DRACONIAN - Where Lovers Mourn 2-LP (Black Vinyl)

”Beauty and the beast” metal started about 13-15 years ago with bands like The Gathering and Theatre of Tragedy. And it is the first and the only female-fronted metal genre. Sadly, lots of people misunderstand this idea. I mean that today people think that if there is a girl on vocals, so it’s gothic metal. Being a fan of the genre, I am always looking for new bands. I am always happy to see that group X has a woman fronting it, and they sing gothic metal. So, what does further searching give? Google gives a picture of five glamorous people, especially the female vocalist, last.fm gives necr0satanic kvlt evanescence ”gothic metal”.

From all this, Draconian stands like a pylone in this musical genre, true ”beauty and the beast” metal. A band that represents gothic/doom/death and Sweden at their best.

This album and Arcane Rain Fell are more death/doom, the last two being more gothic/doom.