The Argentinian band, not the American band, DRACONIS, have released their fourth Full-Length Album in 6 years. What have the Death Metal guys from South America got for us, lets hear...

"Anthems for an Eternal Battle" opens up the album with a decent, pulsating melody. Although it seems to be holding the pace back, the raw power seems to building up well. After the little buildup, the pace does improve and go into another melody well, the harmonies aren't badly balanced, but the full-throttle aspect works the pace up well. As far as album openers goes, its not bad, a bit too short to expand on anything further more than we heard, but it stayed true to itself and finished off well.

"Puppetes Who Ignore Their Maters" continues with the overall feel from the previous song, it seems different in no real way. The pace is again, not set too high and the melodies do seem a bit effected by this, the previous song worked up pace to expand the sound. This song needs to spice up somehow. The song doesn't really change or go anywhere and it is a bit disappointing. This song felt more like an extension of the previous, not a new song at all.

"Inner Quest" starts off more slowly, more with an Atmospheric build up, adding the guitar segment, which worked nicely. The vocals are added as a scream, but fail to go anywhere. This one feels a lot more experimental, which is a decent thing. Once the vocals kick into full gear, the melodies seem to slow right down and become duller. The old school Black Metal vibes do return, even if only as the instrumental sections, it builds up well. The second build up doesn't crash with the vocals like the first, which is an improvement. The end is a bit drawn out and slows down, which really doesn't work out for the best, it could have ended a minute sooner.

"My Last Journey" has a lot more life from the start, which is something new for the album, its an improvement. Even with the vocals hitting, this loses no pace, it gains more and turns Death Thrash style, which for me is a bonus. The pace does slow after the initial start, hopefully it picks back up again. It doesn't, it keeps to a middle pace for the most, until the end. The end it picks back up briefly. For me, the whole song could have just been a faster, chaotic melody.

"Shadows of Emptyness" has more of a progressive start to it. The build up is slow, but its promising something. Ok, so it didn't explode, or even change. The build up melody is still pretty good, though it missed a big chance to blow up. It does eventually pick up the pace, but the vocals once more seem to limit the pace. Its not a bad song, but it doesn't really suit the change. The song fizzles out, not really having done much wrong, but missing on a few change attempts.

"Remember the Unremembering" seems to continue this duller pace that the last few songs have unfortunately maintained. The song doesn't seem any different to how most of this album is portrayed, and with little flair and changes, you think that you have heard it all already. The end is solid enough from a musical standpoint, but the material is already wearing thin.

"Ship of Illusions" where the fuck did this come from, it has pace and technical music presence, which this album has sorely missed. However, the pace seems to disappear mid-song, which is so annoying to think about the promise that this song has. There is an additional induction of pace again, which is as good as the start, but why the dip in the middle? The vocals do slow things down again, not to the previous levels, but the motions seem lost.

"Traitors of Everyday" has another decent start, the melodies are building up well. Vocals introduced doesn't slow things down. There is another melodies that builds up pace more, not to the Thrash levels, but a decent level. There is even a good progressive melody that is ticking over. Pace seems to have dipped, but then it all floods back in. well played.

"Lost Angel" continues with the progressive, and dare I say, experimental melodies. The build up works in favour towards the song, this song is expanding the potential for the album itself. The vocals introduced to change the direction of the pace and the melodies do change back when its a solely instrumental section of the song. The song is hard to say what the idea was exactly, but it's a good attempt, if a bit basic in places compared to other parts of this album.

"Falling Into Darkness" has a slower, almost Doom start. The melodies are trying to build, there was a rather pointless vocal opening section, but after this the pace is building up well. The only issue is that the pace is limited once more, not allowing the reach of full power. The instrumental sections allow some great points to appear, the sounds of the building melodies and harmonies work well together. It even feels progressive towards expansion in places. Not really sure about the vocals at the end, seems a bit pointless.

This album, for me is a whatif. What if they had changed less with the up an downs? What if they had placed the songs in a different order so they don't blend in together and dull things down? We will never know.No YouTube Link at this time