Strange Old Brew

Strange Old Brew
Studio album by Carpathian Forest
Released November 6, 2000
Recorded Sound Suite Studios
Genre Black metal
Length 37:11
Label Avantgarde
Producer Carpathian Forest, Terje Refsnes
Carpathian Forest chronology
Black Shining Leather
(1998)
Strange Old Brew
(2000)
Morbid Fascination of Death
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

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.

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 songs written and composed by Nattefrost and Nordavind unless noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "Damnation Chant" (instrumental) 1:01
2. "Bloodcleansing"   2:43
3. "Mask of the Slave"   4:12
4. "Martyr/Sacrificulum"   3:26
5. "Thanatology"   4:40
6. "The Suicide Song"   3:40
7. "House of the Whipcord"   3:58
8. "Cloak of Midnight"   5:28
9. "Return of the Freezing Winds"   3:07
10. "Theme from Nekromantikk" (instrumental; music composed by Hermann Kopp) 3:04
11. "The Good Old Enema Treatment" (instrumental) 1:53

Personnel

Carpathian Forest
Additional musicians
Miscellaneous staff

References

  1. Serba, John. "Strange Old Brew – Carpathian Forest : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
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