Black Shining Leather
| Black Shining Leather | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | August 1998 | |||
| Recorded | February–May 1998 | |||
| Studios | Sound Suite and Endless Sound, Oslo, Norway | |||
| Genre | Black metal | |||
| Length | 50:45 | |||
| Label | Avantgarde | |||
| Producers | Carpathian Forest and Terje Refsnes | |||
| Carpathian Forest chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Chronicles of Chaos | 10/10[1] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[2] |
| Rock Hard | 8.5/10[3] |
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 tracks are written 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 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11. | "A Forest" (The Cure cover) | Lol Tolhurst, Matthieu Hartley, Robert Smith, Simon Gallup | 5:57 |
Personnel
- Carpathian Forest
- Roger Rasmussen (Nattefrost) — lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards
- Johnny Krøvel (Nordavind) — backing vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, bass guitar
- Lars Are Nedland (Lazare) — drums, percussion
- Miscellaneous staff
- Terje Refsnes — producer, engineer
References
- ↑ Almeida, Nuno (19 May 1999). "CoC : Carpathian Forest - Black Shining Leather : Review". Chronicles of Chaos. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ↑ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
- ↑ Mühlmann, Wolf-Rüdiger (29 September 1998). "Review Album: Carpathian Forest - Black Shining Leather". Rock Hard (in German). No. 137. Retrieved 23 February 2026.