KJETIL NORDHUS Ponders GREEN CARNATION’s Future After Masterful ‘A Dark Poem’ Trilogy: ‘This Might Be The Last Thing People Hear From Us’

Green Carnation have completed their three-part album project, *A Dark Poem*, and vocalist Kjetil Nordhus says it may be the last thing listeners hear from the band. The trilogy marks an ambitious creative high point for the Norwegian group, though their future remains uncertain.

The first instalment, *The Shores Of Melancholia*, came out in 2025, followed this year by *Sanguis* and *The Messiah Complex*. The concept draws on Arthur Rimbaud’s poem “Ophelia” and bassist Stein Roger Sordal’s personal experiences; the material was written between 2018 and 2024, with Nordhus and Sordal aiming to complete it to their full capacity.