Morbid Fascination Of Death - Carpathian Forest

'Morbid Fascination of Death' feels like a wasted opportunity from one of the more creative bands playing in the black metal genre, but a band becoming increasingly predictable and tiresome. There are comparably few touches of the experimental tendencies heard on 'Strange Old Brew,' only really coming to a head in the slightly lazy and overlong demo track 'Nostalgia' that they presumably couldn't be bothered to record a polished version of, while the majority is almost insultingly simplistic blackened thrash, played at a tedious tempo. The only songs to stand out from the almost-radio-friendly host of repetitive songs are the more diverse and atmospheric ...  Read the complete review