Green Carnation are carefully plotting their next step. The Norwegian progressive metal band are beginning the preparations for the follow up to Leaves of Yesteryear, which was considered among the best albums of 2020 by Heavy Music HQ,Angry Metal Guy and Metal Injection.
Their new album promises to be another dark and poetic chapter in a story that’s now lasted more than three decades. In the meantime, the band is honored to announce that they are opening for Opeth!
“This year, we are concentrating on writing and recording new music”, vocalist Kjetil Nordhus says. “But when an invite comes along to join Opeth for a concert, you don’t refuse!”
Green Carnation will join the mighty Swedes Summer Sojourn in Copenhagen on June 26 for a sold-out show at Amager Bio.
“We are looking forward to the show in Copenhagen” Kjetil continues. “We hope to meet up with fans both old and new”.
After almost 10 years of total silence, Norwegian prog/avant garde metal act Green Carnation announced their comeback to the international metal scene for the 15th anniversary of their cult classic Light of Day, Day of Darkness in 2016. And after a very successful comeback year with festival appearances and special shows both in Europe and North America, the band announced their permanent return to the scene.
Green Carnation from Kristiansand, Norway, was founded as early as 1990, but after founding member Tchort joined legends-to-be Emperor, for their Darkside Eclipse album, and continued in Satyricon and Einherjer, the band was shut down until their debut album, A Journey To The End Of The Night in 2000.
Big parts of the line-up were changed until the bands epic Light of Day, Day of Darkness was released in 2001, and the band changed in a more rock’ish direction with A Blessing in Disguise (2003) and The Quiet Offspring (2005), before the stripped-down Acoustic Verses was released in 2006.The band is alsoknown for having released on of the more spectacular concert DVDs, recorded in the mountains in Norway, under a 30 meters high water dam, and with audience from all over the world. A Night Under The Dam was also released in 2006. After the successful comeback in 2016, the band continued to do festivals and special shows throughout 2017 and 2018, before releasing their album first in 14 years, Leaves of Yesteryear, in May 2020. The new album was recorded in DUB Studio, with producer Endre Kirkesola, which also produced their classic, Light of Day, Day of Darkness, and having since worked with bands like Abbath, In Vain and Solefald.
Throughout and after COVID-19, Green Carnation have toured Northern Europe, and played festivals, but have concentrated on writing and recording new music. News about the next release is forthcoming.
Original recording line-up:
Tchort – Guitars (acoustic)
Stein Roger Sordal – Bass, Vocals (backing), E-bow, Vocals (lead)
Kjetil Nordhus – Vocals (lead), Vocals (backing)
Michael S. Krumins – Guitars (acoustic), Theremin
Tommy Jackson – Drums, Percussion
Kenneth Silden – Piano, Mellotron
Bjørn Harstad – Guitars
Line-up:
Vocals – Kjetil Nordhus
Guitars – Terje Vik Schei
Guitars – Bjørn Harstad
Bass – Stein Roger Sordal
Keyboards – Kenneth Silden
Drums – Jonathan Alejandro Perez
Original recording Studio:
Engineered and mixed at Brown Sound Studios, except track 4, mixed at Jailhouse Studios.
Violins, viola and cello recorded at Jailhouse Studios.
Drums recorded at Dub Studios.
Mastered at Lynor.
Remaster: Maor Appelbaum Mastering // Maor Appelbaum
Cover Art: Lukasz Jaszak
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