Carpathian Forest - Black Shining Leather (1998)
Tracklist front / back album covers
Carpathian Forest - Black Shining Leather
1. "Black Shining Leather" 4:32
2. "The Swordsmen" 4:07
3. "Death Triumphant" 4:27
4. "Sadomasochistic" 4:02
5. "Lupus" (instrumental) 3:06
6. "Pierced Genitalia" 4:18
7. "In Silence I Observe" 3:42
8. "Lunar Nights" 6:34
9. "Third Attempt" 3:18
10. "The Northern Hemisphere" 6:42
Carpathian Forest Band Members / Musicians
Roger Rasmussen (Nattefrost) — lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards
Johnny Krøvel (Nordavind) — backing vocals, background guitar, keyboards, bass guitar
Lars Are Nedland (Lazare) — drums, percussion
Black Shining Leather is the debut studio album by Norwegian black metal band Carpathian Forest. It was released in 1998 through Avantgarde Music, and re-issued in 2007 by Peaceville Records via digipak format.
It was their only release to feature Lazare on drums, who left the band in the following year and would later join Borknagar.
Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1992.
Carpathian Forest Band Members / Musicians
Nattefrost (Roger Rasmussen) — vocals, all other instruments (1992–present)
Vrangsinn (Daniel Salte) — bass (1999–2014, 2019–present)
Malphas — guitars (2017–present)
Erik Gamle — guitars (2017–present)
Audun — drums (2017–present)
Damnatus — bass (1992–1993)
Nordavind (Johnny Krøvel) — bass, guitars, keyboards, backing vocals (1992–2001)
Lord Blackmangler — drums (1992–1993)
Lazare (Lars Are Nedland) — drums, percussion (1998–1999)
Blood Pervertor (Gøran Bomann) — guitars, backing vocals (2003–2014)
Tchort (Terje Vik Schei) — bass, guitars (1999–2009, 2012–2014)
Slakt (Kjetil Dyvik Løksli) — bass (2017–2019)
Anders Kobro — drums, percussion (1999–2014)
Grimm — bass (1993)
Svein H. Kleppe — drums, percussion (1995)
John M. Harr — bass guitar, fretless bass (1995)
Arvid Thorsen (Mötorsen) — tenor saxophone (2000–2003)
Nina Hex — female backing vocals (2000–2001)
Jonathan Pérez — drums (2013–present)
Hoest (Ørjan Stedjeberg) — vocals (2003)
Carpathian Forest Discography Full
Black Shining Leather (1998)
Strange Old Brew (2000)
Morbid Fascination of Death (2001)
Defending the Throne of Evil (2003)
Fuck You All!!!! Caput tuum in ano est (2006)
Extended plays
Through Chasm, Caves and Titan Woods (1995)
Likeim (2018)
Compilations
Bloodlust and Perversion (1997)
We're Going to Hell for This: Over a Decade of Perversions (2002)
Skjend hans lik (2004)
Video releases
We're Going to Hollywood for This: Live Perversions (2004)
Demo tapes
Black Winds (1991 — as Enthrone)
Rehearsal Outtake (1992)
Bloodlust and Perversion (1992)
Journey Through the Cold Moors of Svarttjern (1993)
Singles
"He's Turning Blue" (2000)
