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AD OMBRA
14:02 Oct 22 2008
Times Read: 935






Founded in 2005 as the Dramatic Orchestral entity of Transylvania born composer/poet George D. Stanciulescu. First demo MCD, “Smaragdine”, was released in the mid of 2005, displaying an anomic suite of 7 tabulas, fragranced by a taste of drama and ineluctable aspirations, all mixed into one 22 minutes track. Reviews so far to be found at Legends magazine, Mouvement Nouveau/Tokafi webzine, Aural Pressure, Progvisions.nl, Lunar Hypnosis, Rimfrost Magazine and so on.

The full length album , "Rites of Genesis", was released in January 2008 by polish label Rage in Eden, enabling a cinematic and esoteric journey through the whirls of dark symphonic grandeur, timeless romanticism and spiritually challenging descents into the abyss of sounds.





"A compelling Gothic symphonic drama" "........sad, emphatic and well structured"

(Chain DLK, Italy)



"Listeners into music like The Red King, Thou Shalt Suffer, Elend, Stoa, Sophia, The Protagonist, Arcana, soundtrack music, modern and classical composers alike should definitely check this out!" (Lunar Hypnosis Webzine, US)





The musicians:



George D. STANCIULESCU - composer, oratio concept, orchestral & ensemble arrangements, sonic manipulations

Main guest musicians:

Maximilian LUPU - additional orchestral / ensemble arrangements,

Alexandra DAMIAN - lead alto-mezzo vox

Green Carnation
15:00 Oct 19 2008
Times Read: 937








Green Carnation are from Kristiansand, Norway. They formed in 1990 as a death-metal act, but did not release their first album until 1999. This is because shortly after having formed as Green Carnation, main composer Tchort left the band to join Emperor. The rest of the band continued/restarted under a new name: In the Woods…. Tchort decided to restart the band after In the Woods disbanded, including some old In the Woods members back into the band.



Their style is most often described as progressive doom metal, with avant garde elements, though their more recent material has been tending away from the ‘doom’ side. This is perhaps best exemplified by their latest album, ‘The Acoustic Verses’, an all-acoustic album almost entirely devoid of the doom metal sound of their previous work. However, in the inlay to The Acoustic Verses, main man Tchort stated that the band is in the process of producing a Doom album much in the vein of the early work. This will be part two of a three part “doom trilogy” that includes Light of Day, Day of Darkness.



Lyrically they are themed towards life and death, God and the questioning of religion, love and betrayal.



Green Carnation have recently disbanded due to financial and record label problems.