{"id":9006,"date":"2015-10-14T19:34:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T19:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artout.ro\/reviste\/blog\/?p=9006"},"modified":"2015-10-14T19:34:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T19:34:18","slug":"draconian-sovran-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artout.ro\/reviste\/blog\/draconian-sovran-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Draconian \u2013 Sovran review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four years have passed since their last album, but we are only two weeks away until we can get our hands on their latest material, \u2018Sovran\u2019, which will be out on October 30th<\/sup> via Napalm Records. And I truly encourage you to purchase it, because the wait has not been in vain!<\/p>\n

Let me tell you that I have a thing for Swedish bands and this doom gothic act is not an exception. Yes, the wait has been long since \u2018A Rose for the Apocalypse\u2019, but \u2018Sovran\u2019 will not disappoint you, I guarantee it. As a first impression, visually it looks really great, the album artwork being created by Costin Chioreanu (Arcturus, Primordial, Arch Enemy), who did a hell of a mesmerizing job.<\/p>\n

And now we get to the most important part which is, of course, the music. First of all, I believe that they really nailed it with the mixture of growls and soothing vocals. It is Draconian\u2019s first album with female vocalist Heike Langhans and she fits in perfectly, her sensitive voice creating a powerful, yet enchanting contrast with Anders Jacobsson\u2019s gloomy growls. I have nothing but words of praise regarding the vocal parts of \u2018Sovran\u2019.<\/p>\n

Moving on to the big picture of the album, after listening to it once without any pause, you can easily get lost in the traditional doomish riffs that are intertwined so nicely with the ghostly mixture of vocals that I\u2019ve been talking about.<\/p>\n

\u2018Heavy Lies the Crown\u2019 opens the album and it immediately manages to send chills down your spine due to the majestic organ sounds featured here. I\u2019m simply obsessed with \u2018The Wretched Tide\u2019, the second song of the album, a magnificent composition, a complete one. \u2018Pale Tortured Blue\u2019 is one of those songs that will stir up your emotions and you\u2019ll need a moment to recover. \u2018Stellar Tombs\u2019 was premiered online last week and it received really good remarks. Anders Jacobsson comments: „This track is like a storm, a storm of a life trying to re-connect to its’ soul, to its place in the Cosmos. To me it’s like a cognition through this constricted, three-dimensional world and the expanded reality beyond. At the time I wrote this it was like an almost grotesque cocktail of fear and identity leading to inner depletion, but would mutate into the realization of its illusion, to a sense of peace and acceptance. Stellar Tombs is a ‘spicy’ song, somewhat intense and brooding, and like many other Draconian-songs the main empathy rests on a transitional phase; becoming who You are. I’d say it\u2019s one of the more monolithic songs of the new album.” (Source: www.facebook.com\/draconianofficial<\/a> ) After this description, what can I say more?<\/p>\n

If you are not a fan, you might have a hard time enjoying the second half of the album, due to the specific heavier doom accents. But if you waited for this release, you\u2019ll be very satisfied with the result. Get your copy as soon as it\u2019s out! Until then, check out the track listing of \u2018Sovran\u2019 below and delight your ears with some awesome teasers. Draconian is back and they\u2019ve returned in style!<\/p>\n

\u2018Sovran\u2019 track listing:<\/p>\n

1. Heavy Lies the Crown<\/p>\n

2. The Wretched Tide<\/p>\n

3. Pale Tortured Blue<\/p>\n

4. Stellar Tombs<\/p>\n

5. No Lonelier Star<\/p>\n

6. Dusk Mariner<\/p>\n

7. Dishearten<\/p>\n

8. Rivers Between Us (with Daniel \u00c4nghede from Crippled Black Phoenix on Vocals)<\/p>\n

9. The Marriage of Attaris<\/p>\n

10. With Love and Defiance (Bonus Track)<\/p>\n