Mirrored Hate Painting Explained

Mirrored Hate Painting is the second studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Carpe Tenebrum. It was recorded in winter 1998 at The Abyss Studio and released in 1999 through Karmageddon Media. Stylistically the album is similar to Dimmu Borgir's Spiritual Black Dimensions (which is the only full-length Dimmu Borgir album featuring Astennu), albeit heavier and less symphonic. The album has an arguably obscure atmosphere because of the atypical cover artwork, the poetic lyrics and the bizarrely edited speech samples between some of the songs. The band again used a drum machine although Nagash is listed as the drummer.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

Track listing

All songs composed by Astennu, lyrics written by Ariadne A. Done and Astennu.

• The song "Lured Like You Thought" is listed as instrumental although it obviously has lyrics provided by Stian Arnesen.
• Track 5 is misspelled "And Forever" on the back cover.

Personnel

• Astennu - guitars, bass, keyboards, drum programming
• Nagash - vocals

Additional personnel

• Ariadne A. Done - lyrics
• Tommy Tägtgren - mixing

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mirrored Hate Painting. metal-archives.com. 15 January 2014.
2. Web site: Carpe Tenebrum– Mirrored Hate Painting. discogs.com. 15 January 2014.
3. Web site: Carpe Tenebrum - Mirrored Hate Painting CD. cduniverse.com. 15 January 2014.
4. Web site: Mirrored Hate Painting. allmusic.com. 15 January 2014.
5. Web site: Mirrored Hate Painting. 15 January 2014.