Green Carnation - Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness
| Release date: | November 2001 |
| Style: | Gothic metal, Progressive metal |
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Lyrics Anders Kobro - drums
Stein Roger Sordal - bass
Terje "Tchort" Vik Schei - guitars
Kjetil Nordhus - vocals
Bjørn "Berserk" Hårstad - guitar, slide guitar, ebow
Additional musicians:
Endre Kirkesola - hammond organ, sitar, synths, strings, voice arrangements
Bernt Andre Moen - string arrangements
Arvid Thorsen - saxophone
Synne "Diana Soprana" Larsen - vocals
Roger "Nattefrost" Rasmussen - vocals
Damien Aleksander - child's voice
Jan Kenneth "Transit" Transeth - vocals
Children's Choir (Elin Wikstol − Conductor):
Randesund Barnekor, Marthe Larsen, Julie Pettersen, Mathias Pettersen, Kristoffer Knoff Aamot, Karoline Knoff Aamot, Ida Magrethe Karterud, Thomas Karterud, Simen Ingebrethsen, Christian Albert, Even Albert, Stian Andre Rosenlov
Opera Choir:
Kjetil Nordhus, Roald Andreas Sandoy (tenor), Katinka Sandoy, Maren Stakkeland, Elise Tverrli (alto), Nina Tanggaard, Therese Fanebust (soprano), Endre Kirkesola (bass)
Additional info
Recorded and mixed at Dub Studio, Kristiansand, Norway, summer 2001.
Mastered at Strype Studio, Oslo, Norway.
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This review could be the shortest ever: excellent. But OK, let's see why this second release of the Norwegian band is so excellent. First as you may have noticed, the album is a whole unique song of 60 minutes: the dream of many musicians is made a reality by guitarist Tchort (Carpathian Forest, ex. Emperor, ex. Satyricon), who composed all the music and lyrics for this doom masterpiece. Read more ›› |
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It is quite some time ago since the last time I was so fascinated by a single song. In this case, it's a single song and a whole album at the same time. Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness is an epic 60-minutes long progressive doom metal masterpiece. I have never before experienced a song that awakened so many emotions in me at the same time. Hope and despair, pleasure and pain, life and death, knowledge and incomprehesion become one on this CD. Letting the listener experience all at once. With sometimes melancholic, sometimes hopeful singing the listener is led from stanzas like "For it was my dream, To create a perfect world, From this cold imperfect world, And all the answers were inside my mind" to others like "What is left to say? What is left to see? Where did I fail?" Lyrically the whole song is nothing less then a rhetoric masterpiece. Read more ›› |
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| Jvliet Posts: 6 |
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| Erik M. Posts: 3104  |
Written by Jvliet on 30.08.2010 at 11:31 Exactly my thoughts. Other than that, I think the first half of the song is brilliant, while the second half is just good. Also, the baby sounds in the beginning of the song are slightly annoying, but it's no big deal obviously (just stating the few things I don't like about the song).
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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3413  |
The guitar solo near the end just screams prog.
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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| Death_95 Posts: 201  |
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| LeKiwi High Fist Prog Posts: 4105  |
Dat unbridled orgasm...otherwise a flawless album.
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| CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium Posts: 1365  |
This one's a bit of a grower for me, but it's still excellent. Personally when it comes to album-long songs I still prefer Edge of Sanity's Crimson I and II, but this is still an awesome song with a lot of twists and turns.
---- Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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| CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium Posts: 1365 |
Written by Jvliet on 30.08.2010 at 11:31 I know it's an old comment but I agree. The female vocals sound okay at first, but get pretty obnoxious when she starts "orgasming" or whatever. Though I wouldn't blame her considering how good the rest of the album/song is. 
---- Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18384  |
I totally understand why people love it... But I'm not feeling it as much. Will try to replay it though but it will probably stay this way.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Zap Posts: 3588  |
They're gonna play the entire thing live next year. ... THEY'RE GONNA PLAY THE ENTIRE THING! LIVE!
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| mz Posts: 4830  |
Written by Zap on 21.04.2015 at 01:43 HOLY SHIT.
---- Giving my ears a rest from music.
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| Wukk Posts: 792  |
Written by mz on 21.04.2015 at 02:34 This just in: they're gonna play the entire thing live next year, ALL OVER THE WORLD. http://www.loudnoise.nl/artist/green-carnation-no/
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| musclassia Staff Posts: 7685  |
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| Wukk Posts: 792 |
Written by musclassia on 01.09.2015 at 09:57 If it does, I'll see you there.
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| nb Posts: 248  |
This Piece of music absolutely blows my mind. And, holy shit, if they play this live near me, I will definitely go and see them.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by nb on 11.09.2015 at 22:30 I'll be seeing them perform this album live in April. 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Wukk Posts: 792 |
Cannot get enough of this right now. I need another tour announcement please.
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| musclassia Staff Posts: 7685 |
Fucking loved this at Roadburn, dunno what the other attendees on here thought but possibly my favourite show at the festival.
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| Zap Posts: 3588 |
Written by musclassia on 18.04.2016 at 23:30 After thinking about it for two weeks I can safely say it was my favorite show at the festival too My expectations for this band were sky-high and they did not disappoint me.
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| Nicko's Nose Posts: 490  |
The part with the female vocals is terrible and the last 30 minutes are nowhere near as good as the first 30 minutes, but still an awesome song.
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| Redel Moderator Posts: 2268  |
First half masterpiece, second half quite a letdown. This seems to be public consensus. However, imo, the final 15 minutes, stand out again. This is where they are perfectly closing the circle, putting the pieces together, picking up the main theme again. Perfect closer for this beautiful opus.
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| SebaRaven36 Posts: 678  |
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| Metren Dreadrealm Posts: 1409  |
One-song albums like this one are in some ways easier to write/compose than regular albums with multiple songs. You can get away with a lot of repetition and boring/average parts, so long as you refresh the listener with a nice riff or tempo change every now and then. It's also easier to notice monotony and repetition when an album has many tracks on it, as opposed to one long song. You can't criticize this album for its songs sounding the same, because, well... it's one song, obviously. On the other hand, your musical ideas need to feel well connected or the one track thing becomes just a gimmick, but IMO the advantages of writing a single song album still outweigh the difficulties. Recording, producing and especially performing such an album is a different story, of course. Anyway, I think this is one of the more overrated albums here on MS. It's got its moments and I enjoy the overall experience of listening to it, but it's not a masterpiece in my ears.
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| nonZero Posts: 1336  |
Written by Redel on 14.01.2018 at 23:57 Agreed. This would have worked better as a 40 min song like Crimson and Winter's Gate IMO. Good but not as outstanding as the rating suggests.
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| Jack_Torrance Posts: 182  |
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5345  |
I've finally managed to listen to the whole album in one sitting, it's very impressive to say the least. The melodies throughout are wonderful, the lyrics are meaningful, sorrowful and well thought of, the riffs are outstanding, and the solo's are almost David Gilmour standards, and it's importantly not overproduced. It's quite genius really how much thought and emotion has gone into this, aswel as the skillfully crafted musicianship. I don't usually like single songs that last more than 30 minutes, let alone a full hour, but this is clearly an exception, it's rather a gripping journey than just a song. There are a few moments throughout the song that didn't quite sit with me, and I wasn't keen on how the tempo abruptly ends in some sections, so for me there wasn't a perfect flow, other than that there's parts close to perfection.
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| 24emd Theory Snob Posts: 1086  |
28:53 - I misheard the lyrics as - "Behind me, a dog shaking ass"
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