[Cover photo credit to Lars Gunnar Liestøl]

With Part II of their forthcoming album trilogy, Prog Metal band Green Carnation have descended to their darkest and most personal. A Dark Poem, Part II: Sanguis is out now. The video for “Loneliness Untold, Loneliness Unfold” has also been released.

In a rare appearance, the band’s bassist and primary lyricist Stein Roger Sordal steps in front of the mic on “Loneliness Untold, Loneliness Unfold” for the song and video, with hopes of reaching a long-lost friend.  

Sordal says:

Obviously, this song is about loneliness, but more specifically, it’s about watching a very good and close friend gradually shut himself off from the rest of the world. It’s about sitting on the sidelines, watching it happen and not being able to do anything about it”.  

The songs on Part II come as they are, with no filter. I needed to set these stories free and let them out.

The video for “Loneliness Untold, Loneliness Unfold” was directed and edited by Rikard Amodei.

Green Carnation 2026 Show Dates

June 6 – Tampere, Finland @ Ankea Festival [TICKETS]

June 14 – Kristiansand, Norway @ Odderøya [TICKETS]*

August 1 – Ungarn, Hungary @ Feke Zaj Festival [TICKETS]

September 12 – Kristiansand, Norway @ Kilden Performing Arts Centre [TICKETS]#

September 25 – Bucuresti, Romania @ Bucharest Prog Day II [TICKETS]

*Deep Purple, Turbonegro + Slomosa

#Performing A Dark Poem, Part I-III