Green Carnation "Light Of Day, Day Of Darkness (USA, The End Records, TE024)"

Light of Day, Day of Darkness is the second studio album by the Norwegian progressive metal band Green Carnation. It was released by German record label Prophecy Productions in November 2001.

The album was composed, written and arranged by founding member Terje Vik Schei (a.k.a. Tchort). It is composed of a single 60-minute track and was largely inspired by the death of Tchort's daughter and dedicated to his son, Damien Aleksander, whose baby voice appears a few moments in the song. It is said that 600 different samples were used in the editing of the song.

Track listing

1. "Light of Day, Day of Darkness" Tchort 60:06

Total length: 60:06

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Dub Studio, Kristiansand, Norway, summer 2001.

Mastered at Strype Studio, Oslo, Norway.

Produced & Engineered By Endre Kirkesola

Mastered By Audun Strype

Green Carnation "Journey To The End Of The Night (Germany, Prophecy Productions, PRO 031)"

Journey to the End of the Night is the debut studio album by the Norwegian progressive metal band Green Carnation, released by The End Records on 28 May 2000.

Journey to the End of the Night is the last composition by Green Carnation featuring founding member Christian "X" Botteri on lead guitar and effects.

"My Dark Reflections of Life and Death", the third track from the album, was re-recorded for the band's 2020 album, Leaves of Yesteryear.

The title is a reference to Louis-Ferdinand Celine's novel Journey to the End of the Night.

Tracklist:

1. Falling into Darkness 02:33  
2. In the Realm of the Midnight Sun 13:42   
3. My Dark Reflections of Life and Death 17:50  
4. Under Eternal Stars 15:31   
5. Journey to the End of the Night (Part I) 11:28  
6. Echoes of Despair (Part II) 02:30
7. End of Journey? (Part III) 05:08  
8. Shattered (Part IV) 01:34  

Time: 01:10:16

"My Dark Reflections of Life and Death" was re-recorded for their 2020 album, "Leaves of Yesteryear".

A lot of lyrics were originally poems written by Tchort after the death of his daughter.

Recording information:

Recorded in July 1999 at Jailhouse Studio.

Mixed in early 2000.

Mastered at Studio E.

Grand Magus "Wolf God (Japan, Ward Records, GQCS-90704)"

Grand Magus ninth album, Wolf God, was released on 19 April 2019. The band had scheduled a European tour for March/April 2022, but due to COVID, they called off the tour and will instead spend the year recording a new album, to be released in 2023 and supported by a different tour that year.

Tracklist:

1. Intro: Gold and Glory 02:18
2. Wolf God 03:49  
3. A Hall Clad in Gold 05:02   
4. Brother of the Storm 03:16   
5. Dawn of Fire 05:12  
6. Spear Thrower 02:55
7. To Live and to Die in Solitude 03:41
8. Glory to the Brave 05:15  
9. He Sent Them All to Hel 03:37   
10. Untamed 03:46  

Time:  38:51  

Recording information:

Recorded at The Sweetspot Studio, Sweden, October/November 2018.

Track 1 mixed at Big Island Sound Studio 1, Stockholm, Sweden.

Mastered at Finnvox, Helsinki, Finland.