2001 studio album by Carpathian Forest
Morbid Fascination of Death is the third studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Carpathian Forest . It was released in 2001 by Avantgarde Music , and it was the last album to feature guitarist and founding member Johnny "Nordavind" Krøvel on the band's line-up. It was also their last studio album to be released by Avantgarde before they switched to Season of Mist .
It was re-released in 2007 by Peaceville Records under digipack form, with two bonus tracks.
The track "Carpathian Forest" is a re-recorded version of the eponymous track present in their debut EP, Through Chasm, Caves and Titan Woods .
Track listing
All tracks are written by Nattefrost and Nordavind unless noted
Title 1. "Fever, Flames and Hell" 2:31 2. "Doomed to Walk the Earth as Slaves of the Living Dead" 3:12 3. "Morbid Fascination of Death" 2:28 4. "Through Self-Mutilation" 2:58 5. "Knokkelmann" (Norwegian for "Bone-Man") 3:42 6. "Warlord of Misanthropy" 2:43 7. "A World of Bones" 4:43 8. "Carpathian Forest" (Nattefrost) 2:06 9. "Cold Comfort" 5:08 10. "Speechless" 3:27
Personnel
Carpathian Forest
Roger Rasmussen (Nattefrost ) — vocals, guitars, synthesizer, choir on "Fever, Flames and Hell"
Anders Kobro — drums, percussion
Daniel Vrangsinn — bass, synthesizer
Terje Vik Schei (Tchort ) — bass
Johnny Krøvel (Nordavind) — guitars, synthesizer, choir on "Fever, Flames and Hell"
Session musicians
C. Alucard — speech on "Morbid Fascination of Death"
Nina Hex — female backing vocals on "Doomed to Walk the Earth as Slaves of the Living Dead"
Eivind Kulde — backing vocals on "Knokkelmann" and "Carpathian Forest"
Arvid Thorsen (Mötorsen) — tenor saxophone on "Cold Comfort" and "Nostalgia"
Other staff
E. Øvestad — artwork (logo)
Lorenzo Mariani — cover art
Roxy Ueland — photography
Terje Refsnes — engineering, production
Nordavind
Damnatus
Lord Blackmangler
Lazare
Tchort
Blood Pervertor
Studio albums EPs