...autumn fog over a cemetery and the melancholic sound of rain...cold drops falling on the dead granite of a tombstone...your name upon it...
Despite the fact that it's spring outside, autumn and sorrow knock on our doors once again with DRACONIAN's new album "Arcane Rain Fell." The band continues the direction chosen on their first disc. Magnificent gothic doom metal that has absorbed the legacy of the great My Dying Bride and early Theatre Of Tragedy. One can't say that anything entirely new was created, but they have polished yet another shining facet on the diamond of this musical direction. A superb example of the style, adorned not only with, as always, excellent artwork by Travis Smith, but also with compelling lyrics (the musicians always take this aspect of their work seriously).
Of course, there are no complaints about the musical component, either technical or creative — it's a cohesive, monolithic album. Compared to the first disc, the music has become heavier (more guitar-driven), and the already well-worn "beauty and the beast" duet has undergone some changes: the proportions have shifted toward the latter. The vocal work can no longer be called a duet in every composition.
And the jewel of the album is the 15-minute opus "Death, Come Near Me," whose ending feels like mourning something beautiful but irretrievably lost.