DRACONIAN will perform live at the following festivals in September:

2009-09-12
Madrid is the Dark Fest (Madrid, Spain)

2009-09-13
Chaos Emergente Festival (Oporto, Portugal)

Following the success of the band's four albums, DRACONIAN will play a headline show in Tel Aviv, Israel, in February 27th at "Barbie Club".

The band's last show in Israel was in summer 2007 together with the swedish metal act THERION. Now DRACONIAN returns to Israel and will be supported by the israeli bands DISTORTED and DESERT. Ticket sale will start in November 20th, online sales will be available at Ravenmetal.com.

The band is proud to announce their appearance on next years Wave Gotik Treffen. The festival will take place between 29th of May and the 1st of June 2009. The performance date of DRACONIAN is set to the 30th of May.

DRACONIAN will perform live in Ukraine the 4th and 5th of October at:

-Melody of Darkness fest (Culture Club, Rivne)
-Doom Over Kiev II (Bingo Club, Kiev)

DRACONIAN is scheduled for one live show in Moscow, Russia, at Club Tochka the
8th of November 2008.

For all US fans, the new Draconian Album "Turning Season Within" is available by Hot Topic, one of the biggest chains in the states with 700 stores.

A brand new exclusive DRACONIAN online single - entitled "No Greater Sorrow" - is now available for download via online stores such as iTunes, eMusic, Napster, etc. Purchase the track now!

In early April two live dates are scheduled for DRACONIAN in Spain. The dates, cities and venues are the following:

4th of April: Barcelona at Salamandra 1
5th of April: Madrid at Ritmo y Compás

(Click the links above to see flyers)

So far "Turning Season Within" has received excellent reviews. Here's some examples:

-Fury	9/10
-Metal Hammer (Ger)	5/7
-Metal Hammer (Esp)	8/10
-Heavy	12/12
-Legacy	12/15
-Orkus	8/10
-Rock Hard (Ger)	8/10
-Rock Hard (Esp)	9/10
-Rock Tribune	94/100
-Sweden Rock Magazine	8/10

For more reviews, see the Press-section.

The entire new album of DRACONIAN, "Turning Season Within" is now available for pre-listening online on the official MySpace-site, from 21st of February, with start 24:00 CET to release date on Wednesday the 29th. No voice-over and no fades.

This is a co-operation with MySpace Nordic.

The 8th of March DRACONIAN will have the release party of their latest effort "Turning Season Within".

The event will take place in Karlstad, Sweden, at the Arena nightclub. The doors open at 22:00 and the band hits the stage around 23:30. Admission only 80 SEK (approx. 8,50 Euro).

For more information or questions, please e-mail the band.

Now you got the possibility to order the brand new DRACONIAN album "Turning Season Within" directly from this website.

Simply fill in this order form (click to open) and the CD will be shipped to your mailbox.

As a New year's gift to all DRACONIAN fans; here's a five minutes long teaser taken from the upcoming album "Turning Season Within". Pleasant listening!

Click to listen/download:
Turning Season Within - Teaser

DRACONIAN's brand new album "Turning Season Within" will be released the 29th of February (4th of March in the US) through Napalm Records. The band's fourth effort contains the following nine tracks:

1. Seasons Apart 2. When I Wake 3. Earthbound 4. Not Breathing 5. Failure Epiphany 6. Morphine Cloud 7. Bloodflower 8. The Empty Stare 9. September Ashes

Israeli female fronted metalband Distorted have invited Lisa Johansson as a guest vocalist on their new album. The production will take place at Studio Underground, Sweden; where both Draconian and Distorted have been recording before. Lisa will share this honourable guest appearance with the great Thomas Wikström of Therion (ex. Candlemass and Talk of the Town). For more info visit Candlelight Records website.

In other news: A sample from the track "Seasons Apart" of the new Draconian album "Turning Season Within" can be found on Napalm Records website and at the band's MySpace page.

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