From the Wrong Side of the Aperture


From the Wrong Side of the Aperture is the second studio album of the Serbian metal band Draconic. The album was recorded in 2008, and released in 2009 through Austrian label Noisehead Records. The album marked the band's shift from symphonic black metal towards progressive metal.

Track listing

All songs written and performed by Draconic.
  1. "Through Escape" - 5:34
  2. "Opaque" - 5:20
  3. "The Amnesia Transmissions" - 4:27
  4. "This Time There Would be No Witnesses" - 4:42
  5. "Bleak Future Trauma" - 2:09
  6. "The Imbecile" - 7:23
  7. "Murder The Distance" - 4:11
  8. "Of the Pulse and the Iris" - 5:11
  9. "Laudanum" - 12:04

Reception

The album was generally well received by the Serbian reviewers. Vladimir Ninčić of Popboks stated that From the Wrong Side of the Aperture presents Serbia's first world-class metal record. On the other hand, German Stormbringer gave this album 2.5/5 stars, praising the band's technicality and will to successfully break through the autistic Serbian metal scene, but criticized the band with the statement that the album was not a unique piece of metal, musically speaking.

Personnel

Additional personnel

  • Nikola Mijić - recording, producer
  • Marko Galić - keyboards
  • Valter Cijan - album art