Green Carnation

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Green Carnation

Country	Norway
Years active	1990-present
Genres	Progressive Rock Progressive Metal Art Rock
Labels	Sublife Records The End Records
Members	Terje Vik Schei Stein Roger Sorgal Kjetil Nordhus Kenneth Silden Michael Krumins Tommy Jackson

Green Carnation is a Norwegian Progressive Metal/Art Rock band formed in 1990.

Green Carnation is the creation of former Emperor bass player Terje Vik Schei (aka Tchort), founded before Tchort joined Emperor. It eventually split, with the remaining members creating avant garde black metal band In The Woods....

Green Carnation's first album, Journey To The End Of The Night, wasn't recorded until 1999. The release was a folk inspired doom metal album. Two years later, the band released Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness, a single track, 60-minute progressive metal epic, this album is regarded as their best work by many, and one of the longest single songs in metal.

Following this release, the band released their 2003 full-length, Blessing in Disguise which brought the band into another musical terrain. The album consisted of a blend of progressive metal/rock elements, slightly gothic tinges, and hard rock elements.

2 years later the band followed up with the album The Quiet Offspring, released on the US label The End Records. This album brought the band into an even more hard rock style of music and is seen by many to be their most commercial sounding release. Later in 2005 the band released an EP entitled The Burden Is Mine... Alone. This EP marked the debut of bassist/guitarist Stein Roger Sordal as a lead vocalist in the band, with the song that shares the name of the EP. The song was written and performed entirely by him. This release also worked as a taste of what was to come with their following full-length.

Early 2006 marked the release of their fifth full-length The Acoustic Verses. This album was yet another stylistic shift for the band. On the album, the band played all acoustic instruments, showing off a softer, warmer style for the band while retaining the progressive and darker feels they established since their debut.

According to Tchort in a recent interview and the booklet to The Acoustic Verses, their next release is going to be the second half of The Chronicles of Doom, which began with Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness, and is going to be titled The Rise And Fall Of Mankind.

1 Studio albums
2 EPs, Compilations & Misc. Releases
3 DVD's
4 Members
- 4.1 Current
- 4.2 Former
5 See Also
6 External links

[edit] Studio albums

Journey To The End Of The Night 2000	Light of Day, Day of Darkness January 2001	Blessing in Disguise June 2003	The Quiet Offspring February 2005
The Acoustic Verses January 2006