Turning Season Within
Draconian · 2008
57 min · 10 tracks · doom metal
Melancholic melodies intertwine with heavy riffs, creating an atmospheric expanse that captures the essence of despair and longing.
Top tracks — play these first
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Seasons Apart — The opening track sets a foreboding tone with its slow build-up and poignant lyrics about separation and loss, encapsulating the album's emotional core.
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Earthbound — This track showcases the band's ability to blend harsh vocals with melodic instrumentation, creating a dynamic contrast that highlights the themes of existential despair.
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No Greater Sorrow — As one of the album's concluding tracks, it delivers a powerful emotional resolution that echoes the pervasive themes of heartache and introspection throughout the record.
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
The album effectively blends heavy instrumentation with haunting melodies, maintaining a cohesive and atmospheric sound throughout.
What we noticed
- The first three tracks establish a heavy, mid-tempo pace with layered guitar riffs and deep growls, while the fourth track introduces clean vocals for contrast.
- Several tracks feature extended instrumental sections that build atmosphere before returning to vocal lines, enhancing the emotional weight.
- The album closes with a gradual deceleration in tempo, allowing the final track to linger on a melancholic note, creating a sense of resolution.
- Composition 25% of the score
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7/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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8/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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7/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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7/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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8/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
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Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- steady pacing for reflective moments
- haunting melodies for introspective moods
- gradual builds with emotional release
- for late-night solitude
Maybe skip if you
- prefer upbeat and fast tunes
- seek instant gratification in music
Where this album fits
- Career context
- Released in 2008, Turning Season Within is Draconian's fourth studio album, following their critically acclaimed effort, Arcane Rain Fell. At this point in their career, the band solidified their sound within the death-doom and gothic metal genres, showcasing a mature approach to thematic storytelling and musical composition.
- Stylistic neighbors
- My Dying Bride· Paradise Lost· Anathema
Moments worth listening for
Where the writing does something specific.
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When I Wake
The moment shifts from a dreamy state to stark awareness, illustrating a confrontation with reality that disrupts tranquility.
This shift emphasizes the inner turmoil experienced by the narrator, reflecting the broader theme of awakening from illusion to face painful truths.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 Seasons Apart 6:31
- 2 When I Wake 5:50
- 3 Earthbound 8:10
- 4 Not Breathing 5:39
- 5 The Failure Epiphany 6:20
- 6 Morphine Cloud 7:32
- 7 Bloodflower 5:32
- 8 The Empty Stare 5:46
- 9 September Ashes 1:10
- 10 No Greater Sorrow 5:17
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