Mirrored Hate Painting

{{Infobox album

| name = Mirrored Hate Painting

| type = studio

| artist = Carpe Tenebrum

| cover = Mirrored_Hate_Painting.jpg

| alt =

| released = Spring 1999

| recorded = Winter 1998/1999 at The Abyss

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Symphonic black metal

| length = {{Duration|m=39|s=56}}

| label = Hammerheart

| producer =

| prev_title = Majestic Nothingness

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = Dreaded Chaotic Reign

| next_year = 2002

}}

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.{{cite web|title=Mirrored Hate Painting|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Carpe_Tenebrum/Mirrored_Hate_Painting/3811/|publisher=metal-archives.com|access-date=15 January 2014}}{{cite web|title=Carpe Tenebrum– Mirrored Hate Painting|url=http://www.discogs.com/Carpe-Tenebrum-Mirrored-Hate-Painting/release/763659|publisher=discogs.com|access-date=15 January 2014}}{{cite web|title=Carpe Tenebrum - Mirrored Hate Painting CD|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1509716/a/mirrored+hate+painting.htm|publisher=cduniverse.com|access-date=15 January 2014}}{{cite web|title=Mirrored Hate Painting|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/mirrored-hate-painting-mw0000056328|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=15 January 2014}}{{cite web|title=Mirrored Hate Painting|url=https://www.amazon.com/Mirrored-Hate-Painting-Carpe-Tenebrum/dp/B00002JV1G|access-date=15 January 2014}}

Track listing

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

{{Track listing

| total_length = 39:56

|title1 =The Abyss's Mystic Haze

|length1 =06:07

|title2 =Lured Like You Thought

|length2 =06:16

|title3 =The Painting

|length3 =05:05

|title4 =Mirrored in Scarry Skies

|length4 =05:24

|title5 =And Fever

|length5 =05:50

|title6 =Ludus

|length6 =05:42

|title7 =Void Dress

|length7 =02:45

|title8 =Dreaded Chaotic Reign

|length8 =02:47

}}

  • 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

References