After 20 years of thought, a prog metal band recorded three albums in one go. “I wouldn’t recommend it,” says their singer, who has now realised the challenge is just beginning

Green Carnation.

Green Carnation first spoke about creating a three-album saga in the mid-2000s. Two decades later, the Norwegians have finally releasing the first chapter of their A Dark Poem trilogy. Vocalist Kjetil Nordhus tells Prog about Part I: The Shores Of Melancholia and teases the two records they recorded alongside it.

Kjetil Nordhus has one piece of advice for anyone trying to make three albums at the same time. “I wouldn’t recommend it,” the Green Carnation singer says. “I’m 50 this year; over the last 10 years I’ve learned the difference between something being 97% good and 100% good. You use a lot of time on the last 5%.”