GREEN CARNATION's 'The Acoustic Verses' out January 24th, 2006

Norway's prog metal masters Green Carnation – who has received critical acclaim worldwide for their back catalog of work, most notably the epic one-track opus Light of Day, Day Of Night – return to the music scene in 2006 on a much softer note when “The Acoustic Verses' is released January 24th, 2006 in North America via The End Records.

'The Acoustic Verses' finds the sextet successfully maneuvering through acoustic realms, peppered with passionate guitar riffs and eloquent melodies. It's a distant step from their prog metal/hard rock ways of previous material, but in many ways, it's what you'd expect from a band like Green Carnation. Never one to stand still.

So yes Green Carnation have changed things up again, and yes this might send some previous listeners askew, but for the real die-hard fans of the band they'll come to understand that with the amount of work that went into the
production, lyrics and music of 'The Acoustic Verses' that the music here is just potent and expressive as any of the heavier material they have released.

Tracklisting:
1. Sweet leaf, 2. The Burden is mine… Alone, 3. Maybe?, 4. Alone, 5. 9-29-045 (3 parts) – My greater Cause – Homecoming – House of Cards, 6. Childs Play part III, 7. High Tide Waves

As with its namesake blossom's first appearance, peering from beneath the permafrost of Norway's winter, each successive Green Carnation album is a welcome sight in the dreary sameness of today's metal scene.

Even though the band's inception dates back to 1990, the band went through a dormant period for a few years before surfacing years later with the critically opus 'Journey to the End of the Night' in 1999. Nobody really knew what was to become of Green Carnation but following the release of their debut it was obvious that the band was on course to impress their audience each time out.

With 'Light of Day, Day of Darkness,' the six piece format recorded one of the most ambitious (and critically praised) projects of all time, 2002's Light of Day, Day of Darkness (on The End). The hour-long platter is comprised solely of the title track. Recorded on 150 tracks, employing thirty musicians (including a children's choir) and more than 600 distinct samples, most music critics were at a loss to pin down precisely what was resonating from the epic one-track, but there was no denying the brilliance within the sounds, declaring Green Carnation amongst the most innovative acts in metal's history. Surprisingly strong sales (given the unique nature of a one-song album) and
coupled with all the great reviews — twice being selected Album Of The Month, including within the vaunted pages of Metal Hammer (Germany) — helped garner a 2002 slot on the prestigious Waken Open Air festival. For their performance, the band re-created 'Light of Day, Day of Darkness' in its entirety in front of 8,000 fans. Not bad for their first show outside of their hometown! A few months later the band began work on a follow-up to LoDDoD and signed to French label Season of Mist. During its creation, longstanding bassist Stein Roger Sordal played an integral role, helping flesh out the lush sound. The actual recording took of the album took place from between January and February of 2003.

'A Blessing In Disguise' was released on June 16, 2003, and the Norwegians returned to the top of the global metal charts, was awarded Album Of The Month honors six times and internationally recognized by meta magazine giants Terrorizer, Metal Hammer and Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. That fall the band headlined their first-ever tour throughout Europe and in January of 2004 they film their first DVD in Krakow, Poland, titled 'Alive and Well.In Krakow.' In September that year a new album was recorded in Marseilles, France, with producer Terje Refsnes. 'The Quiet Offspring' was released in February of 2005 through Season of Mist (world) and The End Records (North America). Once again, their recording brought rave reviews from both large magazines and smaller zines around the globe.

Although the band decided not to go out on a full-tour for 'The Quiet Offspring,' they did organize and play out at a few important and impressive gigs, as well as made a very successful debut in North America at the Day of The Equinox festival in Toronto, Canada in October. Also in 2005, Green Carnation members Tchort and Kjetil Nordhus formed their own record company, Sublife Productions. They signed Green Carnation and the band recorded their very first acoustic album (available in North America via The End, worldwide via Sublife Productions), yet another musical challenge for the musicians and another album that they hope will impress their fans as the previous work has done.

About the all-acoustic album, singer Kjetil Nordhus says, “'The Acoustic Verses' is in many ways Green Carnation through and through. It's yet another album where you'll find the band exploring new music, but as always with the focus on the quality within the songs and very strong melodies. We are delighted with the outcome and I think we will make old Green Carnation fans happy; we are blessed with an open minded fan-base. I also hope that we can gain some new fans with this album. For Sublife Productions this is a great debut album to work with. It's great to feel the credibility of Green Carnation while working with people far away from Norway and it makes everybody involved very much optimistic for 'The Acoustic Verses' and for the future of the band.”

More info:
Official Green Carnation: http://www.greencarnation.no
Official Sublife Productions: http://www.sublifeproductions.com