Black Shining Leather is the debut studio album by Norwegian black metal band Carpathian Forest. It was released in 1998 through Avantgarde Music, and re-issued in 2007 by Peaceville Records via digipak format. It was their only release to feature Lazare on drums, who left the band in the following year and would later join Borknagar. Track listing Personnel Carpathian Forest Roger Rasmussen (Nattefrost) — lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards Johnny Krøvel (Nordavind) — backing vocals, background guitar, keyboards, bass guitar Lars Are Nedland (Lazare) — drums, percussion Miscellaneous staff Terje Refsnes — production, engineering References External links Black Shining Leather at AllMusic Carpathian Forest albums 1998 debut albums Avantgarde Music albums