DRACONIAN: New Album To Be Streamed Online Prior To Release

February 19, 2008

Swedish doom metal band DRACONIAN will make its new album, "Turning Season Within", available for streaming in its entirety on the group's MySpace page between February 21 (at midnight) and February 29.

As previously reported, DRACONIAN has scheduled a CD-release party for "Turning Season Within" on March 8 at Arena in Karlstad, Sweden. Doors will open at 10:00 p.m. and the band is scheduled to hit the stage around 11:30 p.m.

"Turning Season Within" is scheduled for release on February 29 (March 4 in the U.S.) via Napalm Records. The CD was recorded at Fascination Street studio (OPETH, KATATONIA) in Örebro, Sweden during September 2007 and features a guest appearance by NOVEMBERS DOOM vocalist Paul Kuhr.

According to a press release, "Turning Season Within" features "raw doom elements combined with the soft vocals of female vocalist Lisa (Johansson) and the ethereal melody lines well-known to fans of the band."

"Turning Season Within" (cover artwork) track listing:

01. Seasons Apart
02. When I Wake
03. Earthbound
04. Not Breathing
05. The Failure Epiphany
06. Morphine Cloud
07. Bloodflower
08. The Empty Stare
09. September Ashes

DRACONIAN released its special "bonus" album, titled "The Burning Halo", in September 2006 through Napalm Records (October in the U.S.). The CD features three new songs, new versions of several demo songs and three covers.

Watch fan-filmed video footage of DRACONIAN performing a new song at the Metal Female Voices Fest V on Saturday, October 20, 2007 at Oktoberhallen in Wieze, Belgium:

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