Black Shining Leather

Black Shining Leather
Studio album by Carpathian Forest
Released 1998
Recorded April–May 1998 at Sound Suite
Genre Black metal
Length 50:45
Label Avantgarde
Producer Carpathian Forest and Terje Refsnes
Carpathian Forest chronology

Through Chasm, Caves and Titan Woods
(1995)
Black Shining Leather
(1998)
Strange Old Brew
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Chronicles of Chaos 10/10[1]

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.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Nattefrost and Nordavind unless noted. 

No. Title Length
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

Personnel

Carpathian Forest
Miscellaneous staff

References

  1. Almeida, Nuno (19 May 1999). "CoC : Carpathian Forest - Black Shining Leather : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 27 August 2012.

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