distribution from holland. Carpathian Forest are here at their very best, probably one of their most gruesome releases. This splendid mix of old-school black metal power and epic and majestic atmospheres in a very varied way, can be listened to again and again. I remember in the old days (golden days!) when I listened to Carpathian Forest for the first time with this release, man what a feeling.

Review:

"You may recall the bands' two demo offerings, the excellent "Demo '93" and "Bloodlust and Perversion".

If you do, you already know that this band has somewhat of a "split-personality", with some
of their material sounding quite epic and atmospheric, and the rest being done in a very raw, ancient style of black metal.

Track one is entitled, appropriately enough, " Carpathian Forest", and starts things off on a good foot
with its pounding drums and (un)godly Hellhammer styled riffing. Nattefrost's vocals here are raw, but
not too screechy, reminding me a bit of Dimmu Borgir's. A couple of the riffs in this song seem kind of
Mayhem-inspired, but they never get very fast. In fact, ALL of Carpathian Forest's music is basically mid-tempo.
You'll also notice some synths here, but they're certainly not over-used. The second song is called
"The pale mist hovers towards the nightly shores", and sounds heavily like old Destruction, which is obviously a good thing!

Track number three, entitled "The eclipse / the Raven" (which was also on their previously mentioned "Demo '93"),
is where you'll first experience CF's atmospheric side. It's a long, melancholy hymn composed entirely of synths,
acoustic guitar, and fretless bass. Here the vocals are very much in the background as they croak out a few verses
of Poe's immortal masterpiece. Now on to track four, "When thousand moon have circled"  which immediately crushes
you with more of the raw, Hellhammering evilness that you surely crave! This is a very strong track that also features
some modern black metal riffing with synths that remind one of Emperor.

Last (but certainly not least) is another "Demo '93" tune, "Journey through the cold moors of Svarttjern".
This one is EXTREMELY atmospheric, with shrieking, Burzum-esque vocals throughout. The synths really
dominate here, as the guitar is quite low. It's really just one simple riff played over and over, but the powerfull
drums and strumming acoustic guitars don't allow it to become boring. Actually, the whole thing sounds alot
more like "Viking metal" than black metal, I suppose.. "

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