Draconian - Where Lovers Mourn review
| Band: | Draconian |
| Album: | Where Lovers Mourn |
| Style: | Gothic doom metal |
| Release date: | October 2003 |
01. The Cry Of Silence
02. Silent Winter
03. A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
04. The Solitude
05. Reversio ad Secessum
06. The Amaranth
07. Akherousia
08. It Grieves My Heart
Something that makes doom metal very unique is slow tempos. It gives the music a certain emotion that makes man feel that he is floating. He drifts away from reality to a point where he feels that he's on the verge of death. Deep grunts cause depressing emotions to circulate man's veins. The slow tempos alter his mind's state of consciousness. Violins cause his spirit to depart from his body. Finally, the clean female vocals grow goose bumps on his skin while slowing down his blood circulation. Eventually, man closes his eyes. After the last second of the CD passes, man feels DOOMED. That is the atmosphere Where Lovers Mourn creates. This is mostly apparent on the tracks "The Cry Of Silence", "Reversio Ad Secessum", and "It Grieves My Heart".
Draconian have done an amazing job at creating this ecstatic album. While keeping grounded in creating the atmosphere, they also managed to add a little velocity and melody to Where Lovers Mourn. This is apparent on the tracks "Silent Winter" and "The Amaranth". This intends to have manipulation over man's blood circulation and emotions. The faster the tempos, the more he drifts away from reality. The slower the tempos, the faster his mind dies. Where Lovers Mourn is the kind of album that would be played at a funeral. Its main themes are despair, mourning, and reveries. Each line of each song's lyrics causes man to feel either despaired or gloomy.
While balancing the velocity of the album, Draconian give man one last look at life consciously through tired and despairing eyes with the acoustic ballad "Akherousin". Here, man contemplates his fate. "Maybe they want me to come on board; Maybe I'm cursed here to stay?" Although no man has ever dyed of being possessed by doom, Where Lovers Mourn maybe the first album to create this phenomenon. Beware, the dooming of man begins here.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 9 |
| Originality: | 9 |
| Production: | 10 |
Written by Account deleted | 12.07.2009
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
Comments
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| lord artan Posts: 297  |
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| Janne Hugin Posts: 1721  |
I feel DOOMED after reading this review as well.
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| Janne Hugin Posts: 1721 |
Written by Guest on 15.07.2009 at 00:08 I've only listened to it 3 times since last christmas.. shame
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| INÆRIS Posts: 204  |
I have Arcane Rain, and I love it. I really want this one. Sounds like it's definitely worth my time.
---- Still Life, Still Death
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by Guest on 07.01.2010 at 02:33  You're not very familiar with the doom scene, are you? There is an enermous amount of bands that play pure doom. Not just a handful. Draconian doesn't even play pure doom, they mix it up with, imo, way too much, gothic metal. Tbh, Draconian are just borderline doom.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18276  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 07.01.2010 at 14:16 It kind of starts to get on my nerves when people start to talk about gothic bands like if they were doom. I really love doom and there are just a couple of gothic bands I actually like... So this missunderstanding is just annoying. Borderline doom is what I also think about this guys.... And only a handful of doom bands staying true to the genre? That's jsut ridiculous since I really view Doom Metal as the genre that has stayed "truest" comparing it with the others.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18276 |
Yeah.. Because Canada is doom metal's capital and since few doom metal happens there it must be that the genre is dying.  I'm not going to turn this into a long conversation either, but I just found the last comment weird to say the least.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Yes death/black/folk/power/melodeath are way more popular than doom. But that has ALWAYS been the case. Doom was never big and will never be big. Unlike all the other metal subgenres it has never been the flavour of the month, thank God for that. If you reckon Draconian is pure doom, then you certainly no idea as to what constitutes pure doom. Saying Draconian are pure doom is like saying Novembers Doom are as well. So, totally ridiculous. As for doom and popularity. Like I said it will always be underground. But the doom scene has never been in a healthier state than currently. Just this year alone saw loads and loads and loads of brilliant doom releases, both in the extreme doom scene as in the more melodic more traditional and death doom scenes. Plus there are loads of underground doom gigs and doom festivals all over the place. Yes, also in the US and Canada but you gotta know where to look. It is safe to say that 2009 was one of the best years in doom of the last decade, even though Swallow The Sun and My Dying Bride released some really bad doom albums once again.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| advent Posts: 268  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.01.2010 at 17:35 well...its good that doom genre is'nt that poplar as others...i think that's the best way to maintain it's purity and it's profundity ...and yes i think the last couple of years there were awesome doom releases ,,,and i hunger for more. and btw...good review:)
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| Vonpire Posts: 469  |
Why catalogue bands so much?? Draconian are the BEST! Period. Ahh btw this album gets a 10 
---- Beware the Shadows of Dusk
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| Uirapuru Liver Failure Posts: 2955  |
I liked the way the first paragraph was written, the DOOMED thing was pretty cool.. althou I also see Draconian as way too gothic, and not that big of a deal.
----  ---- member of the true crusade against old school heavy metal, early 80s thrash, NWOBHM, traditional doom, first and second wave black metal, old school death metal, US power metal, 70s prog rock and atmospheric doomsludgestoner. o/
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| INÆRIS Posts: 204 |
Who cares about genres?? I love Draconian and that's that. Great album.
---- Still Life, Still Death
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 61012  |
Wow amazing intro part, I would like to describe it same way, great descrition about this album and whole genre and idea of genre in general
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - ''Speak English or Die''  apos;'[image] I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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