In 2006 they began working on their third release. In September 2004, under the direction of Pelle Saether, Draconian entered Studio Underground in Västerås to record their second studio album, Arcane Rain Fell.
The album was released October 20th, 2003. The band recorded their debut album, Where Lovers Mourn in Studio Mega under the supervision of Chris Silver (former member of Sundown and Cemetery) in July 2003. It received good reviews and the band signed a long-awaited record deal with Napalm Records. The demo was made available on the internet, as well as in CD format. The demo Dark Oceans We Cry was recorded in 2002, the first release to feature Lisa Johansson's vocals. Between May and June 2000, Andreas Karlsson, Anders Jacobsson, and Johan Ericson worked on the mix, and the demo was released in the face of further line-up changes – Andy Hindenäs left the band, replaced by Johan Ericson who switched to guitars drums were then left to Jerry Torstensson. Susanne Arvidsson made guest vocal appearances on this release. In August 1999, Draconian recorded The Closed Eyes of Paradise, an album dealing mostly with the theme of Lucifer and his fallen angels. After receiving positive reactions, they decided to enter the studio once more. Susanne Arvidsson left the band due to personal reasons and was replaced in 2001 by Lisa Johansson.īoth in 19, the band did some gigs. In the following months, two members of Draconian had to complete their military service, slowing down the progress of the band. The band, however, became discontent with the quality of the recording and discontinued the release. In early 1997, the band proceeded to record their second demo, entitled In Glorious Victory. It was released in February, 1996, however, no recording contract was obtained. Guests were flutist and vocalist Jessica Eriksson, keyboardist and vocalist Susanne Arvidsson, and Andreas Haag on the introductory section of “My Nemesis”. Their first demo, Shades of a Lost Moon, was recorded in 1995.
Seven months later, lead vocalist and lyrics composer Anders Jacobsson joined the band, and its name changed to Draconian. In May 1994, drummer and vocalist Johan Ericson, bassist and vocalist Jesper Stolpe and guitarist Andy Hindenäs assembled the band Kerberos, initially playing melodic death metal with black metal influences. After crushing slow rhythms and the fragile "Sleepwalkers" that leads through barren soundscapes, the band - founded in Säffle / Sweden in 1994 – rises up to their best in the nine-minute long 'Ascend Into Darkness', which will echo in the listener's ears long after the final chord has died away.Draconian is a Swedish gothic/ doom metal band formed in Säffle in 1994.ĭraconian was formed in 1994 in Säffle, Sweden. The one-hour long album, graced with a haunting cover artwork by Natalia Drepina, is carrying the legacy of gothic doom metal à la My Dying Bride or Trees Of Eternity into the new decade and will drag the listener into a sorrowful cosmos right with the first notes of the spellbinding opener "Sorrow Of Sophia" that interweaves beauty with crippling depression. This second full-length release featuring singer Heike Langhans delivers a captivating mélange of dreary doom and contrasty vocals and mixes Heike's angelic female voice with Anders Jakobsson's death growls. And though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death.Īlmost five years after their sixth long-player Sovran, DRACONIAN once again cast their breathtaking veil of melancholy over the world.