Metal Reviews

I'm listening to Death Come Near me by Draconian off their new album, Arcane Rain Fell and it's incredible. I was wondering if all of their stuff is this good and if it is, where's a good place to start with them?

Death, Come Near Me is probably the best song on that album, but what a song! Just look where Alex put the album on his Best of list.

I haven't heard their previous release, Where Lovers Mourn, but both albums have solid scores on metal-archives and doom-metal.com

If you like Arcane Rain Fell, do check out Where Lovers Mourn. Both are very good in my opinion.

Arcane Rain Fell is an awesome album, been listening to it constantly since I got it 3 months ago.

Best songs are Death, Come Near Me (obviously), Daylight Misery, Everlasting Scar and A Scenery of Loss. The other songs are good, but not as good as the ones named before.

I'm still waiting to get Where Lovers Mourn, the shop misplaced the cd-case.. bastards..

It is great, it made my top 10.

I love Draconian and ARF by them, the Despair speaks...

I heard about 4 songs from these guys on a metal radio station and I was bored to tears, but then again I never really liked Metal like this so it's not surprising. They seem to be getting a lot of critical praise and growing a large fan base though.

Yeah, Doom Metal isn't really for everyone, I suppose.

I love Arcane Rain Fell and in my opinion The Abhorrent Rays is one of the greatest songs ever. Where Lovers Mourn is also good, but not as good as ARF, the first track, The Cry of Silence, is a real killer though.

Doom metal is my repose from Death Metal. Whenever I feel it getting dull I thrown on some Draconian or Paradise Lost or Candlemass.

I think it's an acquired taste. Was for me anyway. I started on stuff that's not really doom, more dark melodic rock, like new Katatonia and Green Carnation. And you've gotta be in the right mood for it too.

I wish I'd been more into doom in the past because I'm on kind of a doom kick but I have to keep listening to the same stuff because I don't have a very extensive collection of it.

My Dying Bride!

The thing is I do listen to Doom Metal a bit. In fact, Candlemass and Solitude Aeternus, along with older Paradise Lost is some of my favorite Metal to listen to. But these bands (at least Candlemass and SA) tend to have faster, uptempo tracks with a heavy traditional Metal and Sabbath influence where as what I remember from Draconian (as it's been 6-7 months since I last heard a song) had very long, epic, drawn out songs with long sections of slow and plodding atmosphere. That's the type of Doom I have a hard time getting into.

Ha! Your favorite doom bands are my favorite doom bands. I could have written your response. The uptempo doom appeals to me a lot more than the slower stuff. A band like My Dying Bride I find to be dreadfully boring. I can handle it for a song or two, but not full albums.

That is why Doom Metal isn't for everyone!

I def feel that way about MDB too and I love Anathema and Paradise Lost. I want to try the 39.7 percent complete album by MDB, I heard it is way different similiar to what Moonspell did with Butterfly FX's.........comments?

I'll never miss an opportunity to plug this awesome band. I owe Alex's review of Arcane rain Fell for getting me into them. Simply awesome stuf.

They have released two samples from The Burning Halo on their homepage if anyone are interested in checking it out, they are a bit slower then my favourites from them but still good in my eyes

I got a double heartattack this evening. First I found out about Insomnium, and now The Burning Halo can be downloaded. Someone loves me.

IMO "The Solitude" is not only the best Draconian song as it is one of the best doom-death songs ever.