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First album of the trilogy on CD in deluxe Digipak with gold print and 16-page booklet.
No matter what stylistic path they take, GREEN CARNATION have never shied away from grand, gloomy statements.
Founded in the early ‘90s by former Emperor bassist Tchort, the Norwegian act quickly amassed a cult following thanks to one of the most ambitious epics in metal history. Even before going on hiatus during the mid-2000s, the ever-evolving auteurs still flashed a flare for the dramatic by performing their acoustic verses underneath a mountain dam. However, there was one tale — or three, to be exact — that continued to elude them. Until now. With the ‘A Dark Poem’ trilogy starting now, GREEN CARNATION finally unveil their masterpiece.
The idea for an album trilogy stems from GREEN CARNATION’s earliest yesteryears, but the first part of ‘A Dark Poem’ cites various passages from across their illustrious cannon. Lead single “In Your Paradise” reaches newfound peaks of heaviness, swept out to sea by sublime riffs and somber symphonic flourishes. While navigated with the band’s familiar mastery, the view from ‘The Shores of Melancholia’ is far from heavenly. Judgement day appears around every corner, steering them from the title track’s scarlet clouds of war toward Floydian whirlpools drenched in paranoia before being shipwrecked by second wave black metal.
“A lesson learned, now bridges burn”, bearded captain Kjetil Nordhus cries out with impassioned cleans, as if tied to the mast during the album’s fiery send-off.
On ‘A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores of Melancholia’, GREEN CARNATION set sail on an epic journey into a dark night of the soul.
For fans of OPETH, PARADISE LOST, PAIN OF SALVATION.
Black vinyl version, limited to 100 copies with gold foil stamped jacket.
Realms of Magickal Sorrow - Beer/100 - gold foil stamped jacket w/ insert
Double Marbled Gold & Black Gatefold LP (Limited to 250 copies)
REQUIEM IN WHITE was a Gothic Rock-Opera group (1985-1994) with Lisa Hammer on vocals, Doc Hammer on guitars, bassist Chris Walsh (RIP) and Drummer Javier Madariaga (Reagan Youth). The band had a loyal cult following, influencing many of the Medieval/ Ethereal/ Gothic Rock groups after them. They played with bands such as Type-O-Negative, Christian Death, Sex Gang Children and Biohazard.
The band formed in the summer of 1985 by core members Doc and Lisa Hammer and Chris Walsh in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
At that time, in Boston there was no organized gothic scene. Any band with a dark image had to fend for itself. Strangely enough, Requiem in White‘s eclectic, dark and romantic sound and look was gaining more fans and attention than it even knew: they were being bootlegged, widely talked and written about, imitated, and even their humble demo tapes were being hunted down by fans.
By the time they relocated to New York City in 1989, there was a healthy gothic scene, and Requiem in White had achieved a level of status which placed them at the forefront of the gothic movement. Their refusal to ever grant an interview or any kind of publicity created such an air of mystery around them, that they attracted a loyal cult following, one that still grows to this day, even after the break-up.
By 1994 the band was playing to thousands of fans at places like the Limelight, CBGB, Danceteria and the Ritz, headlining or opening up for bigger bands like Type-O Negative, Sex Gang Children, Christian Death and Biohazard. They were constantly in the fanzines, on the internet, on compilations and bootlegs, videos, stickers and on the backs of fans’ jackets. Theirs was truly a “grass roots” fame, of the sort which history has proven to be the most enduring.
The 1994 break-up was painful for all, and fans were devastated. They had seen Requiem in White as the “last original band” in a sea of “goth imitators” and “vapid drum machine clone bands”. Requiem in White had embodied the sound and image of their deepest romantic fantasies.
We are proud to announce that The Circle Music will release for first time “Hymnal of Remembrance” on vinyl, which includes the second album “Of The Want Infinite” (1994) together with the original recordings of the 2 Demos (“World Of Promise/Prodigal Son” (1987) & “Everlasting Piece” (1987)!!! “Hymnal of Remembrance” will also be released on CD in a special Luxurious Triple 7′ gatefold.
We want to sincerely thank everyone who helped find the songs from the 2 demos. We knew in advance that this would be extremely difficult, but after the public announcement of the search for the songs, many fans of Requiem In White came together and now we are delighted to announce that this very important & unique album will finally be released on vinyl after so many years!
Earlier this spring, SCHEUSAL released their debut album, Urwahn, under the banner of PURITY THROUGH FIRE. Raising those banners again, the so-far-mysterious entity strikes while the iron's red-hot with Fressfeind. Thankfully, not much has changed here on this second full-length. Pure 'n' proud Teutonic black metal is still the order of the day, but just like Urwahn did so stridently, Fressfeind further twists SCHEUSAL's unique iteration of German steel. Maybe going the martial-folkish direction more thoroughly, maybe running routes that are even more restless - whatever headspace you enter Fressfeind, the one-man band goes for the fucking throat, mischievous as ever. Indeed, that apt descriptor encompasses the mainman's vocals again, as the same crew of characters - the screamer, the shouter, the hooligan, the imp, the devil - all fight for breath here on this ever-shifting landscape. That landscape is painted with a production that's raw and rotten and yet somehow crisp and crystalline, making these nine screeds of mania all the more absurdly engaging and antagonizing.
