Draconian - Where Lovers Mourn
| Release date: | 20 October 2003 |
| Style: | Gothic doom metal |
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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
Top 20 albums of 2003: 10
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
Top 20 albums of 2003: 10
Guest review
Lyrics Anders Jacobsson - vocals
Lisa Johansson - vocals
Andreas Karlsson - synthesizers, programming
Johan Ericson - guitars
Magnus "Bergis" Bergström - guitars
Jerry Torstensson - drums, percussion, guitars
Thomas Jäger - bass
Additional musicians:
Olof Götlin - violins
Additional info
Recorded at Studio Mega in June 2003.
Produced by Chris Silver and Draconian.
Mastered at the Digitalfabriken.
Songs composed by Johan Ericson and Draconian between 2000 and 2003, except "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal" made by Bergström and Jäger.
Guitars on "Akherousia" written and performed by Jerry Torstensson.
All songs arranged by Draconian.
Lyrics written by Anders Jacobsson, except "The Solitude", written by Susanne Arvidsson and "A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal" written by poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850).
Tracks 1 and 4 are re-recordings of tracks from the 2000 Frozen Features EP.
Guest review by
Vikingocalypse;
Vikingocalypse;
Rating:
8.5
8.5
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Rating: 8.5 |
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". Read more ›› |
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| Vonpire Posts: 471  |
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| serega25 Posts: 168  |
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| Sojgenske Posts: 38  |
Great debut album ! But I think they've kinda ruined the track "The Solitude" here. The version on the "Frozen Features" EP is imo a lot better, dispite to the poor sound quality.
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| musicalkaratekid Posts: 1506 |
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 61979  |
Decent doom opening album, strong old mid 90's touch, doom period and doom metal as I love, loved and why I started to listen, powerful poetical lyrics as well
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| F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3020  |
This is my first time listening to Draconian. I really like the female vocals - absolutely beautiful!
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5286  |
A tremendous debut, from one of the best gothic doom metal bands around. The songwriting is dark, powerful and miserable, but also beautiful. The melodies are enchanting throughout, and the combination between the two vocal styles is very impressive and amongst the best in the genre, it's a perfect example of a beauty and the beast album imo. "The Cry Of Silence" is an outstanding opening track, but "Silent Winter", and "The Solitude" are also outstanding tracks, the rest I'd pretty decent too.
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| BennyMetGer Posts: 141  |
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| Redel Moderator Posts: 2241  |
Written by BennyMetGer on 11.04.2023 at 11:19 I basically agree. Still I prefer the debut to most of their output that came after the sophomore.
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| siggny Posts: 1 |
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