CD: "Skjend Hans Lik" / Season of Mist, 2004
Track List:
1) Skjend Hans Lik
2) Humiliation Chant
3) Spill The Blood Of The Lamb
4) Martyr/Sacrficulum
(Tracks 5-8 from the 1996 demo, "Bloodlust and Perversion")
5) Through The Black Veil Of The Burgo Pass
6) Bloodlust and Perversion
7) Return Of The Freezing Winds
8) Wings Over The Mountain Of Sighisoara
Review:
Carpathian Forest can really be summed up in one word; "Haunting". "Skjend Hans Lik" is absolute proof of this fact. While still firmly rooted in Black Metal, Carpathian Forest still manages to avoid nonsensical bashing and create a sound that is catchy, yet evil and brutal at the same time. This is a rare commodity amongst many bands who feel they have to trade musical sensibility for hard-hitting, dark metal sound. "Skjend Hans Lik" is actually two releases in one. Tracks 1-4 are newly released material, while Tracks 5-8 are a rerelease of their 1996 demo, "Bloodlust and Perversion". The latter, while not as polished a production as the first half of the CD, serves as proof that this band has stuck to their hellish guns all these years and haven't compromised a bit. Again, a rare and commendable quality. All together, this makes Carpathian Forest one of the best Black Metal outfits out there today. Period.
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