Draconian Options

[Irysa]

Note: There are at least two other bands with the same name, but this thread is about the Swedish gothic/doom metal outfit.

DISCOGRAPHY


Shades of a Lost Moon - 1995 - Demo


1. Intro - My Nemesis
2. The Oath of Wisdom
3. Away (Prince of the Dark Horizon, pt 1)
4. Riders of the Black Earth
5. The Midwinter Sleep
6. Fallen Tears
7. Outro - Shades of a Lost Moon


In Glorious Victory - 1997 - Promo


1. Hellspawned Fire
2. Devils Moon
3. Luciferian Warwinds
4. Storm of Damnation


The Closed Eyes of Paradise - 1999 - Demo


1. Prologue: Gracefallen
2. Serenade of Sorrow
3. Una Tertius
4. Storm of Damnation
5. Unfold Thine Hands
6. The Morningstar
7. The Gothic Embrace
8. Cauda Draconis
I: Black Diamond Eyes
II: The Star of Kliffoth
9. The Armies of Lucifer
10. Storming Heaven
11. Epilogue: A New Paradise


Frozen Features - 2000 - Promo


1. The Solitude
2. The Cry of Silence

Note: I believe this was the promo where they switched from a Satanic melodic death/black metal band into a beauty/sadness-oriented doom/gothic one.


Dark Oceans We Cry - 2002 - Demo


1. The Amaranth
2. The Return to Solitude
3. Memento Mori
4. Cthulhu Rising
5. Death, Come Near Me
6. It Grieves My Heart
7. Dark Oceans (Outro)


Where Lovers Mourn - 2003 - Debut Album (Napalm Records)


1. The Cry of Silence
2. Silent Winter
3. A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
4. The Solitude
5. Reversio ad Secessum
6. The Amaranth
7. Akherousia
8. It Grieves My Heart


Arcane Rain Fell - 2005 - Napalm Records


1. A Scenery of Loss
2. Daylight Misery
3. The Apostasy Canticle
4. Expostulation
5. Heaven Laid in Tears (Angels' Lament)
6. The Abhorrent Rays
7. The Everlasting Scar
8. Death, Come Near Me


The Burning Halo - 2006 - Napalm Records


1. She Dies
2. Through Infectious Waters (A Sickness Elegy)
3. The Dying
4. Serenade of Sorrow
5. The Morningstar
6. The Gothic Embrace
7. On Sunday They Will Kill the World
8. Forever My Queen

Draconian.se


About half a year ago when I was getting into some more varied kinds of extreme metal with the help of Child of Death and Destruction (Friend of mine) he kept suggesting that I check this band out. So I searched and searched, found nothing, and eventually gave up. I probably wouldn't have appreciated them at that time anyway, because I was much more into Children of Bodom. Recently, I received The Burning Halo, Where Lovers Mourn, and Arcane Rain Fell. And z0000000mg.

Picture Graveworm mixed with Nightwish with some folk and doom influence. The 15 minute epic beauty Death, Come Near Me is now one of my favorite songs, ever. This band has made it into my top 5 with just a few songs. CoDad wasn't kidding when he said it would be some of the most beautiful music I'd ever hear. They have both female and male vocals, and seem to use them nearly equally.

My current favorites from the albums I have:

Death, Come Near Me ( Best. Song. Ever. )
The Cry of Silence
The Amaranth
It Grieves My Heart
The Morningstar
She Dies
A Scenery of Loss
The Apostasy Canticle
The Abhorrent Rays
A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal

This post has been edited by Chaos Seraph: Oct 11 2006, 03:38 PM