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.

Black Shining Leather
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1998
RecordedApril 1998 at Sound Suite
GenreBlack metal
Length50:45
LabelAvantgarde
ProducerCarpathian 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
SourceRating
Chronicles of Chaos10/10[1]

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

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All tracks are written by Nattefrost and Nordavind unless noted

No.TitleLength
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
Peaceville Records 2007 digipak re-issue bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."A Forest" (The Cure cover)Lol Tolhurst, Matthieu Hartley, Robert Smith, Simon Gallup5:57

Personnel

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Carpathian Forest
  • Roger Rasmussen (Nattefrost) — lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards
  • Johnny Krøvel (Nordavind) — backing vocals, background guitar, keyboards, bass guitar
  • Lars Are Nedland (Lazare) — drums, percussion
Miscellaneous staff
  • Terje Refsnes — production, engineering

References

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