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"She Dies" is one of the latest efforts of Draconian and also chosen to be the opening track for the new album. You can expect profound, evocative and deeply mournful soundscapes combined with a heart-rending love story, which tells the tale of two souls who are forced to part from one another. It's a romantically despondent gothic/doom creation and without any doubt; one of the most tear-filled moments of Draconian history.
This is an elegy about a world sick, distorted and corrupt; our world in a possible future. With this new song we have tried to create a scenery of collapse and revulsion as mankind finally is forced to recognize their downfall. In the midst of this, a lost soul wander the earth, in hope for the absolute deliverance from human depravity. "Through Infectious Waters (A Sickness Elegy)" is a song which speaks for itself and is unlike any other Draconian effort. The character is apocalyptic, cold and desolate and it’s built upon a field of belligerence and disaster.
"The Dying" is quite close to "Through Infectious Waters" in topic, but refers more to the world as a terrifying spiritual struggle – alienation, as if you were stranded on a distant shore, far from home without a possibility to leave. Only death would set you free... and all around you the world is falling apart. This grim effort of “The Burning Halo” is the most doom-oriented of the three new songs – releasing dejection and gloom alongside strong feelings of wrath and dismay. The soaring and beautiful vocals of Lisa creates a bittersweet contrast in the stern blackness and broadens the song to a higher level.
The song originally hailing from the never officially released luciferian theme demo The Closed Eyes of Paradise. "Serenade of Sorrow" is perhaps the one and only true Draconian classic and used to be the opening act of live shows. The sound is much closer to gothic metal than doom and was the first track out on the - above mentioned - 1999 demo. The song assembles a symphonic atmosphere within a distinctive metal setting and with an intense growl versus angelic vocal manifestation. In sound it replicates pure anguish and innovative darkness in a tumultuous scenery, right before the rebel angels suffered bitter defeat. Within this heart-rending chaos we can still find astonishing beauty, originated from the tender vocal cord of Miss Lisa Johansson. "Serenade of Sorrow" has been born again in a well-designed restoration, and at the same time very loyal and faithful to the old version.
The song originally hailing from the never officially released luciferian theme demo The Closed Eyes of Paradise. "The Morningstar" is a versatile song with a strong epic feel. It deals mainly with a doomy and gothic sound but proceeds into a more aggressive and hostile approach. This track is about how to resist divine oppression and how to break free from its bondage. The title refers to Lucifer, who pleads to the angels left in Heaven to oppose their chains and unite with him to find independence. This is what the Christian faith would call "the devils temptation", but in fact it’s just a matter of freedom. "The Morningstar" is Draconian’s second epic (the first is "The Midwinter Sleep" back in 1995) before they progressed further into a doomier sound in year 2000. It was originally fashioned back in 1998 and to be recorded for The Closed Eyes of Paradise demo one year later. The song rapidly became a favourite among the fans.
The song originally hailing from the never officially released luciferian theme demo The Closed Eyes of Paradise.
Highly expressive and amorously dark, "The Gothic Embrace" deals with graceful and poignant
structures both in music and lyric. In this restoration we have dared to make some things
somewhat different, still as the song remains fairly true to its original.
"The Gothic Embrace" is one of Draconian’s most treasured songs from the past... and it speaks primarily to those who favours the more gothic/ romantic elevation of their sound.
In 1970 Dutch songwriter Rock van der Linden wrote a great apocalyptic rock song for his band Ekseption, assembled upon a prelude by the classical Russian composer Rachmaninov; In structure rather easy but very large in heaviness. The band decided to both interpret this great bombastic tune and honour it by just being Draconian; with a momentous spotlight on a doomy, vast and diverse sound. And it worked out very well alongside the old school rock sound and the fundament of classical music. The 2006 version of "On Sunday They Will Kill the World" wears a dark shroud... and reflects a monumental piece of doom.
It’s not every day Draconian decides to take on the mission to construe the heavy riffing art of Bobby Liebling and Pentagram; one of the origins of doom metal in the ‘70s. Pentagram has been a long-time influence and favourite band of songwriter Johan Ericson - which now is revealed by the dedication of Draconian. "Forever My Queen" is a quite deviating track if compared to the ordinary material of Draconian even though the song is still vital when it comes to the Draconian sound in broad-spectrum. Most of the members are big fans of the early ‘70s rock sound, so this is a salutation both to that and to the unyielding foundation of doom metal.
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