Genre(s): Progressive Rock/Metal
Label: Season of Mist
Format: CD, digital,vinyl
Release date: April 3, 2026
Tracklist
1. Sanguis (9:05)
2. Loneliness Untold, Loneliness Unfold (4:04)
3. Sweet to the Point of Bitter (5:58)
4. I Am Time (5:39)
5. Fire in Ice (7:03)
6. Lunar Tale (5:25)
Full runtime: 37:16
Credits
Kjetil Nordhus — Vocals
Stein Roger Sordal — Bass, Rhythm Guitars, Lead Guitars, Keyboards, Lead Vocals (2)
Bjørn Harstad — Lead Guitars, Effects
Endre Kirkesola — Keyboards, Synthesizers, Organs, Effects, Backing Vocals (6)
Jonathan Alejandro Perez — Drums
With:
Ingrid Ose — Flute (6)
Recording, Mixing & Mastering at DUB Studio
Producers — Endre Kirkesola, Stein Roger Sordal, Kjetil Nordhus
Sound Engineers — Endre Kirkesola, Bjørn Harstad
Mixing Engineers — Endre Kirkesola, Bjørn Harstad
Mastering Engineer — Lawrence Mackrory
Cover Artist: Niklas Sundin
Description/Reviews:
If Green Carnation set sail from a familiar place of melancholy on The Shores of Melancholia, then Sanguis finds the band far out at sea, fighting to stay afloat against the storm that’s raging in their minds. Whereas Part I only scratched at the surface, the epic title track that opens Part II vows to forgive and forget old bloodied wounds. Over the course of nine minutes, cresting cleans and swells of organ from long-time producer and newest member Endre Kirkesola try and wash away the familial wreckage — only for a traumatic childhood memory to come flooding back during the song’s doomy coda.
The heaviness that launched Green Carnation during Part I of A Dark Poem has aged like a fine wine on Sanguis. “Sweet to the Point of Bitter” balances meaty riffs with a pleasing melody and underlying notes of resentment. “You will acknowledge I was broken / Before you came around”. With a guitar solo that winds like the winds of change, “I Am Time” demands immediate recognition.
But while “Fire In Ice” stokes the political flames viewed from The Shores of Melancholia with pounding windchills of double bass, Part II reveals Green Carnation at their most raw and vulnerable.Media/Samples
Bandcamp
Sanguis (Blood Ties)
Links:
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