Arcane Rain Fell
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January 24, 2005 |
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2004 |
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8th |
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60 min 19 s |
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Pelle Saether |
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Studio Underground |
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Arcane Rain Fell is the second studio album by the Swedish gothic metal band Draconian . It was released on January 24, 2005 via Napalm Records . The album is a concept album that portrays the fall of Lucifer from his point of view.
Emergence
After the release of their debut album Where Lovers Mourn , Draconian began work on the second album, with the song Death, Come Near Me only being re-recorded from the demo Dark Oceans We Cry . The recordings took place in the Studio Underground under the supervision of Pelle Saether. In addition to the members of Draconian, Ryan Henry acted as a guest musician on the album; he is the speaker of the sporadic recorded verses.
Singer Anders Jacobsson describes the recordings as "comic-like". Musician and producer alike would have lost their nerve. After a short time they lost sight of the schedule. In the end, however, it was very useful to work with Saether.
The album was released worldwide on January 24, 2005 on CD via Napalm Records and the under-licensed label Icarus Music .
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The concept album follows the story of Lucifer , who turns against God, and is told from the perspective of Lucifer, with each song dealing with a separate section in the story. According to Anders Jacobsson, the angels' “emotional and philosophical view of spirituality and independence” play an important role. The central theme of the album is the behavior of God and his role as a tyrant, whose "allegedly holy light represents a blinding deception".
A Scenery of Loss
The song addresses Lucifer's growing disgust for God's love for weak people (“stained creation”), he sees himself cheated by God and presents his own life as a lie (“all of my life's a lie”). But although God had robbed him of his dignity, he would stand above his lies (“even thou he stole my pride / I stand upon his lies”). Lucifer confesses that he has lost his love for heaven ("in my doleful ocean lies the love I've lost ... / ... for heaven, my sorrow"). The song ends with an excerpt from the play Cain of George Gordon Byron .
- "Homage he has from all - but none from me:
- i battle it against him, as i battled in highest heaven - through all eternity,
- and the unfathomable gulfs of hades, and the interminable realms of space,
- and the infinity of endless ages ... all, all, will i dispute "
Daylight Misery
In the second song, Lucifer finally turns away from God and his masquerade ("away I walk to ye doleful masquerade") and reveals to him that he has never felt happiness under his rule ("if you ever saw me smile, you should know I felt sick inside "). The masquerade mentioned by Lucifer is supposed to hide God's cruelty (“No god is as cruel, as god itself”), and he (Lucifer) can no longer watch the beautiful decay (“and I watch how the beauty dies”).
The Apostasy Canticle
In the third song, Lucifer tells of the creation of the world, with which the angels' freedom was lost (“and the cosmos was formed / too late we knew our freedom was lost”) and God subjected the angels to his will (“he blinded us; polluted our minds "). Lucifer makes it his business to reveal the true face of God to the world (“I will show the world god's true face”). The song ends with an excerpt from John Milton's poem Paradise Lost .
- "Is this the region, this the soil, the clime,
- this the seat that we must change for heav'n,
- this mournful gloom for that celestial light?
- be it so, since hee who now is sovran can dispose and bid what shall be right:
- fardest from him is best whom reason hath equald
- force hath made supreme above his equals
- farewel happy fields where joy for ever dwells:
- hail horrours, hail infernal world, and thou profoundest hell
- receive thy new possessor:
- one who brings a mind not to be chang'd by place or time "
Expostulation
The fourth title is a speech by Lucifer. He addresses God by his different names (" Adonai , Elohim , El Shaddai ") and calls him the "Lord of Lies" ("father of lies"). He reveals his intentions to God and openly turns against him ("and I serve thee, henceforth ... no more"). The angels would see him (Lucifer) as the savior (“raise me a savior”) and reveal God as a liar (“crown thee a liar”).
Heaven Laid in Tears (Angels' Lament)
In the fifth song, Lucifer openly calls for a fight against the lies of heaven ("behold the skies, they're full of lies") after the angels had repeatedly kneeled before God and let their honor fall while they were always defending his honor (“so long we have murdered our honor, while protecting thine”). But now they would no longer get on their knees ("no longer our knees we shall bend"), ready to die and then climb up again ("soon to die ... to rise again"). After everything the angels did for God, Lucifer is of the opinion that God owes them his life (“I have realized that god owes us his life”).
The Abhorrent Rays
In the sixth song the consequences of Lucifer's actions become clear. After the war in the night the sky was in ruins at dawn (“the mist of dawn brought ruin and demise”). Lucifer's efforts were in vain, but heaven would return to its original state (“returning into a world of shallowness and lies”). Lucifer flees into the vicious world of human beings, in which he hides ("among the deficient humankind I'm concealed"), and wanders there lonely ("alone and aimless"), always with his grief for heaven and the angels carrying himself.
The Everlasting Scar
The seventh song is a kind of farewell song from Lucifer to God. Lucifer would see God everywhere (“I see you in every shade”), but he would never return to heaven and instead turn to death (“I won't return, to death I turn”).
Death, come near me
In the last song, Lucifer begs death to take him to him (“o, death, come near me, be the one for me”), because he (Lucifer) has failed (“in life I've failed”) and the suffering of the world around him ("pain and sorrow of the world") can no longer bear.
Music genre
Musically, Arcane Rain Fell is based on its predecessor Where Lovers Mourn , but according to Markus Endres it is "even harder, darker". The first song in particular would be reminiscent of My Dying Bride with its “melodic guitar riffs” and “subtle keyboard sound carpets” as well as the “alternating clear vocals and deep growls” . Even at BWLinz from vampster.com , the first song brings back memories of My Dying Bride. The female singing has been reduced a bit, but singer Lisa Johansson would still convince with her "pleasant, warm singing". The songs are very varied, so in the song 'Heaven Laid in Tairs (Angels' Lament)' there is not only “sluggish Doom passages” but also a “beautiful, filigree guitar melody”, while “The Apostasy Canticle” slowly begins to grow then “to culminate in true outbursts with harder riffing” and “increased tempo”. The growls are deep.
reception
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| Metal.de |
 
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| Bloodchamber |
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| Stormbringer |
 
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For Markus Endres from Metal.de , Draconian would deliver “truly exquisite delicacies”. The album is "even harder, darker and a bit closer to perfection". Already with the first title a “eerily beautiful atmosphere” sets in, full of “dark romance”. The alternating vocals would be reminiscent of the Theater of Tragedy , but it is “much better implemented”, with a female “pleasant, warm vocals” and “deep growls”. The sound of the album would be “fantastic”, all instruments “are perfectly leveled”. Endres awarded 8 out of 10 points.
Alex Straka from Powermetal.de sees the album as "all-round enjoyment for Gothic / Doom lovers and musical weeping willows". The individual songs would convince with variety. For example, 'A Scenery Of Loss' is a “nine-minute monumental monster” in which the riffs “hammer razor-sharp out of the speakers”. The keyboard sounds on the album are "very successful". The female singing would be “incredibly gentle”, but “anything but typically angelic”. He describes the growls as "brutal". The sound is "first class" and comes across as "transparent and brilliant".
Reini from stormbringer.at is also positive . The album is free of “any clichés” and would take the listener into a world “full of melancholy, sadness, gloom”, beginning with 'A Scenery of Loss', which is characterized by melancholy and variable vocal styles, through to the 'Monumental Opus' Death 'Come Near Me' ”, which“ reveals a deeply depressive mood ”and“ makes the album end more than appropriately ”. The album received 4 out of 5 points.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Markus Endres: Draconian. (No longer available online.) Metal.de, archived from the original on October 7, 2015 ; accessed on October 6, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e Alex Straka: DRACONIAN: Interview with Anders Jacobsson. Powermetal.de , accessed on October 6, 2015 .
- ^ Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell. Discogs , accessed October 6, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Draconian: Arcane Rain Fell Booklet of the CD
- ↑ a b c d e f g Markus Endres: Arcane Rain Fell. metal.de, accessed on October 6, 2015 .
- ↑ a b c d Christian Wögerbauer: DRACONIAN: Arcane Rain Fell. Vampster , accessed October 6, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Alex Straka: DRACONIAN - Arcane Rain Fell. Powermetal.de , accessed on October 6, 2015 .
- ^ Christian Rosenau: Arcane Rain Fell Draconian. bloodchamber.de, accessed October 6, 2015.
- ↑ a b reini: Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell. stormbringer.at, accessed on October 6, 2015 .
- ↑ Frodi Stenberg: Draconian - Arcane Rain Fell (8.5 / 10) - Sweden -. 2005. metal-observer.com, accessed October 6, 2015.
