Turning Season Within

Draconian | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 4, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Napalm /Spv
• ASIN: B0012GJEM6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,528 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The latest work from the Swedish masters of doom is both tragic and beautiful, and filled with songs of longing and drama. Only Draconian is able to so skillfully follow romantic passages and wonderful female vocal arrangements with the tuned-down walls of darkish riffs and violent vocal passages or even compose dreamy melodies fit for an eternity, only to forcefully tear them down. A beguiling yet heavy fusion of Doom and Gothic Metal.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Darcest Dracest, February 19, 2010

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E. Bergendorff "elb" (Escondido, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Turning Season Within (Audio CD)

Draconian's depth of darkness is something to behold no doubt but with an element of beauty which shows real class. Turning Season is the best release yet with tracks such as Seasons Apart, When I Wake, Earthbound, The Failure Epiphany, Bloodfower and The Empty Stare the finest in doom/gothic. The instrument tones, material and production are like daggers through the heart. And then there is Lisa Johansson - truly one of the most endearing and exquisite singers ever. They could do without about 90% of the cookie monster thing though and I do wish it was just Johansson on vocals. I would consider Draconian to one of top 5 in metal along side of Within Temptation, Lacuna Coil, WitchBreed and Opeth.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars spellbound, March 10, 2008

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R. C. "the_BottlePisser" (ny) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Turning Season Within (Audio CD)

draconian seems to have reached a new level with this latest album featuring some of the bands best songs to date. musically they have put together some epic tracks with beautiful lyrics and really bring out some great male/female vocals. seasons apart and earthbound are the tracks that stand out as just plain amazing while given time the album in its entirety begins to feel special. im really blown away by the depth this album.

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing album!, March 2, 2011

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Misery - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Turning Season Within (MP3 Download)

I love this album. Honestly, It's hard to listen to their older albums after hearing this because it's so much better. The first thing I noticed is how much heavier this is than their other stuff I've heard but the vocals are better, the instrumentation is better and the lyrics are sounding less like medieval poems and more like doom metal. What I like about this band is that you can actually understand the growling vocals without having the lyrics in front of you. He conveys a lot of emotion with his singing and the female vocals are just beautiful. "The Failure Epiphany" and "Bloodflower" and my favorites.