DRACONIAN

Release Year: 2003
Artist Origin: SWE
Style: romantic harmonious emotional doom metal

until the recordings of this soothing debut studio album, purveyors of romantic doom have built a solid demo catalog of five tapes in nine years spent deeper in the underground, so they had options when choosing which tracks to include here - first stage of creativity was inspired by both the gritty growling despair of My Dying Bride, and much catchier direction of dreamlike Theatre of Tragedy, while the juxtaposition of arcane female and rough male vocals emotionally develops the line along harmonious solos and keyboard as well as violin breaks, precisely put up together for the listener's pleasure via eight intricate numbers, culminating in dreamy lyrics that dwell on themes of love, loss, and unfulfilled emotions, while album title aptly defines melancholic, mournful atmosphere; recent Austrian edition comes with authentic design