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Originally a three piece formed in Saffle, Sweden in the spring of 1994, Draconian -- at that time -- went by the name Kerberos, and was a metal band that fused touches of death metal, melodic metal, and a little bit of black metal to round out their sound. At the end of that first year, the band took on vocalist Anders Jacobsson, and with the new set up, changed their name to Draconian. The band's first demo, Shades of a Lost Moon, was released in 1996, and was the result of their initial round of songwriting and arranging. A second demo was scrapped in 1997, a fate which also befell their first attempts at creating a debut album, and the group continued to hash out their sound on a series of demos. Although an EP was available in 2000 (the 2 track Frozen Features), it was the 2002 demo work that went by the name of Dark Oceans We Cry that solidified their sound -- adding the vocal work of Lisa Johansson for starters -- and snagging the band a deal, with Napalm Records. Finally, after a number of years fine tuning their sound, Draconian recorded and released the 2003 -- official -- full length debut, Where Lovers Mourn. After fan support was built with the follow up album, Arcane Rain Fell, in 2005, Draconian took a rest from recording new material to rework some old material into an album for long time fans. The collection, entitled The Burning Halo, included work from the Closed Eyes of Paradise demo (dating back to 1999), as well as a handful of new tracks and covers. Finally, in 2007, Draconian got back to the work of crafting album number four (or three, technically speaking.) The resulting work, Turning Season Within, was released in 2008, and was quickly followed by the single, "No Greater Sorrow." ~ Chris True, Rovi
Go out and get Turning Seasons Within. At first I didnt really like it. It grew on me heavily and it became one of my most listened to albums. Its soo good. Specifically Earthbound and Morphene Cloud.
obblien
good stuff one of my favorite bands
themockturtle4
Anyone ever hear of The Sins of Thy Beloved? Not exactly the same, but it's the only other band that I like almost every song by. Pandora doesn't have them though.
ohhh! Draconian one of the best doom metal bands for me, and one of no many which still creating beautiful music. Draconian hadn't get as commercial as many of the greatest band from the 90's such as Theatre of Tragedy(good times: 1994-1998) Tristania (good times: 1997-2007) and others. that's just my humble opinion.
@Punk Guy: I agree with you, wholeheartedly. It may be overdone, but the beauty and the beast dichotomy makes these bands what they are. This music has its own beauty because of that.
There is nothing wrong with it, it's just that there are so many and the beauty and the beast dynamic is a part of Draconian's sonic signature. Pardon the intellectual pretentiousness, I just couldn't help it.
thetauren13
Whats wrong with being just another metal band with a female vocalist? Female fronted metal is where its at.
I usually dont like grunt style vocals at all, but for some reason I do like Draconian. Go figure.
The Beauty and the Beast vocals are what makes Draconian so good. It's a musical dichotomy, showing both the monstrous and the sublime. Or maybe it just sounds awesome and I'm being a pretentious a**hole. But I truly believe that though. So that's why the Monster and the Damsel needs to be there Benjamin colon. Otherwise they'd be just another gothic metal band with a lady vocalist.
It's about time Pandora put this band on this station. I actually didn't even hear their music until I set up a Slacker Radio account. Anyway, yay!
Punk Guy, Pandora apparently has a knack for putting albums from some bands whose music was better before. Crazy, huh?
I'd have to agree with Plague of Unicorns, the vocals are kinda bland, their older stuff(Why don't you f**king have it Pandora?!?!??) is wayyyy better though. More operatic vocals and just plain better. The new stuff is okay, but nothing like the old stuff.
Wow finally got around to reviewing them. Well I like them. There like my goth band but with the darker vocals. Love the vocals thats probably what really makes them for me.
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They don't have nearly enough of Draconian's material on Pandora.
Draconian hadn't get as commercial as many of the greatest band from the 90's such as Theatre of Tragedy(good times: 1994-1998) Tristania (good times: 1997-2007) and others.
that's just my humble opinion.
I usually dont like grunt style vocals at all, but for some reason I do like Draconian. Go figure.
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Punk Guy, Pandora apparently has a knack for putting albums from some bands whose music was better before. Crazy, huh?
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All four albums available.