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
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Lyrics Anders Jacobsson - vocals
Lisa Johansson - vocals
Johan Ericson - guitars
Daniel Arvidsson - guitars
Jerry Torstensson - drums
Fredrik Johansson (I) - bass
Additional musicians:
Olof Gothlin - violin
Additional info
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.
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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 ›› |
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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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Top lists
| SceneryOfLoss | 2011 - Best To Worst | #25 |
| Red_Travis | My Top Albums Of 2011 | #78 |
| rafroes | Top 2011 | #36 |
| serega25 | My Doom Metal Top... | #12 |
| 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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| Behdaad DEAD Posts: 206  |
Written by [user id=35732] on 02.08.2011 at 23:26 That's one thing that is annoying me in this album. BTW, you said something really interesting about "Dead World Assembly", which actually isn't a favorite of mine, but here's the list which Anders Jacobsson (Draconian's Singer) himself posted in their official forum, sorting this album songs by his interest in the songs: 1. Dead World Assembly 2. End of the Rope 3. Deadlight 4. A Phantom Dissonance 5. The Drowning Age 6. The Quiet Storm 7. Elysian Night 8. Wall of Sighs 9. The Death of Hours 10. The Last Hour of Ancient Sunlight And of course you see the number one!  I'm wondering why he chose that song! I bet he's simply in love with that song, cause when I wrote my opinion about the album and said that I didn't like that song, he quoted my post and said that he loves that song.BTW, here's mine: 1. The Drowning Age 2. Deadlight 3. Elysian Night 4. A Phantom Dissonance 5. The End of the Rope 6. The Death of Hours 7. The Last Hour of Ancient Sunlight 8. The Quiet Storm 9. Dead World Assembly 10. Wall of Sighs
---- As tyranny becomes normality; We hang at the end of the rope.
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| R'Vannith ghedengi Elite Posts: 3099  |
Written by Jason W. on 21.07.2011 at 11:07 Perhaps it's because you find the music predictable that that 'something special' is actually there, but it's not 'special', if you understand what I mean. Because it's got that certain something which made the band's previous albums enjoyable AND the music in general as well as this certain something are predictable. I guess that's my opinion about the album too, its definitely got 'something' but it really isn't particularly unique in any way to make it standout. If someone totally unfamiliar with Draconian were to listen to and enjoy this album before their previous releases, I wonder if they would agree that there isn't anything 'special' about it?
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| serega25 Posts: 168  |
The old Draconian is dead..., but the new Draconian has many great songs.
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| Vonpire Posts: 471  |
Written by serega25 on 10.08.2011 at 20:18  
---- Beware the Shadows of Dusk
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| serega25 Posts: 168 |
Thanks Vonpire  . I hope, they will play many songs from "A Rose For The Apocalypse" in live shows.
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| Behdaad DEAD Posts: 206 |
Written by serega25 on 12.08.2011 at 21:59 I think those smileys from Vonpire were kinda 'ironic' I guess! At least about the death of Draconian! BTW, I don't think that the old Draconian is dead. I think they've changed and this is the natural way of being a band. I think if they were still trying to create another Arcane Rain Fail, they would fail and also sound boring. But still, I hope the next album of them will be a different work from all they've done so far.
---- As tyranny becomes normality; We hang at the end of the rope.
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| greg_lecter Posts: 20  |
I like the guitar work, yes, far from doom and close to the Opeth esque, the path that Draconian is walking it's interesting to me, and have a lot in common with the path of a former Doom gods Tristania, but with better results. Despite of many of the people who listens Draconian don´t like the voices, I love Lisa´s vocals, very different from the stereotype of this kind of bands. Draconian definitely stands out in the scene.
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| Draugen Posts: 501  |
Written by greg_lecter on 27.08.2011 at 22:32 When did Tristania play doom metal I wonder?
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by Draugen on 30.08.2011 at 19:43 Maybe he mixed them up with Tristitia? Happens uquite often, it seems.
---- 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: 18374  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 30.08.2011 at 20:01 What an awful name. The only thing that is cool is that it makes me think of titties.
---- 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: 18374 |
Written by [user id=4365] on 30.08.2011 at 20:24 Fuck it, the name is meh so I would call them tristitie or something like that.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Vonpire Posts: 471 |
Oh yeah and "warning" should be called "whining".  Just to o.t. a bit more! Please proceed
---- Beware the Shadows of Dusk
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| Night Sight Posts: 260  |
More i listen i found it less enjoyable if i want to compare it with their previous records such as turning seasons within and the burning halo witch are my favorite albums it is not as well as them and this album has not all the sad elements that i always enjoyed in draconian. and also the themes of the lyrics has changed a lot
---- Alone in birth Alone in the darkness Alone in death Alone in the daylight
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| Behdaad DEAD Posts: 206 |
Written by Night Sight on 28.10.2011 at 21:28 A complete difference here! These days, I'm really enjoying it, specially with it's great lyrics. I'm really enjoying this album. Lyrics are amazing, specially 'A Phantom Dissonance'. Although, I think the music could be better but I'm really enjoying this one.
---- As tyranny becomes normality; We hang at the end of the rope.
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| InnerSelf proofread free Posts: 2695  |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 30.08.2011 at 20:32 off-topic : the band is meh too, uninspired unoriginal gothic doom on-topic : this album did not get better at all even though I try an listen to it every once and a while. plastic is the word for the sound on this album
---- He who is not bold enough to be stared at from across the abyss is not bold enough to stare into it himself.
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| Ag Fox Angel No More Elite Posts: 4774  |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 30.08.2011 at 20:17 when I saw it, my warped mind immediately replaced the "r" with a "w" >.>
---- loves 小巫
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| NocturnalStalker Metal Addict Posts: 889  |
Good album... but nothing more than that. At first I thought that maybe I should give it a couple more chances. And, indeed, as I started to listen to it again, I felt that I can like this album but then, sometime around the fourth track I realized that I won't be able to fall in love with this album. These songs just cannot touch the strings of my heart, and that's the big difference between "A Rose for the Apocalypse" and "Turning Season Within", as well as their earlier albums. Too bad, I had great expectations...  A little off-topic: Written by InnerSelf on 06.11.2011 at 16:00 You may be right here, but I still enjoy any Tristitia album more than this one. Also... Am I the only one who got instantly reminded of Paradise Lost when hearing the main riff of Dead World Assembly?
---- "And we are not who we think we are We are who we're afraid to be" - Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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| Vonpire Posts: 471 |
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374 |
Written by Vonpire on 01.03.2012 at 17:14 The most popular band of course.
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Vonpire Posts: 471 |
Most popular (!? very questionable ?!) and with the better index (69).  And you forgot, the BEST album, of course. Where's that tag of best gothic album of the year BTW? Ended this year? And btw Megadeth won, Nightwish won, Opeth won... Sure it's all about popularity (NOT).   
---- Beware the Shadows of Dusk
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| omjaimes omjaimes Posts: 99  |
Written by Vonpire on 01.03.2012 at 17:21 Oh please! A Rose for the Apocalypse is a very good album BUT everyone knows that Abyss Masterpiece is so much remarkable, better in production, better in balance, better in arrangements, better in originallity... just try to be objective ... pay attention in this details
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| Vonpire Posts: 471 |
In fact if you watch my top 2011 Abyss Masterpiece comes in second place and, yes , it's an amazing album from a band I know since they begin (and by knowing i mean I really KNOW them)... Try to be objective? Huh  "Everyone" hasn't voted for gothic album of the year it appears Peace man
---- Beware the Shadows of Dusk
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| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Staff Posts: 21306  |
Can we please stop giving this thread attention. (Yes I'm aware of the irony of this comment.)
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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| omjaimes omjaimes Posts: 99 |
Well, I like draconian, I wonder what led you to think is the best album of the year. For me is An album quite normal and predictable, has good ideas, smart riffs, significant individual voices, but one thing seems repetitive, I feel the melody of the voices is inserted blandly in music, is predictable, it unleashes deep emotions . if you look sometimes that happens with bands who write lyrics and music separately and then put it together as they can. It is my personal appreciation, maybe someone else picks the same. Peace too
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