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вЂњDisheartenвЂќ benefits from a sweeping but somber chorus that really sticks, and вЂњRiver Between UsвЂќ is just a beautiful song regardless of genre. The back-end gets significantly more gothy on вЂњDisheartenвЂќ and вЂњRiver Between UsвЂќ and though this means much less heaviness, it still works. ItвЂ™s going to take time to learn to laugh again. The cumulative effect of these few tunes is like someone stabbing a big old Scandinavian icicle in the part of your brain that generates happy thoughts.

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вЂњDusk MarinerвЂќ rounds out a touching series of songs with a slight Mandylion vibe and thatвЂ™s always a very good thing. The riffs borrow from old Cemetery and Saturnus and Heiki delivers a delicate performance that perfectly offsets AndersвЂ™ imposing growls.

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вЂњStellar TombsвЂќ suffers from a slightly clunky opening but quickly settles into a haunting and stunning song full of emotion and gravitas. It will find its way to your dreamsвЂќ I have no clue what he means but it feels important when paired with the massive and tasty doom riffs and I hope that statue looks like this. The lead at 2:30 is completely gorgeous and sad, and when Anders growls вЂњI will raise a statue in the wilderness. ItвЂ™s an emotionally powerful doomer with traces of vintage My Dying Bride and a large amount of Tuomas SaukkonenвЂ™s melancholy riffing style throughout. The best cuts come toward the albumвЂ™s mid-point with вЂњPale Tortured BlueвЂќ being an instant contender for Song oвЂ™ the Year. вЂњThe Wretched TideвЂќ features even more morose riffs that remind me equally of Novembers Doom and While Heaven Wept and the atmosphere they weave is exquisitely sad and tragic. Heike has a voice much like Sharon den Adel ( Within Temptation) and she does a fine job sounding heartsick and emotionally destitute while Anders roars away with his typically grim, low-register death vocals. These are dressed up with hauntingly beautiful harmonies as Heike and Anders trade dueling vocal lines amid the nothingness of despair. However, opener вЂњHeavy Lies the CrownвЂќ still delivers a monolithic slab of gloom and hopelessness with weepy, forlorn riffs assaulting the listener. Sovran offers a lot of what fans have come to expect from the band but this time the female vocals are more prominent than ever before and thereвЂ™s a noticeable shift toward a more goth-centric sound, continuing the drift away from their raw doom/death roots. Sovran sees Lisa depart and Heike Langhans assume the role of beauty to Anders JacobssonвЂ™s beast, and while I prefer the formerвЂ™s voice, the song writing here is so haunting and beautiful it scarcely makes a difference. Although the concept has been done to death and back, it always worked like a charm for Draconian, largely due to the angelic and fragile vocals of Lisa Johansson. A major part of their success was how effectively they utilized the whole вЂњbeauty and the beastвЂќ vocal gimmick. Helmed by Anders Jacobsson, theyвЂ™ve released a serious of beautiful and depressive works like Arcane Rain Fell, Turning Seasons Within and 2011s A Rose for the Apocalypse. Though many bands have subsequently tried their hand at the style, few have nailed the original sound and mood as well as Draconian. My Dying Bride and Anathema invented what we now think of as the goth-tinged doom/death genre back in the early 90s with their respectively earth-shaking debuts.