 carpathian forest is a norwegian black metal band formed by nattefrost and nordavind in 1990, initially under the name enthrone. ==biography== the band that would become carpathian forest formed in late 1990 in sandnes, rogaland, under the name enthrone, by nattefrost (then bearing the pseudonym lord nosferatu) and nordavind (who used the pseudonym lord karnstein). enthrone itself emerged from the ashes of another band, the childmolesters. as enthrone, the band self-released a demo tape, black winds, in 1991. in 1992, enthrone changed its name to carpathian forest, and lord blackmangler and damnatus joined their line-up. as a quartet they self-released three demo tapes: rehearsal outtake, bloodlust and perversion (both in 1992) and journey through the cold moors of svarttjern (in 1993). however, damnatus and lord blackmangler left afterwards, and carpathian forest became once more a duo. carpathian forest would release their first studio work in 1995: the extended play through chasm, caves and titan woods, via avantgarde music. it would be their first of many releases via avantgarde. in 1998 the band released their first full-length album, black shining leather, once more via avantgarde music. it was their only release to feature lazare (who would later join borknagar) on the band's line-up as a drummer. in the same year they also played their first concert at the under the black sun festival in schÃ¶nermark, germany. lazare left carpathian forest in 1999, the same year anders kobro, tchort and daniel vrangsinn joined them as permanent members. in the following year, their second full-length, strange old brew, was released. it was their most experimental album so far. by the end of the year they also released a single, "he's turning blue". in 2001, founding member nordavind left carpathian forest, during the recording sessions of their third studio album, morbid fascination of death, that still retained the experimentation (although to a lesser extent) of their previous release, strange old brew. in 
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