From the Wrong Side of the Aperture is the second studio album of the Serbian

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 metal band Draconic. The album was recorded in 2008, and released in 2009 through Austrian

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 label Noisehead Records. The album marked the band's shift from symphonic black metal

Symphonic black metal

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 towards progressive metal

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.

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

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 reviewers. Vladimir Ninčić of Popboks stated that From the Wrong Side of the Aperture presents the first world-class metal record from Serbia. 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

Serbia

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metal scene, but criticized the band with the statement that the album was not a very unique piece of metal, musically speaking.

Personnel

• David Lazar Galić - bass guitar, vocals
• Miloš "MC Mike" Kovačević - drums
• Branislav Stanković - keyboards, vocals
• Marjan Mijić - vocals, recording, producer
• Uroš Andrijašević - guitar
• Vanja Dušan Andrijašević - guitar

Additional personnel

• Nikola Mijić - recording, producer
• Marko Galić - keyboards (on "Of the Pulse and the Iris")
• Valter Cijan - album art

External links

• Popboks Review
• Interview with David Lazar Galić on Popboks