Released November 6, 2000 Length 37:11 Release date 6 November 2000 Genre Black metal | Recorded Sound Suite Studios Artist Carpathian Forest Label Avantgarde Music | |
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Producer Carpathian Forest, Terje Refsnes Strange Old Brew
(2000) Morbid Fascination of Death
(2001) Similar Carpathian Forest albums, Black metal albums | ||
Strange Old Brew is the second studio album by Norwegian black metal band Carpathian Forest. It was released on November 6, 2000, through Avantgarde Music. It was re-released under digipak format in 2007 by Peaceville Records, containing an extra track. Contrasting with the previous Carpathian Forest releases, the sonority of Strange Old Brew is their most experimental one so far, mixing black metal with jazz interludes. It was their first release with Anders Kobro and Tchort in the band's line-up.
Contents
The track "Theme from Nekromantikk" (sic) is a cover of the opening theme of the controversial 1987 horror movie Nekromantik, directed by Jörg Buttgereit.
The track "Return of the Freezing Winds" is one of the first tracks of Carpathian Forest's repertoire, being present already in their first demo tapes, Rehearsal Outtake and Bloodlust and Perversion.
Track listing
All tracks written by Nattefrost and Nordavind unless noted.
Personnel
Songs
1Intro - Damnation Chant1:02
2Bloodcleansing2:43
3Mask of the Slave4:13