Black Shining Leather

by Carpathian Forest

Black Shining Leather cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 28 August 1998
  • Label: Avantgarde Music
  • Country: Norway
  • Length: 50:49
  • Community rating: 2.99/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Lazare, J. Nordavind, Nordavind, Terje Refsnes, Nattefrost

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Arriving years after their legendary early demo tapes, the Norwegian duo's long-delayed debut full-length injects raw black metal with a sleazy, distinctly punk-infused swagger. The incorporation of pronounced basslines, gothic synthesizers, and unapologetically sordid lyrical themes heavily defined their unique, primitive 'black 'n' roll' aesthetic.

Genres

Descriptors: death

Tracklist

  1. Black Shining Leather (4:32)
  2. The Swordsmen (4:07)
  3. Death Triumphant (4:27)
  4. Sadomasochistic (4:02)
  5. Lupus (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)
  11. A Forest (5:57)

Credits

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