''Morbid Fascination of Death'' is the third studio album by the Norwegian

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. It was released in 2001 by

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, and it was the last album to feature guitarist and founding member Johnny "Nordavind" Krøvel on the band's line-up. It was also their last studio album to be released by Avantgarde before they switched to Season of Mist. It was re-released in 2007 by

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form, with two bonus tracks. The track "Carpathian Forest" is a re-recorded version of the eponymous track present in their debut EP, ''

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Track listing

Personnel

;Carpathian Forest * Roger Rasmussen (

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) — vocals, guitars, synthesizer, choir on "Fever, Flames and Hell" * Anders Kobro — drums, percussion * Daniel Vrangsinn — bass, synthesizer * Terje Vik Schei (

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) — bass * Johnny Krøvel (Nordavind) — guitars, synthesizer, choir on "Fever, Flames and Hell" ;Session musicians * C. Alucard — speech on "Morbid Fascination of Death" * Nina Hex — female backing vocals on "Doomed to Walk the Earth as Slaves of the Living Dead" * Eivind Kulde — backing vocals on "Knokkelmann" and "Carpathian Forest" * Arvid Thorsen (Mötorsen) — tenor saxophone on "Cold Comfort" and "Nostalgia" ;Other staff * E. Øvestad — artwork (logo) * Lorenzo Mariani — cover art * Roxy Ueland — photography * Terje Refsnes — engineering, production 2001 albums Carpathian Forest albums Avantgarde Music albums {{2000s-black-metal-album-stub