Leaves of Yesteryear

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Leaves of Yesteryear
GreenCarnation Yesteryear.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 8, 2020
Recorded2019
Genre
Length44:36
Label Season of Mist
Producer Green Carnation, Endre Kirkesola
Green Carnation chronology
Acoustic Verses
(2006)
Leaves of Yesteryear
(2020)

Leaves of Yesteryear is the sixth full-length studio album by the Norwegian progressive metal band Green Carnation. It was released on May 8, 2020 via Season of Mist. [1]

Contents

This album represents the return of the band after fourteen years of absence from the recording studios. It includes the cover of the Black Sabbath ballad "Solitude", from their album Master of Reality (1971), as well as a new version of "My Dark Reflections of Life and Death" that originally appeared on their 2000 debut album, Journey to the End of the Night .

It is the first studio album with experienced Chilean drummer Jonathan Pérez (ex-Sirenia), a live band member since 2016.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Blabbermouth.net (Avg:8/10) [2]
Distorted Sound(Avg:8/10) [3]
Metal Injection(Avg:9/10) [4]
Metal Storm (Avg:8/10) [5]
Sonic Perspectives(Avg:9/10) [6]

The album was met with positive reviews from music critics. Blabbermouth.net rated it with an 8 and describes it "(the band) has returned and settled into a gothic prog metal format on Leaves of Yesteryear, a solid album which is ripe with the qualities, dynamics and diversity that longtime followers would expect and crave". [2] Licia Mapelli of Tuonela Magazine wrote an unrated yet positive track-by-track review of the album. [7]

Background

According to Tchort's writings in the booklet to Acoustic Verses in 2006, Green Carnation's next studio release was going to be the second part of "The Chronicles of Doom" trilogy, which began with Light of Day, Day of Darkness , and was going to be titled The Rise and Fall of Mankind, with an undetermined release date.

However, the announced album title was eventually discarded and its lyrical content was changed for unknown reasons after the group's long break. Instead, the new title and lyrics suggest a return to the band's earlier progressive doom roots, with songs composed mostly by the well-known formula of the duo of Tchort and Stein Roger Sordal.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Leaves of Yesteryear"Stein Roger Sordal8:04
2."Sentinels"Stein Roger Sordal5:43
3."My Dark Reflections of Life and Death" (re-recording of song from Journey to the End of the Night ) Tchort 15:37
4."Hounds"Stein Roger Sordal10:10
5."Solitude" (Black Sabbath cover) Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi 5:06
Total length:44:36

Personnel

Green Carnation

Recording information

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