Sweden's Aracana are a band from Sweden that has had music reviewed before in this zine and on this recording went for a mixture of darkwave, ethereal, dark ambient and neo classical and this is a review of their 2002 album "Inner Pale Sun" which was re-issued in 2020 by Cyclic Law.
A very dark and symphonic sound starts off the album while the synths also add in a great amount of ambient elements as well as using a variety of many different sounding keys. Percussion's are also a very huge part of the recording and also gives the songs more of a tribal feeling along with some operatic voices also being utilized at times.
Touches of neo classical can also be heard in some parts of the recording while the vocals are done in a clean goth rock style. Whispers can also be heard in certain sections of the music along with some tracks also adding in acoustic guitars and Dulcimer's as well as the chants also giving the music more of an ethereal atmosphere.
All of the songs also sound very different from each other. and as the album progresses a brief use of female vocals can also be heard as well as one of the tracks also being an instrumental. along with the tracks also capturing a medieval atmosphere. The production sounds very dark while the lyrics cover dark, melancholic and poetic themes.
In my opinion this was another great sounding recording from Arcana and if you are a fan of darkwave, dark ambient, ethereal and neo classical, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRWACKS INCLUDE "My Cold Sea" "We Rise Above" "Season Of Thought" and "Body Of Sin". 8 out of 10.
https://cycliclaw.bandcamp.com/album/inner-pale-sun-3
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