Green Carnation - 'I Am Time' (official audio)

I am now, I will heal and take
Counting down, I build and I break
I can’t be tamed, I am not for sale
There is no deal, no holy grail

In your mind I’m tomorrow
For your sake, I should be today

This is my offer and that equals seconds to years
I don’t judge, I don’t grieve, no achieve and retrieve
I am your soon, I am now
I am past

A date of birth, one final breath
The space between life and death

In your mind I’m tomorrow
For your sake, I should be today

This is my offer and that equals seconds to years
I don’t judge, I don’t grieve, no achieve and retrieve
I am soon, I am now
I’m not sorry for this, I’m not sorrow nor bliss
I’m ahead, I’m behind
When you sleep, I’m awake, I’m a thief, I relieve
I am here, I am now
I am past

I’m not sorry for this, I’m not sorrow nor bliss
I’m ahead, I’m behind
When you sleep, I’m awake, I’m a thief, I relieve
I am here, I am now
I am time

Τον περασμένο Σεπτέμβριο οι Green Carnation κυκλοφορούσαν τον δίσκο "A Dark Poem Part I: The Shores of Melancholia". Τον επόμενο μήνα (3 Απριλίου 2025) θα "βγει" το δεύτερο μέρος του σκοτεινού ποιήματος υπό τον τίτλο "A Dark Poem, Part II: Sanguis".

Αποτελείται από έξι τραγούδια (με την συνολική διάρκεια λίγο μεγαλύτερη των 37 λεπτών και θα κυκλοφορήσει σε cd, βινύλιο και ψηφιακή μορφή μέσω της δισκγοραφικής εταιρείας Season of Mist. Οι Green Carnation σχηματίσθηκαν το μακρινό 1990. Έμειναν ενεργοί για δύο έτη κι επανήλθαν το 1998 για εννέα χρόνια.

Επανήθλαν το 2014 και συνεχίζουν μέχρι τις ημέρες μας. Έχουν κυκλοφορήσει οκτώ "ολοκληρωμένους" δίσκους. Ακούμε τους Stein Roger Sordal (φωνητικά, κιθάρα, μπάσο και πλήκτρα), Bjørn Harstad (κιθάρα), Kjetil Nordhus (φωνητικά), Jonathan A. Perez (τύμπανα) και Endre Kirkesola (πλήκτρα). Στο επιλογικό τραγούδι "Lunar Tale" συμμετέχει (παίζοντας φλάουτο) η Ingrid Ose...

Δελτίο τύπου: «Had Green Carnation never returned from hiatus, the Norwegian bards would always be remembered for completing one of the most ambitious individual epics in metal’s historic archives.

However, there was one tale - or three, to be exact - that eluded them for more than three decades. Now, after reaching crushing new highs during its opening chapter, they’re descending into deeper, darker and more personal depths with part II of ‘A Dark Poem’.

If ‘The Shores of Melancholia’ set sail from a familiar place of melancholy, then ‘Sanguis’ opens with Green Carnation far out at sea, fighting to stay afloat against the storm that’s raging in their minds.

Over the course of nine minutes, the album’s epic title track vows to forgive and forget familial wreckage, washing away the bloody stains of the past with impassioned cleans and a chorus that radiates conviction - only for a traumatic memory to come flooding back during its doomy coda.

The newfound heaviness from the first part of ‘A Dark Poem’ continues to age like a fine wine, balancing sweet meaty riffs with an underlying bitterness. “I Am Time” demands immediate recognition with a guitar melody that winds like the winds of change. But part II reveals the band at their most raw with ballads that unfold with the grace of a wilted flower.

“The end justifies the means, you’ll see”, Kjetil Nordhus sings with an eerily quiet confidence. As its final tale seeps beneath the moonlight, ‘Sanguis’ leaves fans hanging in suspense over where this trilogy will end.»