2013 release on 180g vinyl

Strange Old Brew couldn’t be a more appropriate title for thisbizarre hodgepodge of Scandinavian necro-weirdness. The first sixtracks of Carpathian Forest’s third full-length platter show a moretraditional, rock-influenced take on the ugly Norwegiancaterwauling of corpsepainted longhairs; “Mask of the Slave,”“Thanatology,” and”The Suicide Song” prove that even the frostiestof black metal can (almost) swing, in an endearingly messy way,simple riffs and basic arrangements mixing quite well with thetortured vocal croaks, violent S&M imagery, and horde-of-beesguitar sound that are more characteristic of the genre. But thesecond half of the record is another story, “House of the Whipcord”boasting whispered vocals accompanied by haunting piano (!) andsaxophone (!) mewlings. “Cloak of Midnight” is a painfully slow,dirge-like slog through molten tar; “Return of the Freezing Winds”is pure, mid-tempo Celtic Frost worship (and possibly the album’sbest cut); “Theme From Nekromantikk” is a left-field, completelyout of place piano-and-strings instrumental, and “He’s TurningBlue,” with its chanted chorus and sloppy power chords, is simplyblackened Norwegian punk rock. The poker-faced posturing of mainCarpathian collaborators R. Nattefrost and J. Nordavind and thecheap black-and-white cover art may point toward a typically harsh,vile black metal outing (shades of early Darkthrone), but StrangeOld Brew’s surprisingly filth-free production values and the band’skooky, obnoxious, and unrestrained songwriting make for an oddlyenjoyable listen — quite a compliment for an outfit that would mostlikely describe itself as “totally cult.”

Track listing:
1. Damnation Chant
2. Bloodcleansing
3. March Of The Slave
4. Martur: Sacrificium
5. Thanatology
6. The Suicide Song
7. House Of The Whipchord
8. Cloak Of Midnight
9. Return Of The Freezing Winds
10. There From Nekromantik
11. The Good Old Enema Treatment
12. Hes Turning Blue

Condition cover: nm

Condition vinyl: nm

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