Green Carnation Light Of Day Day Of Darkness Rare
Recording information:
Recorded and mixed at Dub Studio, Kristiansand, Norway, summer 2001.
Mastered at Strype Studio, Oslo, Norway.
The album was largely inspired by the death of Tchort's daughter and his son's birth.
Children's Choir:
Christian Albert, Even Albert, Randesund Barnekor, Ida Magrethe Karterud, Julie Pettersen, Karoline Knoff Aamot, Kristoffer Knoff Aamot, Marthe Larsen, Mathias Pettersen, Simen Ingebrethsen, Stian Andrè Rosenløv.
Elin Wikstøl - Childrens Choir Conductor.
Opera Choir (Alto) - Elise Tverrli, Katinka Sandøy, Maren Stakkeland.
Opera Choir (Bass) - Endre Kirkesola.
Opera Choir (Soprano) - Nina Tanggaard, Therese Fanebust.
Opera Choir (Tenor) - Kjetil Nordhus, Roald Andreas Sandøy.
Identifiers:
Green Carnation discography (main) Journey to the End of the Night (2000) A Blessing in Disguise (2003) Green Carnation discography (all) Journey to the End of the Night (2000) A Blessing in Disguise (2003). Green Carnation is a progressive metal band from Kristiansand, Norway, formed in 1990.Green Carnation's trend of music has continuously become less and less heavy after every release; from straight forward death metal, to a progressive doom metal sound, to an atmospheric gothic metal sound, to a melancholic hard rock sound and in 2006, went as far as to releasing an entirely acoustic album.
Green Carnation Light Of Day Day Of Darkness Rarity
Barcode: 4 039053 704227
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): [Pit & Land Digitale Medien logo] PRO 042 #3
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): [Pit & Land Digitale Medien logo] PRO 042 #1
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L171
Mastering SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI L172
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 3059
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 3068
Label Code: LC 10160
Obviously, this album, which consists of a single song, was made with the intention to write something an hour long. Green Carnation succeeded in that, but at a cost. Some parts of it are obviously elongated, which makes the song feel quite inconsistent. There is a gap between two parts of the song after about 30 minutes. If the song ended there, you would not lose the song's feel and could save half an hour for something worth it. Other than this, the album is close to being flawless.
The song starts with a melody (played on a harp, I guess) that introduces you well to the song. After a while, you can hear the voices of small childern laughing. That doesn't help the feel of the song and you would miss nothing if it was removed. Then the frontman starts singing and the guitars, drums and bass come in. For the next 25 minutes, the instrumentals switch from light, atmospherical riffs to more intense and heavy ones. The riffs aren't especially remarkable, but all the instrumens do a good job. The song also changes tempo often enough not to be boring. The vocals are nothing special, but carry the atmosphere greatly, sometimes at the cost of sounding a bit too forced. They are all clean, so you can understand the lyrics quite easily.
Then the song reaches its weakest part. The music stops and it feels like the end has come. However, after a couple seconds, a flute or a similar instrument comes in. At first it sounds good, as if it was going to start the story again, but after a few minutes it becomes apparent that it is not going to happen. Instead, you can hear a woman's voice moaning, trying to sound atmospheric and failing. This goes on for a time that feels like forever. After that, the riffs finally appear and make it to the end of the song along with the vocals. They are better than the filler part, but they are basically the same as in the beginning.
Light of Day, Day of Darkness is definitely worth listening if you are a fan of long songs. If you are not, just listen to the first half of it, nothing much will change. You can listen to the second half later and think of it as of a different song on the same topic.