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artist: Arcania
title: Dreams Are Dead
year: 2014
genre: Thrash Metal
type: Album
label: Independent
language: English
rel. date: 2014-12-14
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Stereo
runtime: 00:58:06
size: 133.2 MiB / 10 tracks
rip date: 2026-07-19
source url: https://www.deezer.com/album/9333082
tracklist:
01. Intro 1:47
02. Watch Us Dying 5:10
03. Rise and Never Fall 4:30
04. Face in the Mirror 5:16
05. Dreams Are Dead 5:36
06. Inside the Crowd 7:08
07. Dreams Ends All Days 10:55
08. Suffering for an Answer 5:11
09. A Scar in Our Mind 7:02
10. Days Ends All Dreams 5:31
release notes:
Arcania are an unknown gem. They channel the neo-melodic death metal,
heavily thrash-infused sound of the likes of Darkane, Carnal Forge, and
like bands. I ended up coming away thoroughly impressed, both with
material from this record and from their debut Sweet Angel Dust. I
quickly asked Islander to snatch a promo and here we are.
Arcania play their music pretty straight. The riffs are a blaze of
technical dual-guitar acrobatics, the drumming is belligerently
unrelenting in true thrash spirit, and the vocals of guitarist/vocalist
Cyril Peglion are reminiscent of Gojira's Joe Duplantier. He never
screams per se; his vocal style is like if Duplantier did nothing but his
melodic howling all the time, and so it's kind of hard to say whether
this qualifies as an exception to our rule as a result. His vocals
definitely carry melodies, but you can feel the power surge hitting you.
If it's a singing voice, it's certainly an unusually harsh one.

Arcania really like the neo-classical melodic bent, and their riffs
heavily reflect this. There are a lot of dual-guitar moments with
flowing, fluttering progressions and referential themes to familiar
classical progressions. The riffs have a nature of extremes, in that
Arcania are only doing technical, single-note runs and thick walls of
multilayered chords. I wouldn't be surprised if both guitars involved
playing different yet harmonizing chords to thicken things up.
Arcania are definitely worth looking into if you're into the above bands
I mentioned. Overall, a solid, enjoyable album. I'm gonna link the first
and only single from this album, as well as stuff from their debut so you
all can get acquainted.
Not to be confused with other bands with same name.
https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Arcania/24396