Green Carnation Opening for Opeth

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 Sojournin 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".

Praise for Green Carnation

"If you don't know Green Carnation, you're doing yourself a disservice" - Angry Metal Guy

"Titans of the craft...a vertiable tour de force" - Metal Injection

"Totally prog; unashamedly Scandinavian; and a wonderful return" - Ghost Cult Mag

"Arose from psychedelia only to forge an entire culture" - Sonic Perspectives

"One of metal's most unique, original acts" - Outburn

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 Verseswas 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.
 

Genre: Progressive Rock

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
 

Photo: Jørund Pedersen

Links:
www.greencarnationmusic.com
www.facebook.com/greencarnationnorway
www.instagram.com/green2carnation/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2vfEaTADayEniT7xbG-XCA

Order: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/GreenCarnationShop

Stream: https://linktr.ee/greencarnation

Formats: CD digipak, vinyl black and coloured

GREEN CARNATION Shares Cover of Jim Croce's "Time in a Bottle"

Norwegian progressive rock icon GREEN CARNATION is now releasing an acoustic cover of the Jim Croce song, "Time in a Bottle," along with a performance video! The video was recorded live in June 2022 and can now be viewed below.

Vocalist Kjetil Nordhus comments: "We are a band who like to surprise our fans, and sometimes even ourselves. We will include one unique cover song on each date of the tour. This is a nice way to present different shows every day and hopefully our fans will enjoy that. A while ago, we asked our Facebook followers what song they would like to hear in a Green Carnation version, and this one came up. It is a beautiful song, and we do think we have managed to put our own stamp on it! What other cover songs that might be included during The Acoustic Verses Tour 2022, we don't want to reveal yet! It wouldn’t be too much of a surprise if we told people which songs we have chosen. But one of them will a song in a language that I have never sung before...."

The band is celebrating their upcoming 'Acoustic Verses' tour across Europe, for which more info can be found below!

'The Acoustic Verses (remastered)' is out now via Season of Mist and is available in the shop HERE. Listen to the album HERE.

By early 2006, Norway’s GREEN CARNATION had released four studio albums and an EP in five years — including their breakout masterwork, 2001’s Light of Day, Day of Darkness. Albums of such magnitude generally foretell some type of creative cliff is around the bend, but the Norwegians wisely kept updating their sound with more atmospheric and progressive rock elements on the ensuing A Blessing in Disguise (2003) and The Quiet Offspring (2005). This creative direction ensured Light of Day, Day of Darkness would forever stand alone and that GREEN CARNATION was not a band bound to convention.

This brings us to 2006’s The Acoustic Verses, an album — as the title suggests — of completely acoustic originals. Buoyed by the previous year’s The Burden is Mine…Alone EP and the eponymous song bearing its name, The Acoustic Verses found GREEN CARNATION near the peak of their creative powers during their 2000s iteration. Now 15 years removed from its release, TheAcoustic Verses is getting the vinyl reissue treatment from Season of Mist, including new artwork from Polish graphic artist Lukasz Jaszak, an updated tracklisting and three bonus cuts.

According to vocalist Kjetil Nordhus, The Acoustic Verses was born from the band’s never-ending pursuit of something new. Even with regular pleas from fans to recreate the hallowed sounds of Light of Day, Day of Darkness, GREEN CARNATION was more interested in the “next step.” Come 2006, that next step was stripped-down music played on acoustic instruments.

“I think [founding member/guitarist] Tchort thought we didn’t know where to go next,” says Nordhus. “We had time to discover all the areas within our creative scope except for the acoustic landscapes. Especially Light of Day, Day of Darkness, which is a ‘more is more’ album. It sounds strange, but it was a natural step for us because it was an area we hadn’t gone into before as a band. We had different band members that were more or less acquainted with the acoustic ideas. But for the band as a whole, it was a new challenge. It was fresh for us. For some strange reason, but I can understand, I think many people found a lot of atmospheres from Light of Day, Day of Darkness in TheAcoustic Verses, even though it’s the most different sounding album when you listen to it at first. The Acoustic Verses is like a stripped-down essence of what GREEN CARNATION is or was at that time.”

At seven songs, The Acoustic Verses features songwriting contributions from nearly every member of GREEN CARNATION. Tchort provided “Sweet Leaf” and “Alone,” while Nordhus chipped in with “Maybe?” Bassist Stein Roger Sordal penned not only “The Burden is Mine…Alone” but also the 15-minute epic “9-29-045.” “Child’s Play Part 3” (a continuation of the “Child’s Play” story from The Quiet Offspring) was written by guest cellist Bernt Andrè Moen, and album closer “High Tide Waves” was a joint effort between guitarist Michael S. Krumins (music) and drummer Tommy Jackson (lyrics).

The wealth and disparity of songwriting ideas proved to be a double-edged sword GREEN CARNATION. While it made The Acoustic Verses an album of remarkable depth and progression, it put the band at a creative crossroads. Then, the following year, Tchort dissolved GREEN CARNATION after a difficult North American tour. It also put his plans for the sequel to Light of Day, Day of Darkness, The Rise and Fall of Mankind (which was the intended second part of his The Chronicles of Doom trilogy) on the backburner.

“It was a challenge for us to fit the new, acoustic sound into what we were doing,” says Nordhus. “I can’t remember too many albums that have nearly all band members as songwriters and lyricists, which made it very much a band concept. But, after The Acoustic Verses, we certainly didn’t know what to do. There wasn’t a natural step for us to take at that point. There’s a lot of reasons why we decided to split up — that was one of them.”

GREEN CARNATION reformed in 2014 and proceeded to rejoin the European and American festival circuit for special appearances, including a full airing of Light of Day, Day of Darkness at the 2016 ProgPower USA festival. In 2020, they released the highly anticipated follow-up to The Acoustic Verses, Leaves of Yesteryear, an album that drew immediate praise from fans and critics.

“We knew that people wanted us to come back,” says Nordhus. “That wasn’t something new. But the emotions of it all, during that first concert when we came back, we saw several people crying in the audience, we could see how much it meant to people and we were all a bit surprised. There’s a lot of love for the band out there. We needed to be entirely sure that after so many years that we released an extremely good album. It wouldn’t make sense to do something halfway. We took quite a lot of time, wrote a lot of material and set a high bar for our ideas. We tried to gather all the best things we did previously but adding 15 years of life and musical experience.”

Nordhus hints at some “significantly adventurous” plans for GREEN CARNATION in addition to continuing the promotional push for Leaves of Yesteryear. However, assembling the The Acoustic Verses reissue provided a moment of pause and reflection when GREEN CARNATION was writing, recording and touring at a breakneck pace. A decade-and-a-half after the release of The Acoustic Verses, Nordhus says the band is in a significantly better frame of mind and appreciates what they have in each other.

“Those were some hectic years. It was such a short period of time. You look at what we did and it’s like, ‘Oh, wow!’ We did concert DVDs, singles, full lengths…everything. Because of the experience we all have, it feels much more comfortable to play together. We’re more true to what we want to do. We don’t necessarily have the aim of headlining the Wacken festival. We’re happy with our situation in that we have people all over the world who are interested in what we’re doing, and we mean something to them. Not everyone can say that. We want to do stuff that gives us energy and want to continue playing. Economy and money are not our driving force — it never was in the first place. We’re extremely ambitious when it comes to making music together and our live shows are better than ever. I don’t think we talked about those things 15 years ago.”

Links:
www.greencarnationmusic.com
www.facebook.com/greencarnationnorway
www.instagram.com/green2carnation/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2vfEaTADayEniT7xbG-XCA

Photo: Jørund Pedersen

Genre: Progressive Metal

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

Biography: David Gehlke

Shop: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/gc-acoustic-remaster

Formats: CD digipak, vinyl black and coloured

GREEN CARNATION Streams 'The Acoustic Verses Remastered' in Full

Norwegian progressive metal band GREEN CARNATION are now streaming the remastered, 15th anniversary edition of their 2006 album, 'The Acoustic Verses!' This anniversary edition, remastered by Maor Appelbaum, contains three bonus tracks and has brand new cover artwork by Lukasz Jaszak. This is the first time that 'The Acoustic Verses' is released on vinyl.

Listen to the full album below.

Vocalist Kjetil Nordhus comments: "This is a big day for GREEN CARNATION. Having wanted this album to be released on vinyl for years, we are very proud to be able to share it with new and old fans today. We put a lot of effort into making this tasteful both visually and sound wise, and hope people will appreciate that and enjoy the whole package."

'The Acoustic Verses (remastered)' will be out on December 3, via Season of Mist. Pre-orders are still available in the shop HERE. Pre-save the album HERE.

By early 2006, Norway’s GREEN CARNATION had released four studio albums and an EP in five years — including their breakout masterwork, 2001’s Light of Day, Day of Darkness. Albums of such magnitude generally foretell some type of creative cliff is around the bend, but the Norwegians wisely kept updating their sound with more atmospheric and progressive rock elements on the ensuing A Blessing in Disguise (2003) and The Quiet Offspring (2005). This creative direction ensured Light of Day, Day of Darkness would forever stand alone and that GREEN CARNATION was not a band bound to convention.

This brings us to 2006’s The Acoustic Verses, an album — as the title suggests — of completely acoustic originals. Buoyed by the previous year’s The Burden is Mine…Alone EP and the eponymous song bearing its name, The Acoustic Verses found GREEN CARNATION near the peak of their creative powers during their 2000s iteration. Now 15 years removed from its release, TheAcoustic Verses is getting the vinyl reissue treatment from Season of Mist, including new artwork from Polish graphic artist Lukasz Jaszak, an updated tracklisting and three bonus cuts.

According to vocalist Kjetil Nordhus, The Acoustic Verses was born from the band’s never-ending pursuit of something new. Even with regular pleas from fans to recreate the hallowed sounds of Light of Day, Day of Darkness, GREEN CARNATION was more interested in the “next step.” Come 2006, that next step was stripped-down music played on acoustic instruments.

“I think [founding member/guitarist] Tchort thought we didn’t know where to go next,” says Nordhus. “We had time to discover all the areas within our creative scope except for the acoustic landscapes. Especially Light of Day, Day of Darkness, which is a ‘more is more’ album. It sounds strange, but it was a natural step for us because it was an area we hadn’t gone into before as a band. We had different band members that were more or less acquainted with the acoustic ideas. But for the band as a whole, it was a new challenge. It was fresh for us. For some strange reason, but I can understand, I think many people found a lot of atmospheres from Light of Day, Day of Darkness in TheAcoustic Verses, even though it’s the most different sounding album when you listen to it at first. The Acoustic Verses is like a stripped-down essence of what GREEN CARNATION is or was at that time.”

At seven songs, The Acoustic Verses features songwriting contributions from nearly every member of GREEN CARNATION. Tchort provided “Sweet Leaf” and “Alone,” while Nordhus chipped in with “Maybe?” Bassist Stein Roger Sordal penned not only “The Burden is Mine…Alone” but also the 15-minute epic “9-29-045.” “Child’s Play Part 3” (a continuation of the “Child’s Play” story from The Quiet Offspring) was written by guest cellist Bernt Andrè Moen, and album closer “High Tide Waves” was a joint effort between guitarist Michael S. Krumins (music) and drummer Tommy Jackson (lyrics).

The wealth and disparity of songwriting ideas proved to be a double-edged sword GREEN CARNATION. While it made The Acoustic Verses an album of remarkable depth and progression, it put the band at a creative crossroads. Then, the following year, Tchort dissolved GREEN CARNATION after a difficult North American tour. It also put his plans for the sequel to Light of Day, Day of Darkness, The Rise and Fall of Mankind (which was the intended second part of his The Chronicles of Doom trilogy) on the backburner.

“It was a challenge for us to fit the new, acoustic sound into what we were doing,” says Nordhus. “I can’t remember too many albums that have nearly all band members as songwriters and lyricists, which made it very much a band concept. But, after The Acoustic Verses, we certainly didn’t know what to do. There wasn’t a natural step for us to take at that point. There’s a lot of reasons why we decided to split up — that was one of them.”

GREEN CARNATION reformed in 2014 and proceeded to rejoin the European and American festival circuit for special appearances, including a full airing of Light of Day, Day of Darkness at the 2016 ProgPower USA festival. In 2020, they released the highly anticipated follow-up to The Acoustic Verses, Leaves of Yesteryear, an album that drew immediate praise from fans and critics.

“We knew that people wanted us to come back,” says Nordhus. “That wasn’t something new. But the emotions of it all, during that first concert when we came back, we saw several people crying in the audience, we could see how much it meant to people and we were all a bit surprised. There’s a lot of love for the band out there. We needed to be entirely sure that after so many years that we released an extremely good album. It wouldn’t make sense to do something halfway. We took quite a lot of time, wrote a lot of material and set a high bar for our ideas. We tried to gather all the best things we did previously but adding 15 years of life and musical experience.”

Nordhus hints at some “significantly adventurous” plans for GREEN CARNATION in addition to continuing the promotional push for Leaves of Yesteryear. However, assembling the The Acoustic Verses reissue provided a moment of pause and reflection when GREEN CARNATION was writing, recording and touring at a breakneck pace. A decade-and-a-half after the release of The Acoustic Verses, Nordhus says the band is in a significantly better frame of mind and appreciates what they have in each other.

“Those were some hectic years. It was such a short period of time. You look at what we did and it’s like, ‘Oh, wow!’ We did concert DVDs, singles, full lengths…everything. Because of the experience we all have, it feels much more comfortable to play together. We’re more true to what we want to do. We don’t necessarily have the aim of headlining the Wacken festival. We’re happy with our situation in that we have people all over the world who are interested in what we’re doing, and we mean something to them. Not everyone can say that. We want to do stuff that gives us energy and want to continue playing. Economy and money are not our driving force — it never was in the first place. We’re extremely ambitious when it comes to making music together and our live shows are better than ever. I don’t think we talked about those things 15 years ago.”

Links:
www.greencarnationmusic.com
www.facebook.com/greencarnationnorway
www.instagram.com/green2carnation/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2vfEaTADayEniT7xbG-XCA

Photo: Jørund Pedersen

Genre: Progressive Metal

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
Biography:David Gehlke

Pre-sales:https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/gc-acoustic-remaster

Formats: CD digipak, vinyl black and coloured

GREEN CARNATION Announce Remastered, 15th Anniversary Edition of 'The Acoustic Verses'

Norwegian progressive rock icons GREEN CARNATION will be releasing a remastered, 15th anniversary edition of their acoustic album, 'The Acoustic Verses!' This anniversary edition, remastered by Maor Appelbaum, contains three bonus tracks and has brand new cover artwork by Lukasz Jaszak. This is also the first time that 'The Acoustic Verses' is released on vinyl.

In celebration of this release, the band has also released a lyric video for the song "My Greater Cause.

Vocalist Kjetil Nordhus comments: "This is something that both we and our fans have been waiting for a long time! 'The Acoustic Verses' is a stand out album in our catalogue, and we hope people will enjoy the vinyl, with its extra songs, new and beautiful cover art, the upgraded sound and not least, the vinyl!"

'The Acoustic Verses (remastered)' will be out on December 3, via Season of Mist.

Pre-orders are live in the shop HERE.

By early 2006, Norway’s GREEN CARNATION had released four studio albums and an EP in five years — including their breakout masterwork, 2001’s Light of Day, Day of Darkness. Albums of such magnitude generally foretell some type of creative cliff is around the bend, but the Norwegians wisely kept updating their sound with more atmospheric and progressive rock elements on the ensuing A Blessing in Disguise (2003) and The Quiet Offspring (2005). This creative direction ensured Light of Day, Day of Darkness would forever stand alone and that GREEN CARNATION was not a band bound to convention.

This brings us to 2006’s The Acoustic Verses, an album — as the title suggests — of completely acoustic originals. Buoyed by the previous year’s The Burden is Mine…Alone EP and the eponymous song bearing its name, The Acoustic Verses found GREEN CARNATION near the peak of their creative powers during their 2000s iteration. Now 15 years removed from its release, TheAcoustic Verses is getting the vinyl reissue treatment from Season of Mist, including new artwork from Polish graphic artist Lukasz Jaszak, an updated tracklisting and three bonus cuts.

According to vocalist Kjetil Nordhus, The Acoustic Verses was born from the band’s never-ending pursuit of something new. Even with regular pleas from fans to recreate the hallowed sounds of Light of Day, Day of Darkness, GREEN CARNATION was more interested in the “next step.” Come 2006, that next step was stripped-down music played on acoustic instruments.

“I think [founding member/guitarist] Tchort thought we didn’t know where to go next,” says Nordhus. “We had time to discover all the areas within our creative scope except for the acoustic landscapes. Especially Light of Day, Day of Darkness, which is a ‘more is more’ album. It sounds strange, but it was a natural step for us because it was an area we hadn’t gone into before as a band. We had different band members that were more or less acquainted with the acoustic ideas. But for the band as a whole, it was a new challenge. It was fresh for us. For some strange reason, but I can understand, I think many people found a lot of atmospheres from Light of Day, Day of Darkness in TheAcoustic Verses, even though it’s the most different sounding album when you listen to it at first. The Acoustic Verses is like a stripped-down essence of what GREEN CARNATION is or was at that time.”

At seven songs, The Acoustic Verses features songwriting contributions from nearly every member of GREEN CARNATION. Tchort provided “Sweet Leaf” and “Alone,” while Nordhus chipped in with “Maybe?” Bassist Stein Roger Sordal penned not only “The Burden is Mine…Alone” but also the 15-minute epic “9-29-045.” “Child’s Play Part 3” (a continuation of the “Child’s Play” story from The Quiet Offspring) was written by guest cellist Bernt Andrè Moen, and album closer “High Tide Waves” was a joint effort between guitarist Michael S. Krumins (music) and drummer Tommy Jackson (lyrics).

The wealth and disparity of songwriting ideas proved to be a double-edged sword GREEN CARNATION. While it made The Acoustic Verses an album of remarkable depth and progression, it put the band at a creative crossroads. Then, the following year, Tchort dissolved GREEN CARNATION after a difficult North American tour. It also put his plans for the sequel to Light of Day, Day of Darkness, The Rise and Fall of Mankind (which was the intended second part of his The Chronicles of Doom trilogy) on the backburner.

“It was a challenge for us to fit the new, acoustic sound into what we were doing,” says Nordhus. “I can’t remember too many albums that have nearly all band members as songwriters and lyricists, which made it very much a band concept. But, after The Acoustic Verses, we certainly didn’t know what to do. There wasn’t a natural step for us to take at that point. There’s a lot of reasons why we decided to split up — that was one of them.”

GREEN CARNATION reformed in 2014 and proceeded to rejoin the European and American festival circuit for special appearances, including a full airing of Light of Day, Day of Darkness at the 2016 ProgPower USA festival. In 2020, they released the highly anticipated follow-up to The Acoustic Verses, Leaves of Yesteryear, an album that drew immediate praise from fans and critics.

“We knew that people wanted us to come back,” says Nordhus. “That wasn’t something new. But the emotions of it all, during that first concert when we came back, we saw several people crying in the audience, we could see how much it meant to people and we were all a bit surprised. There’s a lot of love for the band out there. We needed to be entirely sure that after so many years that we released an extremely good album. It wouldn’t make sense to do something halfway. We took quite a lot of time, wrote a lot of material and set a high bar for our ideas. We tried to gather all the best things we did previously but adding 15 years of life and musical experience.”

Nordhus hints at some “significantly adventurous” plans for GREEN CARNATION in addition to continuing the promotional push for Leaves of Yesteryear. However, assembling the The Acoustic Verses reissue provided a moment of pause and reflection when GREEN CARNATION was writing, recording and touring at a breakneck pace. A decade-and-a-half after the release of The Acoustic Verses, Nordhus says the band is in a significantly better frame of mind and appreciates what they have in each other.

“Those were some hectic years. It was such a short period of time. You look at what we did and it’s like, ‘Oh, wow!’ We did concert DVDs, singles, full lengths…everything. Because of the experience we all have, it feels much more comfortable to play together. We’re more true to what we want to do. We don’t necessarily have the aim of headlining the Wacken festival. We’re happy with our situation in that we have people all over the world who are interested in what we’re doing, and we mean something to them. Not everyone can say that. We want to do stuff that gives us energy and want to continue playing. Economy and money are not our driving force — it never was in the first place. We’re extremely ambitious when it comes to making music together and our live shows are better than ever. I don’t think we talked about those things 15 years ago.”

Links:
www.greencarnationmusic.com
www.facebook.com/greencarnationnorway
www.instagram.com/green2carnation/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2vfEaTADayEniT7xbG-XCA

Photo: Jørund Pedersen

Genre: Progressive Metal

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

Biography:David Gehlke

Pre-sales:https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/gc-acoustic-remaster

Formats: CD digipak, vinyl black and coloured

GREEN CARNATION Shares Brand New Single, "The World Without a View"

Green Carnation singer Kjetil Nordhus and bass player Stein Roger Sordal invite to listen through the bands new single "The World Without a View", and stoppi...

Norwegian progressive metal act GREEN CARNATION has shared a brand new single, “The World Without a View,” via Bandcamp! Composed, arranged and recorded during the Covid-19 lockdown, the band has dedicated their new single to their fans. “The World Without a View” is a near 10 minute epic and is a digital release only. The recording available now via the band's Bandcamp page HERE.

"This piece of music is made for our fans who had been looking forward to see us live this year and to all those who have graced us with their love and support through the years", says founding member and guitarist Tchort.

2020 was going to be a big year for the band, releasing and supporting their first album for 14 years via Season of Mist in May and celebrating their 20th anniversary as recording artists. Approaching the end of a devastating year for the live music industry the band is happy for the opportunity to release new material much earlier than planned.

Vocalist Kjetil Nordhus adds: "We have managed to be creative in a difficult period for the band, and it feels good to be able to use the lockdown to do something positive."

“The World Without a View” is recorded and mixed by Endre Kirkesola in DUB Studio, mastered by Maor Appelbaum Mastering. Cover design by Costin Chioreanu.

'Leaves of Yesteryear' was released on on May 8 via Season of Mist and can be ordered HERE.

Norwegian prog/avantgarde metal act GREEN CARNATION announced their return to the international metal scene for the anniversary of their cult classic ‘Light of Day, Day of Darkness’ in 2016. After a successful comeback with festival appearances and special shows both in Europe and North America, the Norwegians are ready to release their first new record in 14 years.

GREEN CARNATION from Kristiansand, Norway, was founded as early as 1990. After founding member Tchort joined legends-to-be EMPEROR and continued in SATYRICON and EINHERJER, the band was laid to rest until their debut album ‘A Journey To The End Of The Night’ came out in 2000. Following a period with line-up changes, 2001 marked the release of the bands epic ‘Light of Day, Day of Darkness’.

With their albums ‘A Blessing in Disguise’ (2003) and ‘The Quiet Offspring’ (2005), GREEN CARNATION shifted towards a more rock orientated style, before they surprised everyone with the stripped-down record ‘Acoustic Verses’ in 2006. What followed in the same year is perhaps one of the most spectacular DVD recordings metal history. The band played a show in the mountains, under a 30-meter-high dam. Only a year later, GREEN CARNATION disbanded.

After playing their first reunion show in 2016 and a few more in the following years, the musicians decided it was time to write new material. At the end of 2019, GREEN CARNATION entered the studio with producer Endre Kirkesola (ABBATH, IN VAIN and SOLEFALD), to record ‘Leaves of Yesteryear’.

The album is partially a retrospect on the band’s career, as the progressive metal act pays homage to their past and to their heroes with the re-recording of the classic song ‘My Dark Reflections of Life and Death’ and the BLACK SABBATH-cover ‘Solitude’. With new songs such as ‘Leaves of Yesteryear’, the fans will get a taste of what is to come.

Photo: Petter Sandell

Genre: Progressive Metal

Line-up:
Kjetil Nordhus - vocals
Tchort - guitars
Bjørn Harstad - guitars
Stein Roger Sordal - bass
Kenneth Silden - keys
Jonathan Alejandro Perez - drums

Recording studio:dUbStudios

Producer :GREEN CARNATION

Sound engineer and mixing studio / engineer:dUbStudios / Endre Kirkesola

Mastering studio and engineer:Maor Appelbaum Mastering // Maor Appelbaum

Sales: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/green-carnation-leaves

For more on GREEN CARNATION, visit their official FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM.

GREEN CARNATION + Members of GARGOYL and CARNATION Added to Slay at Home Fest

Following a successful launch over the summer, Metal Injection's virtual Slay at Home fest will be returning as a monthly installment! In addition to a set from GREEN CARNATION, members of GARGOYL and CARNATION will each be performing cover collaborations.

This month's Slay At Home is set to stream live FREE on Friday, September 25th at 3:00 P.M. EDT // 9:00 P.M. CEST, via the Metal Injection YouTube page in support of National Alliance On Mental Illness for Suicide Prevention Month.

Norwegian progressive rock icons GREEN CARNATION will be supporting their 2020 release, 'Leaves of Yesteryear,' which can purchased HERE. Watch the video for the title track HERE.

Old school death metal revivalists CARNATION will be supporting their freshly released full-length, 'Where Death Lies,' which is available for purchase and streaming HERE. Watch the video for "Sepulcher of Alteration" HERE.

Experimental progressive grunge act GARGOYL will be supporting their upcoming debut full-length, which is due on October 9! Pre-order it HERE. Watch the video for "Plastic Nothing" HERE.

About GREEN CARNATION:
The earnest progressive metal group GREEN CARNATION unveil ‘Leaves of Yesteryear,’ the first new music from the band in 14 years. More approachable than the Norwegian's work in the metal bands IN THE WOODS, EMPEROR, and TRISTANIA; their unpretentious, punchy and smart sound appeals to broad swaths of the rock community.  ‘Leaves of Yesteryear’ serves as both a retrospective look at the band’s storied career while setting the foundation for their future.

For more on GREEN CARNATION, visit their official FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM.

About CARNATION:
Belgian death-dealers CARNATION return with the ripping new full-length album 'Where Death Lies.' Their aural violence, steeped in the influence of the halcyon days of early Scandinavian death metal, is strong and direct and delivered with modern, neck-snapping ferocity. With 'Where Death Lies,' CARNATION have perfected the iron discipline of brutal death metal.

For more on CARNATION, visit the band's official FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, WEBSITE, and YOUTUBE.

About GARGOYL:
GARGOYL's unique blend of elegant prog and familiar grunge gestures side-steps any one genre. The new band forges their own path through the musical ether with subdued exploration that explodes into driving backbeats and ringing vocal harmonies. Featuring Luke Roberts from the dynamic AYAHUASCA on guitar and vocals alongside the virtuosic talent of REVOCATION mastermind Dave Davidson, this fresh collaboration sees them expand their repertoire to create something fresh, fascinating and far-reaching.  

For more on GARGOYL, please visit the band's official FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, BANDCAMP, and SOUNDCLOUD.

GREEN CARNATION Shares "Sentinels" Music Video

Taken from the album 'Leaves of Yesteryear'. Release Date: May 8th, 2020. Order here: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/green-carnation-leaves Subscribe to...

Norwegian progressive metal act GREEN CARNATION has shared a video clip for the song "Sentinels," which is taken from their latest album, 'Leaves of Yesteryear.' The clip was made by Costin Chioreanu and premiered during the band's album release livestream concert last Saturday.

It's still possible to watch the livestream here make donations to the band and the production team in support of the concert here. The band is working to find a new date for the physical concert.

'Leaves of Yesteryear' was released on on May 8 via Season of Mist and can be ordered HERE.

Norwegian prog/avantgarde metal act GREEN CARNATION announced their return to the international metal scene for the anniversary of their cult classic ‘Light of Day, Day of Darkness’ in 2016. After a successful comeback with festival appearances and special shows both in Europe and North America, the Norwegians are ready to release their first new record in 14 years.

GREEN CARNATION from Kristiansand, Norway, was founded as early as 1990. After founding member Tchort joined legends-to-be EMPEROR and continued in SATYRICON and EINHERJER, the band was laid to rest until their debut album ‘A Journey To The End Of The Night’ came out in 2000. Following a period with line-up changes, 2001 marked the release of the bands epic ‘Light of Day, Day of Darkness’.

With their albums ‘A Blessing in Disguise’ (2003) and ‘The Quiet Offspring’ (2005), GREEN CARNATION shifted towards a more rock orientated style, before they surprised everyone with the stripped-down record ‘Acoustic Verses’ in 2006. What followed in the same year is perhaps one of the most spectacular DVD recordings metal history. The band played a show in the mountains, under a 30-meter-high dam. Only a year later, GREEN CARNATION disbanded.

After playing their first reunion show in 2016 and a few more in the following years, the musicians decided it was time to write new material. At the end of 2019, GREEN CARNATION entered the studio with producer Endre Kirkesola (ABBATH, IN VAIN and SOLEFALD), to record ‘Leaves of Yesteryear’.

The album is partially a retrospect on the band’s career, as the progressive metal act pays homage to their past and to their heroes with the re-recording of the classic song ‘My Dark Reflections of Life and Death’ and the BLACK SABBATH-cover ‘Solitude’. With new songs such as ‘Leaves of Yesteryear’, the fans will get a taste of what is to come.

Photo: Petter Sandell

Genre: Progressive Metal

Line-up:
Kjetil Nordhus - vocals
Tchort - guitars
Bjørn Harstad - guitars
Stein Roger Sordal - bass
Kenneth Silden - keys
Jonathan Alejandro Perez - drums

Recording studio: dUbStudios
 
Producer / sound engineer: Endre Kirkesola
 
Mixing studio and engineer: dUbStudios / Endre Kirkesola
 
Mastering studio and engineer: Maor Appelbaum Mastering // Maor Appelbaum
 Pre-orders: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/green-carnation-leaves

For more on GREEN CARNATION, visit their official FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM.

GREEN CARNATION to Host Live Stream of New Album, 'Leaves of Yesteryear'

Norwegian progressive metal act GREEN CARNATION will host a live stream of their new album, 'Leaves of Yesteryear,' at 10:00 A.M. EDT TODAY, May 7! The band will be present in the chat for a live Q&A while the new offering spins in its entirety ahead of tomorrow's official release.. Join the premiere at THIS LOCATION.

Vocalist Kjetil Nordus comments: "This is a huge week for the members of GREEN CARNATION. Releasing an album is always a big thing for musicians, but since it is 14 years since our last release, this is extra special for us. The feedback on the album has been really good, and we cannot wait to share it with everybody."

GREEN CARNATION will be releasing their forthcoming full-length, 'Leaves of Yesteryear,' on May 8 via Season of Mist! Pre-orders for 'Leaves of Yesteryear' are available HERE.

Moreover, GREEN CARNATION will live stream their 'Leaves of Yesteryear' release show on May 23!

Because of the challenging situation with the Coronavirus, promoter Dirty Old Town, GREEN CARNATION, Ticketmaster, Aasgaarden Visuals/Amodei Visual, and Radisson Blu Caledonien Hotel have decided to live-stream the concert with a multiple camera production with no audience present. No matter where you are located, you will be able to buy a ticket, get a unique code and stream the entire event. Tickets are now available HERE.
 
The band is working to find a new date for the physical concert. Ticket-holders for the original show on May 23 will automatically receive a streaming-code for the online event.

Norwegian prog/avantgarde metal act GREEN CARNATION announced their return to the international metal scene for the anniversary of their cult classic ‘Light of Day, Day of Darkness’ in 2016. After a successful comeback with festival appearances and special shows both in Europe and North America, the Norwegians are ready to release their first new record in 14 years.

GREEN CARNATION from Kristiansand, Norway, was founded as early as 1990. After founding member Tchort joined legends-to-be EMPEROR and continued in SATYRICON and EINHERJER, the band was laid to rest until their debut album ‘A Journey To The End Of The Night’ came out in 2000. Following a period with line-up changes, 2001 marked the release of the bands epic ‘Light of Day, Day of Darkness’.

With their albums ‘A Blessing in Disguise’ (2003) and ‘The Quiet Offspring’ (2005), GREEN CARNATION shifted towards a more rock orientated style, before they surprised everyone with the stripped-down record ‘Acoustic Verses’ in 2006. What followed in the same year is perhaps one of the most spectacular DVD recordings metal history. The band played a show in the mountains, under a 30-meter-high dam. Only a year later, GREEN CARNATION disbanded.

After playing their first reunion show in 2016 and a few more in the following years, the musicians decided it was time to write new material. At the end of 2019, GREEN CARNATION entered the studio with producer Endre Kirkesola (ABBATH, IN VAIN and SOLEFALD), to record ‘Leaves of Yesteryear’.

The album is partially a retrospect on the band’s career, as the progressive metal act pays homage to their past and to their heroes with the re-recording of the classic song ‘My Dark Reflections of Life and Death’ and the BLACK SABBATH-cover ‘Solitude’. With new songs such as ‘Leaves of Yesteryear’, the fans will get a taste of what is to come.

Photo: Petter Sandell

Genre: Progressive Metal

Line-up:
Kjetil Nordhus - vocals
Tchort - guitars
Bjørn Harstad - guitars
Stein Roger Sordal - bass
Kenneth Silden - keys
Jonathan Alejandro Perez - drums

Recording studio: dUbStudios
 
Producer / sound engineer: Endre Kirkesola
 
Mixing studio and engineer: dUbStudios / Endre Kirkesola
 
Mastering studio and engineer: Maor Appelbaum Mastering // Maor Appelbaum
 
Cover Art: Nikas Sundin // Cabin Fever Media

Pre-orders: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/green-carnation-leaves

For more on GREEN CARNATION, visit their official FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM.

GREEN CARNATION Release Teaser for "My Dark Reflections of Life and Death"

Norwegian progressive metal stalwarts GREEN CARNATION are now releasing a teaser for "My Dark Reflections of Life and Death." The song was originally featured on the band's debut album 'Journey to the End of Night' (2000) and has been re-recorded for the upcoming record 'Leaves of Yesteryear.' The clip, which was made by Costin Chioreanu / Twilight 13 Media 

Vocalist Kjetil Nordus comments: "We are really happy on how this one turned out in the end. After having played it live for the last two years, it became obvious for us that this would fit perfectly on our new album. This is a way for us to knit the the band's past to the present. And it has become an important center piece on the album, both musically and lyrically."

GREEN CARNATION will be releasing their forthcoming full-length, 'Leaves of Yesteryear,' on May 8 via Season of Mist! Pre-orders for 'Leaves of Yesteryear' are available HERE.

Moreover, GREEN CARNATION will live stream their 'Leaves of Yesteryear' release show on May 23!

Because of the challenging situation with the Coronavirus, promoter Dirty Old Town, GREEN CARNATION, Ticketmaster, Aasgaarden Visuals/Amodei Visual, and Radisson Blu Caledonien Hotel have decided to live-stream the concert with a multiple camera production with no audience present. No matter where you are located, you will be able to buy a ticket, get a unique code and stream the entire event. Tickets are now available HERE.
 
The band is working to find a new date for the physical concert. Ticket-holders for the original show on May 23 will automatically receive a streaming-code for the online event.

Norwegian prog/avantgarde metal act GREEN CARNATION announced their return to the international metal scene for the anniversary of their cult classic ‘Light of Day, Day of Darkness’ in 2016. After a successful comeback with festival appearances and special shows both in Europe and North America, the Norwegians are ready to release their first new record in 14 years.

GREEN CARNATION from Kristiansand, Norway, was founded as early as 1990. After founding member Tchort joined legends-to-be EMPEROR and continued in SATYRICON and EINHERJER, the band was laid to rest until their debut album ‘A Journey To The End Of The Night’ came out in 2000. Following a period with line-up changes, 2001 marked the release of the bands epic ‘Light of Day, Day of Darkness’.

With their albums ‘A Blessing in Disguise’ (2003) and ‘The Quiet Offspring’ (2005), GREEN CARNATION shifted towards a more rock orientated style, before they surprised everyone with the stripped-down record ‘Acoustic Verses’ in 2006. What followed in the same year is perhaps one of the most spectacular DVD recordings metal history. The band played a show in the mountains, under a 30-meter-high dam. Only a year later, GREEN CARNATION disbanded.

After playing their first reunion show in 2016 and a few more in the following years, the musicians decided it was time to write new material. At the end of 2019, GREEN CARNATION entered the studio with producer Endre Kirkesola (ABBATH, IN VAIN and SOLEFALD), to record ‘Leaves of Yesteryear’.

The album is partially a retrospect on the band’s career, as the progressive metal act pays homage to their past and to their heroes with the re-recording of the classic song ‘My Dark Reflections of Life and Death’ and the BLACK SABBATH-cover ‘Solitude’. With new songs such as ‘Leaves of Yesteryear’, the fans will get a taste of what is to come.

Photo: Petter Sandell

Genre: Progressive Metal

Line-up:
Kjetil Nordhus - vocals
Tchort - guitars
Bjørn Harstad - guitars
Stein Roger Sordal - bass
Kenneth Silden - keys
Jonathan Alejandro Perez - drums

Recording studio: dUbStudios
 
Producer / sound engineer: Endre Kirkesola
 
Mixing studio and engineer: dUbStudios / Endre Kirkesola
 
Mastering studio and engineer: Maor Appelbaum Mastering // Maor Appelbaum
 
Cover Art: Nikas Sundin // Cabin Fever Media

Pre-orders: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/green-carnation-leaves

For more on GREEN CARNATION, visit their official FACEBOOK and INSTAGRAM