review by: Roberto Martinelli

This new Carpathian Forest album has got songs on it that are as good as any of the filthy, depraved, infectious little gems that this band is so good at producing. For one, the new CD is huge: Eighteen tracks, two of them new songs, three of them old (re-recorded) songs, and three of them covers; nine live tracks from two concerts; and two more of those completely gut-wrenching, unsettling tracks of sort-of ambient the likes of Strange Old Brew's "The Good Old Enema Treatment." This all adds up to about 73 minutes worth of pleasurefully guilty listening enjoyment.

The original studio tracks continue Carpathian Forest's trademark formula of infusing black metal with punk chords, delivery and filthy attitude. The result is, as always, a rockin' experience that satisfies to the core. In fact, the five original songs here are superior to the like tracks on the band's previous album, Morbid Fascination of Death (see issue #6 for a review), and are on par with the superb material from Strange Old Brew. Depending on your mood, We're Going to Hell for This... is more enjoyable record than its predecessors as the massive rock'n roll black metal energy doesn't get broken up by (certainly excellent) filler tracks. I know for one that usually when I pull Strange Old Brew (still the band's best) out of my CD racks, I generally listen to the four or so most rocking songs and then put it away, so this CD is great for those shorter attention span, just-give-me-what-I-really-want-to-hear-dammit times.

The live tracks sound excellent: visceral and ugly, and contain all the band's best tracks. The other two tracks are gut wrenching as they mix creepy classical music with what sounds like clips from snuff movies. Really fucking sick. We should all loathe this band. If only they weren't so totally great.