Draconian - A Rose For The Apocalypse
| Release date: | 24 June 2011 |
| Style: | Gothic doom metal |
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01. The Drowning Age
02. The Last Hour Of Ancient Sunlight
03. End Of The Rope
04. Elysian Night
05. Deadlight
06. Dead World Assembly
07. A Phantom Dissonance
08. The Quiet Storm
09. The Death Of Hours
10. Wall Of Sighs [bonus]
The best Gothic Metal album of 2011
02. The Last Hour Of Ancient Sunlight
03. End Of The Rope
04. Elysian Night
05. Deadlight
06. Dead World Assembly
07. A Phantom Dissonance
08. The Quiet Storm
09. The Death Of Hours
10. Wall Of Sighs [bonus]
The best Gothic Metal album of 2011
Reviews 
Lyrics Available as limited digipak with bonus track and A2 poster.
A video was made for the song "The Last Hour of Ancient Sunlight".
Recorded at Dead Dog Farm Studios by Johan Ericson
Drums recorded at Studio Mega by Johan Örnborg
Vocals recorded at Fascination Street Studios by Jens Bogren.
Produced by Johan Ericson, co-produced by Jens Bogren and Johan Örnborg
Mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios.
Music written by Johan Ericson and Draconian
Lyrics written by Anders Jacobsson apart from "End of the Rope" and "The Death of Hours" written by Anders Jacobsson and Erik Arvidsson and "Elysian Night" written by Anders Jacobsson and Johan Ericson.
Artwork by Seth Siro Anton
Band photography by Linda Åkerberg.
Quote in "Dead World Assembly" taken from the poem" Earth's Answer".
Quote in "The Death of Hours" taken from the poem "Unforgotten".
Sample in "Elysian Night "from a reading of "Ode to a Nightingale" by John Keats.
Rating:
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Rating: 6.0 |
Being around since 1994, Draconian is one of those bands that had to be patient so as to see their visions come true and it wasn't until 2003 when their melodic gothic doom/death metal debut came to the surface. Despite their heavy influences from pioneering acts with personal sound (Theatre Of Tragedy, Katatonia, Paradise Lost to name the more dominant ones) they managed through their inspirational/emotional status and persuading performance to reach the hearts of the aforementioned scene's audience and create quite a buzz around them. Read more ›› |
Rating:
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Rating: 9.5 |
Whenever I hear Draconian playing, I feel a bag of mixed feelings: calm but heavy, deep and majestic. And especially something I don't feel with many bands... chills all over my spine. And that for me is priceless. The first time I heard this album it didn't hit me exactly like I was expecting. Fortunately, what I thought of the album upon my first listen has been completely changed with the subsequent hearings. Now I put it at a high level of excellence, at the level of previous Draconian works. It brings them a more mature sound, but with the same geniality and force as ever, clearly showing that they are a top gothic/doom metal act with merit. Read more ›› |
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| Enissa | 2011: Most & Least Fav | #11 |
| Cyroth | My Top 20 Of 2011 | #13 |
| Saeed_p | MS Awards 2011 | #17 |
| Night Sight | My Favorite Albums Of 2011 | #13 |
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| Jason W. Razorbliss staff Posts: 3523  |
Already pre-ordered this from Napalm along with Stream Of Passion's disc, and am hoping to receive them a few days before their release, as is the normal arrival time of their shipments to the US. 
---- "After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley
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| Draugen Posts: 499  |
Pre-ordered from Napalm as soon as I could. I can barely wait to get my hands on it and I'm sure that Draconian won't disappoint me. 
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| Blasphemer1992 Posts: 71  |
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| Night Sight Posts: 260  |
I heard the new song but i want the whole album
---- Alone in birth Alone in the darkness Alone in death Alone in the daylight
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| Cassian Posts: 159  |
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| Powerslavex Alexskywalker Posts: 777  |
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| Bedeadorsatanic Posts: 10  |
Amazing.......................................
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| Cassian Posts: 159 |
Do you guys think this album somewhat comes nearer to melodic death doom metal?
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| Natassja Posts: 12  |
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| Evilquince Posts: 36  |
Reminds me of Swallow the Sun at times, beautiful album 
---- Some suffer to the point when they grow numb. Others are so numb they deserve to suffer.
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| Susan Smeghead elite Posts: 6941  |
Wow. This is one of the most delicious albums I've heard all year.
---- "A life all mine Is what I choose At the end of my days" --The Gathering "A Life All Mine" from Souvenirs
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| JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567  |
Written by Cassian on 25.06.2011 at 15:22 havnt listened yet... but thats a) what I'm hoping for and b) what I'm expecting, due to the rating
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| Vikingr Posts: 179  |
I am so jacked up for this, got it tonight and am about to give it my first listen:)
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| advent Posts: 268 |
Did't like it that much, they are losing a lot of their songwriting skills and atmosphere for the sake of being simple and accessible and the same go for there doom touch, actually some parts of there album remember me of new theatre of tragedy .
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| Cassian Posts: 159 |
Written by JÄY on 26.06.2011 at 09:25 I was looking forward to something similar to Turning Seasons Within, but the fact that they are leaning towards a more death doom sound makes it surprisingly amazing. And I love it.
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| Cassian Posts: 159 |
Written by advent on 26.06.2011 at 11:22 Thanks for your opinion, but I don't really agree with it. I don't think this album is "accessible" or "simple" in any aspect.
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| JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 |
Written by Cassian on 26.06.2011 at 13:16 great to hear my man! cant wait to get my hands on it
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| lolkek Posts: 5 |
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| advent Posts: 268 |
@ lolkek : i listened to it till now over 6 times, still i don't find anything new they are delivering , 2 songs only worked for me and the rest are meh , maybe it just me , but i find there previous albums more interesting in terms of atmosphere ,songwriting and originality.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck elite Posts: 40071  |
But Draconian have always been extremely accessible. So if it's even more accessible there really isn't anything left any more. I haven't heard this album yet but will check it out hoping it will be better than their previous albums which have primarily been spoiled by the female vocals/
---- 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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| Vonpire Posts: 469  |
So if it's accessible there is nothing left? Wow what a amazing sentence... Does that means that metal has to be inaccessible to be good?  Look the service jerk Hinokokera already rated this 1! Hahaha, what a joke!
---- Beware the Shadows of Dusk
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino staff Posts: 18274  |
Written by Vonpire on 27.06.2011 at 17:19 For me inaccessible use to mean that something is a bit more challenging that usual... because it brings something new to the table. Draconian has never bring anything to any table imo. It's ok music, I fail to understand the hype just like Marcel. My feelings towards Draconian are odd since there are some stuff a la beauty and the beast that I highly enjoy like Theatre Of tragedy... But Draconian just seem too easy for me.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Susan Smeghead elite Posts: 6941 |
This album is delicious. Don't let the haters bring it down *cough*marcelandmrdoc*cough* 
---- "A life all mine Is what I choose At the end of my days" --The Gathering "A Life All Mine" from Souvenirs
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