Green Carnation
Green Carnation is a progressive rock or "art rock" band from Kristiansand, Norway. Formed in 1990 by former Emperor bass player Terje Vik Schei (a.k.a. Tchort), before Tchort joined Emperor. Green Carnation didn't record their first album, Journey to the End of the Night, a folk-inspired doom metal album, until 1999. Their music became less and less heavy as time went on, starting out as plain doom metal and death metal, and gradually becoming lighter and more like progressive rock. In 2006, they released Acoustic Verses, an entirely acoustic album.
Their song "Light of Day, Day of Darkness" is known as one of the longest songs in metal history.
As of 2007, the band is no longer touring, due to a poorly organised tour which lost the band a substantial amount of money, and Tchort claims the band will probably never tour again. Tchort is now the only member of the band.
Current members:
- Terje Vik Schei (a.k.a. Tchort) − Guitar, Lyrics
Former members:
- Stein Roger Sordal − Bass, Vocals, Guitar, Lyrics
- Kjetil Nordhus − Vocals, Lyrics
- Kenneth Silden − Piano, Keyboards
- Michael Krumins − Guitar , Theremin
- Tommy Jackson − Drums
- Bjørn Harstad − Guitar
- Bernt A. Moen − Piano, Keyboards
- Christian "X" Botteri − Guitar
- Christofer "CM" Botteri − Bass
- Anders Kobro − Drums
- Alf Torre Rassmussen − Drums
- Journey to the End of the Night - 2000
- Light of Day, Day of Darkness - 2001
- A Blessing in Disguise - 2003
- The Quiet Offspring - 2005
- The Burden Is Mine... Alone [EP] - 2005
- Acoustic Verses - 2006
They are currently working on a new album, The Rise and Fall of Mankind, which does not have an official release date yet. They have also produced a demo album in 1991 called Hallucinations of Despair, a box set The Trilogy in 2004, and two live DVDs, Alive and Well... In Krakow in 2004 and A Night Under the Dam (live in the Norwegian mountains) in 2007.
- Bilingual Bonus - "Light of Day, Day of Darkness" begins with a child speaking in Norwegian.
- Epic Rocking - Their song "Light of Day, Day of Darkness" is one of the best examples of this trope, clocking in at an impressive 60:06. Yes, it's a single track, and it makes up the entirety of the album from which it comes. What's even more impressive is that they sometimes perform the song in its entirety during live shows.
- Fake Ending - The above-mentioned "Light of Day, Day of Darkness" fades out into silence around halfway through the song, making you think it's all over - and then the singing fades back in again...
- I Am the Band - Tchort is the only current member of the band.
- Shout-Out - "Light of Day, Day of Darkness," a 60 minute long progressive opus, contains a reference to "the edge of sanity." Edge of Sanity had previously released their own 40 minute long prog opus, "Crimson."
- Soprano and Gravel - There are both deep, growly voices and high, female soprano voices in "Light of Day, Day of Darkness", though they don't actually duet with each other.