Journey To The End Of The Night (Album)
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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 May 28, 2000. This is also the last composition by Green Carnation featuring Christian "X" Botteri.
The title is a reference to Louis-Ferdinand Celine
's epitomical novel, Journey to the End of the Night
.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band Green Carnation
Green Carnation
Green Carnation is a band from Kristiansand, Norway formed in 1990 that has created songs from both the progressive rock and progressive metal genres. Some also describe their music as art rock...
, released by The End Records
The End Records
The End Records is an independent record label, founded in 1998 in San Diego. Founder Andreas Katsambas initially wanted to bring attention to some underground bands he admired. In 2002, The End moved to Salt Lake City, when his wife took a job at the University of Utah. The label moved...
on May 28, 2000. This is also the last composition by Green Carnation featuring Christian "X" Botteri.
The title is a reference to Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Louis-Ferdinand Céline was the pen name of French writer and physician Louis-Ferdinand Destouches . Céline was chosen after his grandmother's first name. He is considered one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, developing a new style of writing that modernized both French and...
's epitomical novel, Journey to the End of the Night
Journey to the End of the Night
Journey to the End of Night is the first novel of Louis-Ferdinand Céline. This semi-autobiographical work describes antihero Ferdinand Bardamu....
.
Track listing
- "Falling into Darkness" − 2:33
- "In the Realm of the Midnight Sun" − 13:42
- "My Dark Reflections of Life and Death" − 17:50
- "Under Eternal Stars" − 15:31
- "Journey to the End of the Night (Part I)" − 11:28
- "Echoes of Despair (Part II)" − 2:30
- "End of Journey (Part III)" − 5:08
- "Shattered (Part IV)" − 1:34
Band members
- Christian "X" Botteri − guitar effects
- Terje Vik Schei − all rhythm guitars
- Alf T Leangel − drums
- Christopher Botteri − bass
Guest Musicians
- Rx Draumtanzer − vocals (on tracks 3, 4, 5 and 7)
- Linn Solaas − vocals (on tracks 4 and 5)
- Synne Soprana (In The Woods...In the Woods...In the Woods... was a heavy metal band from Kristiansand, Norway. The band released a total of three studio albums, three singles, one compilation album and one live album throughout its existence. The band was formed by previous members of the similar-styled band Green Carnation and is now...
) − vocals (on tracks 1 and 8) - Vibeke Stene (TristaniaTristaniaTristania is a monotypic genus, native to New South Wales, Australia, closely related to Cistemon. The genus had a number of species, but some have been reclassified as Lophostemon and Tristaniopsis....
) − vocals (on tracks 2, 3 and 4) - Atle Dorum − vocals (on track 2)
- Leif Christian Wiese − violin (on tracks 4, 5 and 7)