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Encyclopedia > Green Carnation
Green Carnation

Background information
Origin Flag of Norway Norway
Genre(s) Progressive Rock
Progressive Metal
Art Rock
Years active 1990-present
Label(s) Sublife Records
The End Records
Website Green Carnation Official Website
Members
Terje Vik Schei
Stein Roger Sordal
Kjetil Nordhus
Kenneth Silden
Michael Krumins
Tommy Jackson
For the book, see The Green Carnation

Green Carnation is a Norwegian Progressive Metal/Art Rock band formed in 1990. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music which shares traits with progressive rock including use of complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing. ... Art rock is a term used by some to describe rock music that is characterized by ambitious or avant-garde lyrical themes and/or melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic experimentation, often extending beyond standard modern popular music forms and genres, toward influences in jazz, classical, world music or the experimental avant... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The End Records is an independent metal and rock record label based in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... The Green Carnation book cover The Green Carnation was first published anonymously in 1894. ... Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music which shares traits with progressive rock including use of complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing. ... Art rock is a term used by some to describe rock music that is characterized by ambitious or avant-garde lyrical themes and/or melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic experimentation, often extending beyond standard modern popular music forms and genres, toward influences in jazz, classical, world music or the experimental avant... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ...

Contents

Biography

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.... Emperor is a seminal and infamous Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991. ... Avant garde metal, sometimes called experimental, is a subgenre of heavy metal characterized by large amounts of experimentation and by non-standard sounds, instruments, and song structures. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... 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 highly regarded, and one of the longest single songs in metal. Journey To The End Of The Night is the first album of the Norwegian Progressive Metal band Green Carnation. ... Folk metal is a diverse collection of music, encompassing a wide variety of different styles and approaches. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness is a recording by Norwegian progressive metal band Green Carnation. ... Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music which shares traits with progressive rock including use of complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ...


Following this release, the band released their 2003 full-length A 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. A Blessing in Disguise is the Third full studio album of the Norwegian Progressive Metal band Green Carnation. ... For the Swedish political music movement, see progg. ... Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music that originated during the mid 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of doom-death, a fusion genre of doom metal and death metal. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...


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. The Quiet Offspring is the fourth album by Norwegian progressive metal band Green Carnation. ... The End Records is an independent metal and rock record label based in Salt Lake City, Utah. ...


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. The Acoustic Verses is the fifth full studio album of the Norwegian Progressive Metal band Green Carnation. ...


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.


Studio albums

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Journey To The End Of The Night is the first album of the Norwegian Progressive Metal band Green Carnation. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness is a recording by Norwegian progressive metal band Green Carnation. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... A Blessing in Disguise is the Third full studio album of the Norwegian Progressive Metal band Green Carnation. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Quiet Offspring is the fourth album by Norwegian progressive metal band Green Carnation. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Acoustic Verses is the fifth full studio album of the Norwegian Progressive Metal band Green Carnation. ...

EPs, Compilations & Misc. Releases

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DVDs

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Members

Current

  • Terje Vik Schei (aka Tchort) - Guitar & Lyrics
  • Stein Roger Sordal - Bass, Vocals, Guitar, & Lyrics
  • Kjetil Nordhus - Vocals & Lyrics
  • Kenneth Silden - Piano & Keyboards
  • Michael Krumins - Guitar
  • Tommy Jackson - Drums

Former

  • Bjørn Harstad - Guitar
  • Bernt A. Moen - Piano & Keyboards
  • Christian "X" Botteri - Guitar
  • Christofer "CM" Botteri - Bass
  • Anders Kobro - Drums
  • Alf Torre Rassmussen - Drums

See also

In The Woods. ... Emperor is a seminal and infamous Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991. ... Trail of Tears was a Norwegian gothic metal band originally formed in 1994 under the name of Natt. ... Blood Red Throne are a five piece Death metal band from Kristiansand, Norway. ... Carpathian Forest is a Norwegian black metal band formed by Nattefrost and Nordavind in 1990. ... Chain Collector is from Norway and the band was formed in 2003 as an idea which the entire band wanted, to play hard (heavy metal) but still melodic, the manner the Metal today is supposed to sound! Some of the members come from other known bands such as Green Carnation...

External links


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