Progressive metal band Green Carnation, formed in 1990 in Kristiansand, Norway, premiered the video for The Shores of Melancholia on August 4, 2025, via Metal Injection, from their upcoming album A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores of Melancholia, set for release on September 5, 2025, via Season of Mist. Stream the single and watch the video, directed by Rikard Amodei, at here.
Pre-orders for CD, vinyl, and digital formats are available at orcd.co/greencarnationadarkpoem1, with pre-saves on Spotify. Recorded at DUB Studio by Endre Kirkesola, Stein Roger Sordal, and Kjetil Nordhus, with mastering by Lawrence Mackrory, the album features artwork by Niklas Sundin. The lineup includes Kjetil Nordhus (vocals), Stein Roger Sordal (bass, guitars, keyboards), Bjørn Harstad (guitars), Endre Kirkesola (keyboards, synthesizers), and Jonathan Alejandro Perez (drums), with guests Grutle Kjellson (Enslaved), Ingrid Ose, and Henning Seldal. A Bandcamp Listening Party is set for August 20, 2025, at greencarnationsom.bandcamp.com, and the album will debut live at ProgPower USA.
A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores of Melancholia Tracklist:
- As Silence Took You (7:12)
- In Your Paradise (7:04)
- Me My Enemy (7:17)
- The Slave That You Are (Featuring Grutle Kjellson of Enslaved) (6:16)
- The Shores of Melancholia (5:38)
- Too Close to the Flame (9:16)
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