Defending the Throne of Evil

Defending the Throne of Evil
Studio album by Carpathian Forest
Released	September 23, 2003
Recorded	Sound Suite Studio, August–September 2002
Genre	Symphonic black metal
Length	51:22
Label	Season of Mist
Producer	Carpathian Forest and Terje Refsnes
Carpathian Forest chronology
We're Going to Hell for This: Over a Decade of Perversions (2002) Defending the Throne of Evil (2003) Skjend hans lik (2004)

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Defending the Throne of Evil is the fourth studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Carpathian Forest. It was released on September 23, 2003 by Season of Mist. A remastered, deluxe double LP version with a bonus track was also released in 2007.

The sonority of Defending the Throne of Evil is largely different from other Carpathian Forest albums, being their more melodic one so far; relying heavily on symphonic interludes, saxophones and synthesizers, it is loosely reminiscent of symphonic black metal.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Nattefrost unless noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"It's Darker Than You Think"	4:41
2.	"Skjend hans lik" (Norwegian for "Desecrate his body")	5:07
3.	"The Well of All Human Tears"	5:36
4.	"Put to Sleep Like a Sick Animal!!!"	4:52
5.	"Hymne til døden" (Norwegian for "Hymn to death")	3:51
6.	"Ancient Spirits of the Underworld"	4:35
7.	"Spill the Blood of the Lamb"	4:52
8.	"One with the Earth" (Eivind Kulde)	3:14
9.	"Christian Incoherent Drivel"	3:41
10.	"The Old House on the Hill"	2:51
11.	"Nekrophiliac/Anthropophagus Maniac"	4:12
12.	"Cold Murderous Music"	3:50

2007 double disc deluxe edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Humiliation Chant"	2:48

Personnel

Carpathian Forest

• Roger Rasmussen (Nattefrost) — vocals, guitars
• Anders Kobro — drums, percussion
• Daniel Vrangsinn — guitars, bass, keyboards
• Terje Vik Schei (Tchort) — guitars

Session musicians

• Arvid Thorsen (Mötorsen) — tenor saxophone

Other staff

• Daniel Orstad — photography
• Terje Refsnes — engineering, production, sound effects, noises
• Nattefrost and Vrangsinn — production, cover art, artwork, graphics, photography

References

1. Serba, John. "Defending the Throne of Evil - Carpathian Forest : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 September 2012. ...Defending the Throne of Evil just falls in with the rest of the symphonic black metal pack.