Gothic doom outfit Draconian are back on May 8 with a new studio album, “In Somnolent Ruin”, set to drop via Austrian label Napalm Records.
Below you can check out the third single from the album, Anima (feat. Daniel Änghede), complete with an official music video. The band released the first single, Cold Heavens, this March, followed by Misanthrope River in April.
Lisa Johansson, who sang on the band’s first five albums, returns to the fold for the new record. Lisa rejoined the band back in 2022, and the group has played a series of new shows with this lineup. Anders Jacobsson remains the band’s male vocalist. Together with Lisa, he handles the duets.
The material for the album, which follows its predecessor “Under a Godless Veil” after six years, was written, recorded and arranged by Johan Ericson.
You can already pre-order “In Somnolent Ruin”.
“In Somnolent Ruin” tracklist:
1. I Welcome Thy Arrow
2. The Monochrome Blade
3. Anima (feat. Daniel Änghede)
4. The Face Of God
5. I Gave You Wings
6. Asteria Beneath The Tranquil Sea
7. Cold Heavens
8. Misanthrope River
9. Lethe
Lineup:
Johan Ericson – guitar, vocals, keyboards
Anders Jacobsson – vocals
Lisa Johansson – vocals
Daniel Arvidsson – bass guitar
Niklas Nord – guitar
Daniel Johansson – drums
