Dragonlord "Dominion (Japan, Seven Seas, KICP-1943)"

American Symphonic Black Metal band Dragonlord's third album Dominion was released September 21, 2018, and featured the renowned bass guitarist from Slovenia, Tilen Hudrap (U.D.O, Pestilence, Paradox) as a guest on the J.R.R Tolkien inspired track "The Discord of Melkor".

Tracklist:

1. Entrance 02:34   
2. Dominion 05:36
3. Ominous Premonition 04:40  
4. Lamia 04:15   
5. Love of the Damned 05:21   
6. Northlanders 06:45
7. The Discord of Melkor 07:09  
8. Cymoril 02:39   
9. Serpents of Fire 08:09

Time:  47:08  

Recording information:

Recorded, engineered and mixed at Trident Studios in Martinez, California, USA.

Mastered at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden.

Dragonlord "Black Wings Of Destiny (Japan, Nexus, KICP-1122)"

Black Wings of Destiny is the second studio album by the Black Metal band Dragonlord.

Almost all of the previous album's thrash roots vanished, replaced with pure black metal. Peterson also began extending creative control to the rest of the band, instead of writing all the music himself for this album. This is also the first album where the band first appeared in photos wearing corpsepaint.

Track listing

1. "The Becoming Of" – 1:18 (Eric Peterson, Derrick Ramirez)
2. "The Curse of Woe" – 5:39 (Peterson, Del James)
3. "Revelations" – 5:52 (Peterson, James, Ramirez, Lyle Livingston)
4. "Sins of Allegiance" – 6:48 (Peterson, James, Ramirez, Steve Smyth)
5. "Until the End" – 4:04 (Peterson, James, Livingston)
6. "Mark of Damnation" – 5:12 (Peterson, James, Livingston)
7. "Blood Voyeur" – 4:33 (Peterson, James, Livingston)
8. "Fallen" – 4:36 (Peterson, James, Smyth)
9. "Black Funeral" – 2:37 (Mercyful Fate cover) (Michael Denner, King Diamond, Hank Sherman)
10. "Emerald" – 3:49 (Thin Lizzy cover) (Brian Downey, Brian Robertson, Scott Gorham, Phil Lynott)
11. "Blood Voyeur" - (2003 demo version) 4:34   
12. "Mark of Damnation" - (2003 demo version)   5:09  

Time:  54:08  

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Studio Fredman - Gothenburg, Sweden during February, March, and June 2005.

Draconian "Turning Season Within (Russia, Irond Records, IROND CD 08-1419)"

Turning Season Within is the fourth studio album by Swedish gothic metal band Draconian. It was released on 29 February 2008 (4 March in the US), through Napalm Records. This album also features Paul Kuhr from Novembers Doom on the track September Ashes.

The album's main theme is a failed relationship between two lovers.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Anders Jacobsson; all music is composed by Johan Ericson except where noted.

1. "Seasons Apart" 6:32
2. "When I Wake" 5:50
3. "Earthbound" 8:11
4. "Not Breathing" 5:39
5. "The Failure Epiphany" 6:21
6. "Morphine Cloud" 7:33
7. "Bloodflower" 5:32
8. "The Empty Stare" 5:47
9. "September Ashes" (Andreas Karlsson) 1:10

Total length: 52:35

Recording information:

Recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered at Fascination Street Studio in Örebro, Sweden during September of 2007.

Arranged and produced by Draconian

Recorded and engineered by David Castillo and Johan Ornborg

Mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren