I've been a fan of Carpathian Forest for some time, so I think it's only appropriate for me to push an album of theirs. Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band that was formed by Nordavind and Nattefrost (yes, the same Nattefrost of "Nattefrost" fame; the one-man black metal project that apparently every black metal fan except for me loves to hate) in 1990. Since their creation, they've released two demos, about six studio albums, and a handful of compilation albums. Their older material tends to stay on the traditional end of black metal (lower production quality, high-pitched corpse-painty vocals, etc.) but their twist (adding electronic/synth tracks to create weird ambient noises and unusual song segments) adds a more unique touch to their music.
A word to potential downloaders: if you read the above paragraph and either rolled your eyes or lowered your head in frustration at the mention of Nattefrost, you may still like this. Production is of a higher quality than Nattefrost's solo albums, and material deals with more than just satanic slut whores fellating wonky black metal wieners, or, my personal favorite track "Nattefrost Takes A Piss" (complete with a cute little satanic fart thrown in for good luck at 0:05).
Here's a live video of the track "Bloodcleansing" from "Strange Old Brew."
This album, "Strange Old Brew," was released in 2000. To me, I feel like it's a great representation of all of Carpathian Forest's strong points: making black fucking metal, blending it with various aspects of thrash metal, incorporating really unusual electronic elements, and then skull-fucking the shit out of you because they're Norwegian as shit and you can't and won't do anything about it (see: Carpathian Forest's album "Fuck You All"[another great CF album, btw]).
You can find Carpathian Forest's "Strange Old Brew" album for download here:
http://rapidshare.com/files/274532169/Carpathian_Forest_Strange_Old_Brew_by_asuraa.rar
-K
