Draconian formed in 1994 and spent almost a decade working on their craft, with the usual lineup changes, demos and promos, before finally signing to Napalm Records and releasing their debut album, Where Lovers Mourn, a year later. The band straddles the line between gothic and doomdeath metal, with the more upbeat songs favoring the former genre while they often slow down to the more traditional doom tempos. They employ the beauty-and-the-beast vocal style effectively, with both vocalists preforming quite well, along with the requisite somber riffs and keyboard flourishes. If there's a criticism here, it's the standard one -- they aren't boring, they aren't really ordinary, and they don't sound like any one band, but at the same time there's little that really differentiates them from other bands in the gothic/doom camp. Having said that, Where Lovers Mourn is well-played and well-executed, and in time these guys/gal could certainly develop their own sound.