At 4:07 I love how Heike creeps around the stage as she sings, while the rest of the band stands in place. It makes me think of a ghost wandering around an old house.
This is undoubtedly my favorite Draconian song, it's a song that never gets old, with a really human and beautiful lyrics! I feel that Lisa's voice in the song sounds beautiful, with a lot of feeling, and I greatly admire her ability to make us feel what she sang. But I also love how it sounds in the beautiful voice of Heike, who is also one of my favorite singers in the metal scene, so it's a dream to be able to listen to a studio version with her voice and Anders' voice, with all due respect that Lisa her great talent deserves.
Heike nailed this live, the end was pure magic, even if she didnt finnish the song because of the tears...Believe me, this Artist is expressing feelings like nobody else ....I was there witnessing a stellar performance by DraconiaN
I'm sorry but how can Lisa go back? Being a shadow of Heiki even with her own songs? I'm sorry but I haven't been able to find another female with the vocals to compare. She in my opinion is perfection. I'm thankful she is going to be doing her own thing again. I just don't see Draconian making it too much longer without Heiki. That's sad because I've been a Draconian fan for over 20 years. Heiki is definitely the Goddess.
Heike was a good vocalist for Draconian, but she doesn't compare to Lisa Johanson and her vocals. Lisa can sing any Draconian song, both in the studio and live, Heike can only sing well in the studio, live is a shame. We saw a good example of this in this Death come near me. The band lost a lot with Lisa's departure, but it was necessary. Now with her return, we can once again experience the essence of the band that made her one of the best in Doom.
By day I sleep, at night I weep! O Death, come near me! Be the one for me, be the one who stays. My rivers are frozen, and mischosen, and the shadows around me sickens my heart. O Death, come near me, and stay (by my side). Hear my silent cry! In sadness I'm veiled, to the cross I am nailed, and the pain around me freezes my world. My cold world... In life I've failed, for years I've wailed. Frozen in time... left behind... The rapture of grief is all to find... The rapture of grief is all! Behind the shadow of life the lost hopes are grieving. I seek the night and hope to find love... So I drown in the silence of lifes short eternity. The tears fills the void in my heart astray... Embrace me now, delightful ease! Give me a world of wonderous peace! Calm the desperate scream in my heart! O Death, come near me, save me from this empty, cold world! O Life, you have killed me, so spare me from this couldron of misery! In life I cry, away I fly... Chosen to fall within these walls. The rapture... The rapture of grief is all! Oh, shed a tear for the loss of innocense, for the forsaken spirits who aches... in us. Cry for the heart who surrenders to pain, for the solitude of those left behind! Behold the pain and sorrow of the world, dream of a place away from this nightmare. Give us love and unity, under the heart of night. O Death, come near us, and give us life! I this world of pain I am better of dead! Give me love, or give me... death! O Death, come near me! I have summoned you! Happy sobbing everyone!!!🍻
When i close my eyes i see the funeral... me and no one else behind the hearse.... . this song is so much amazing, full of emotions of thinkings of lust days of life, deep and only one in a kind....... it is like a road to nowhere, where nothing awaits you.....
Ha! I think it's been so long since I've felt what I did on Saturday night. I mean damn, those goose bumps on Pale Tortured Blue! Thanks and keep it up!
Now please, with all the respect that the beautiful Lisa deserves, the band could re-record the song with you Heike! Please!! Maybe as a b-side or something, I think it would be something beautiful!
Tahle kapela ve svém žánru nemá chybu je to jasná jednička.uz jsem starší člověk,ale tuhle kapelu bych ještě rád viděl a slyšel na živo.skvela muzika.akdyby za mikrofonem stála Lisa ,tak by to byl splněný sen.ikdz tahle černovlasá Jihoafričanka je taky dost dobrá.
There's no need to compare Lisa and Heike. This song is so iconic to every Draconian fan, as Lisa is a part of the song. But Heike absolutely doesn't make me miss Lisa. When it's come to become more than a singer, to become an artist, Heike is flawless. She has her style and she succefully embedded it to Draconian. Tl; dr: Heike is great ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I can hear it again and again... and I am always again catched.... especially because of that beautiful singer.... and this is - I repeat - Beauty pure... a piece of Heaven on earth... even if its the beauty of depressions... heaven on earth... a piece of it...
great! Beautiful, beautiful....beside the most beautiful singer - living the music - for me a highlight begind at 8, 15 - perfect guitar work - and from this more and more intensive...This Version seams to me even better, than that from Studio... My active and passive englisch is quite poor.... so now I can only specualte on the excellent Lyrics... Theme is what Freud called Todessehnsucht.... and a total critic on personal and sociaty Life and existence.... death as saviour.... but - my Impression and specualtion till now.... the turnig point is in the litte duett after the zaesur, break in the song.. the finale... here it comes the yes to life - because of Love... I can only specualte and must work hard with the text... have now no opportunity.... this song is like a drug... you cannot get it out of the ears... and its beauty pure... and presented perfectly......
Thank you so much Raul for the upload, awesome quality btw ! In my view "Death, Come Near Me" is the equivalent of Opeth's Black Rose Immortal for Doom metal... just magnificent. This masterpiece will last for generations to come !
