A Dark Poem, Pt. I: The Shores of Melancholia

Released5 September 2025

RecordedApril-December 2024^[1]

Genre

• Doom metal
• gothic metal
• progressive metal

Length42:43

A Dark Poem, Pt. I: The Shores of Melancholia
Studio album by Green Carnation
Released	5 September 2025
Recorded	April-December 2024[1]
Genre	Doom metal gothic metal progressive metal
Length	42:43
Label	Season of Mist
Producer	Kjetil Nordhus, Stein Roger Sordal, Endre Kirkesola
Green Carnation chronology
Leaves of Yesteryear (2020) A Dark Poem, Pt. I: The Shores of Melancholia (2025) A Dark Poem, Pt. II: Sanguis (2026)
Singles from A Dark Poem, Pt. I: The Shores of Melancholia
"In Your Paradise" Released: 8 July 2025[2] "The Shores of Melancholia" Released: 29 August 2025[3]

A Dark Poem, Pt. I: The Shores of Melancholia is the seventh full-length studio album by the Norwegian progressive metal band Green Carnation. It was released on 5 September 2025 via Season of Mist. It is the first album in a trilogy of albums titled A Dark Poem.^[6][7] Singles and music videos were released for "In Your Paradise"^[8] and the title track.^[9][10]

It was elected by Loudwire as one of the 11 best progressive metal albums of 2025.^[11]