GREEN CARNATION Seize the Moment on New Single I Am Time

Green Carnation are releasing the second advanced single from A Dark Poem, Part II: Sanguis. While awash with melancholy over the past, “I Am Time” seizes the moment with the band’s unwavering control and raw emotions.

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“‘I Am Time’ is one of the songs from the forthcoming A Dark Poem album trilogy that discusses the fragile nature of our lives”, Green Carnation vocalist Kjetil Nordhus says. “We do not have control over time. We should try and live in the here and now, before suddenly, it’s too late”.

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“To make the song a bit more interesting, the lyrics personify time”, says Green Carnation bassist and lyricist Stein Roger Sordal. “They’re about how we should respect and cherish the time that we have”.

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A Dark Poem, Part II: Sanguis comes out April 3 on Season of Mist.

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Can’t wait to hear Part II of a Dark Poem? RSVP for Green Carnation’s upcoming Bandcamp listening party and hear all six dark and doomy songs on Sanguis before the album comes out.

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A Dark Poem, Part II: Sanguis Bandcamp Listening Party

Tuesday, March 24 @ 1:30 pm ET

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RSVP:

https://greencarnationsom.bandcamp.com/live/a-dark-poem-part-ii-sanguis-listening-party

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Even after taking a hiatus, Green Carnation remain one of prog’s most celebrated and committed journeymen. Most members from the band’s current lineup were already in place back in 2001 upon releasing one-track opus Light of Day, Dark of Darkness. Behind Nordhus’ resounding cleans, “I Am Time” is firm in its assertions. “I can’t be tamed, I am not for sale”. However, it’s fitting that the newest single from Part II of A Dark Poem needed time to come together.

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“‘I Am Time’ combines ideas from two different songs”, Nordhus says. The opening crash of cymbals didn’t crest into a billowing guitar solo until he and Sordal were writing together at a cottage in the woods of Norway. “We tried letting the intro flow into the lead guitar part that takes over. It worked perfectly”.

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The newfound heaviness that anchored Green Carnation on Part I of A Dark Poem hasn’t washed away. “I Am Time” floods with double bass and stormy tremolo picking. But while the view from The Shores of Melancholia was far from sunny, Sanguis pushes the band into a murkier  headspace. “In your mind, I’m tomorrow” , Nordhus sings with gloomy restraint. “For your sake, I should be today”. In the shadow of a haunting synth, the song’s central melody slips away like sand through an hourglass.

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Sanguis introduces more peaks and valleys into the overarching narrative of A Dark Poem. “Part II deals with personal loss and sadness”, Nordhus shares, though he’s quick to say that the album isn’t all gloom and doom. As “I Am Time” swells like a tidal wave during its memorable finish, Green Carnation stand strong as ever with one final pronouncement.  “I am here, I am now / I am time”.

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Catch Green Carnation during their upcoming hometown shows and European summer festival dates. During their headlining show at the Kilden Performing Arts Centre, the band will perform A Dark Poem in its entirety for the first and final time - including the as-of-yet unannounced Part III. Already, fans from 18 different countries have purchased tickets for this once-in-a-lifetime event.

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