Strange Old Brew

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Strange Old Brew
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Studio album by Carpathian Forest
Released November 6, 2000
Recorded Sound Suite Studios
Genre Black metal
Length37:11
Label Avantgarde
Producer Carpathian Forest, Terje Refsnes
Carpathian Forest chronology
Black Shining Leather
(1998) Black Shining Leather1998		Strange Old Brew
(2000)		 Morbid Fascination of Death
(2001) Morbid Fascination of Death2001
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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.

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Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1992.

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<i>Nekromantik</i> 1987 film by Jörg Buttgereit

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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.

No.TitleLength
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

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Nattefrost Norwegian band

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Anders Kobro Norwegian heavy metal drummer

Anders Kobro is a Norwegian drummer who played in the bands In the Woods... and Green Carnation. He was also playing for Carpathian Forest until 2014.

Tchort Norwegian musician

Terje Vik Schei, better known by his stage name Tchort, is a Norwegian musician. He is known for his time spent playing bass for the black metal band Emperor and for leading the progressive metal band Green Carnation. He has also played with Carpathian Forest and Blood Red Throne, Satyricon and Einherjer. Tchort is known to be married and to have a son and a daughter.

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References

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