Green Carnation Reveal Full Video for “Sanguis”
Posted on April 7, 2026
More information about A Dark Poem, Part II: Sanguis
After reaching crushing new highs on Part I of their forthcoming album trilogy, Green Carnation are descending into the deepest, darkest and most personal depths of the prog metal band’s storied career with the newly released A Dark Poem, Part II: Sanguis.
“Sanguis is lean, purposeful, and emotionally devastating in the way only music built from genuine anguish can be”, Sonic Perspectives writes in an 8.8/10 review. “Green Carnation have distilled their identity down to something sharper and more potent than ever”.
“[…]simply breathtaking for the band and the genre”, Angry Metal Guy writes in a 4.5/5 review. “For those who need something in these trying times to bolster their spirits or tear them apart (if only for a moment to reset), Sanguis is here for you”.
As they prepare to perform A Dark Poem on the world’s stage, today, Green Carnation are releasing the full video for their new album’s booming and bloodied title track. Upon its initial release back in February, “Sanguis” vowed to wash away the stains of the past with its impassioned cleans and unforgettable chorus. But the full video brings a traumatic memory from childhood flooding back with harrowing force during the song’s doomy coda.
Watch the full video for “Sanguis” on the Season of Mist YouTube channel.
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If The Shores of Melancholia set sail from a familiar place of melancholy, then Sanguis opens with Green Carnation far out at sea, fighting to stay afloat against the storm that’s raging in their minds. Over the course of nine minutes, the album’s epic opener and title track vows to forgive and forget familial wreckage, washing away the bloody stains of the past with melodies that radiate conviction — only for a traumatic memory to come flooding back during its thunderous finale.
“Father was boiling, mother was crying / The children left scared in their beds”. A fiery shiver of a riff slowly spirals downward, as if trapped inside a mental hell.
“It paints a pretty grim picture of my childhood”, Sordal says about “Sanguis”. “I do have great memories from that time, too, but parts were very dark. I had some tough issues with my father, but I now know that he had it worse. I didn’t think about that when I was younger, but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned that there is usually more to the story”.
“It took Stein Roger almost 50 years to understand why his father treated him the way he did”, Nordhus says about his dear friend and bandmate. “He didn’t understand until he had kids of his own and was watching them grow up”.
Catch Green Carnation during their upcoming hometown shows and European summer festival dates. During their headlining show in September at the Kilden Performing Arts Centre, the band will perform A Dark Poem in its entirety for the first and final time – including the as-of-yet unannounced Part III. Already, fans from 18 different countries have purchased tickets for this once-in-a-lifetime event.
Green Carnation 2026 Show Dates
June 6 – Tampere, Finland @ Ankea Festival [TICKETS]
June 14 – Kristiansand, Norway @ Odderøya [TICKETS]*
August 1 – Ungarn, Hungary @ Feke Zaj Festival [TICKETS]
September 12 – Kristiansand, Norway @ Kilden Performing Arts Centre [TICKETS]#
September 25 – Bucuresti, Romania @ Bucharest Prog Day II [TICKETS]
*Deep Purple, Turbonegro + Slomosa
#Performing A Dark Poem, Part 1-III
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