Green Carnation

[General Zod]

There's been a fairly strong buzz about these guys lately. Whenever I read something about them, they are being compared to Opeth, and sometimes favorably. Has anyone heard "Light of Day, Day of Darkness"? And if so, what is your take on it? Thanks.

GZ

 

[Manbient]

the new Green Carnation is 60:03 or pure audial bliss. Yes it is brilliant, i haven't been able to stop listening to it for like a week since it came in. It is i think one of the few things that is up to Opeth standards. Just trust me you will love it You can order it from www.theendrecords.com

you can also find a 7 minute sample there as well, but i can't link to it because it is in Flash and i don't know and can't find out the target location. Seriously just buy it

 

[bang]

Its truly a remarkable record!

 

[Melancholia]

what a coincidence!! I am now listening to their previous release actually,"Journey to the end of the night" .... :hotjump:

but *sniff* i haven't found their new down here yet...
oh well it's a matter of time..

 

[Demonspell]

A great excursion into (borrowing from that other DT band here) the grandeur of melancholy, the label is describing it as "psychedelic orchestrated doom", but that may be just a simplification...

 

[Mikhail Capone]

Yep, the new Green Carnation is highly recommended. Excellent album.

I had the luck to interview Tchort (mastermind behind GC) a while ago and now I can't wait for their next album.

Check out the new Virgin Black too..

 

[E V I L]

I still think LoD, DoD is better realized as a 15 min track (perhaps on a full length album comprised of more diverse songs).

As is, I don't plan to listen to it much- if ever- again. Useless information. (Harsh critic.)

 

[Till Fjalls]

I happen to think it's probably the first metal album worth listening all the way through to since....hmmm....Since Still life perhaps!

 

[bleed for me]

"Light of Day..." is a great album but is nothing like opeth...the only similarity between them is that they're both good!

 

[mindflesh]

An excellent album, I agree - only a bit too long, maybe...

 

[Lina]

I had to resurrect this thread, because I'M LOVING THIS ALBUM. Just finally listened to it, thanks to Analog_Kid. It's amazing.

 

[Kushantaiidan]

it took a while to grow on me. But I love LOD DOD.

There first album is also fantastic, but a bit different. The first album os more similar to In The Woods in my opinion.

 

[TheEmperor]

yes Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness is very good! I had to listen to it several times to get into it, but I'd recommend it too! only one part in the middle where a woman is singing is a bit boring, the rest is excellent!

 

[TheEmperor]

Originally posted by Black Heart
The album is excellent, but it needs more growls IMO, and the woman that's doing the opera thing in the middle...baaaahhh needs to be cut off! or to make it short....its really not nessecery...IMO

yeah that's exactly what I meant with this opera stuff

 

[svenske kocken]

I downloaded Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness a couple of days ago and wasn´t too excited.

 

[Lina]

Originally posted by Black Heart
and the woman that's doing the opera thing in the middle...baaaahhh needs to be cut off! or to make it short....its really not nessecery...IMO

Yeah, I agree. This is my only complaint about the album so far.

 

[Jim LotFP]

Originally posted by Black Heart
The album is excellent, but it needs more growls IMO, and the woman that's doing the opera thing in the middle...baaaahhh needs to be cut off! or to make it short....its really not nessecery...IMO

You guys do realize this was entirely intentional, right?

 

[Till Fjalls]

I really like that middle eastern middle part...It's not often you hear any metal bands incorporating those strange scales with notes us westerners don't really hear much of.

And as for the Opeth comparisons, I disagree as well. It seems that nowadays any band that uses both distorted and clean guitars to any significant extent is compared to Opeth. Green carnation are much more simplistic, and have a more melodic metal/doom based approach to their music (at least of LOD< DOD)

 

[jimbobhickville]

Yeah, Green Carnation are great. I like them more than Opeth (*awaits flames*). Okay, I'm actually not a big Opeth fan, so that's probably why. I just come in here for the interesting discussions.

Later.

 

[Advent]

Ya, the album is very good and I really like Green Carnation but that caterwauling women near the exact middle point of the album drives me up the wall

Also, the begining of the album is very eerie but that baby making noises is just plain wrong. I hate that! damn brat