Draconian premieres tour of the new album In Somnolent Ruin in São Paulo this Saturday
North American Emma Ruth Rundle is the special guest at the Carioca Club
Credit: Therés Stephansdotter Björk
In Somnolent Ruin, released on May 8, 2026, by Napalm Records, marks a new chapter in the prestigious and influential career of Draconian, and Brazil is the first country to receive the new show of the Swedish gothic/doom metal sextet. The performance takes place this Saturday, 05/16, at Carioca Club (São Paulo/SP), with production by Mirror/AM and Sellout Tours.
Last tickets: fastix.com.br/events/draconian-emma-ruth-rundle-em-sao-paulo
For this show, the only one in Brazil in 2026, the opening act will be Emma Ruth Rundle with her unique and emotive dark folk.
The new album comes six years after Under a Godless Veil, released in 2020 and considered the band's most successful work to date. In Somnolent Ruin also marks the return of vocalist Lisa Johansson, an original member of Draconian and a name directly linked to the classic phase of the lineup.
Lisa's return puts back in the spotlight one of Draconian's most recognized characteristics: the contrast between clean female vocals and Anders Jacobsson's gutturals, in slow-paced compositions, melancholic atmosphere, and strong emotional density.
Active since the mid-1990s, Draconian has built a discography based on creating dark atmospheres, doom melodies with a strong emotional charge, and lyrics that resemble a poetic expression about loss, introspection, spirituality, alienation, and existence. Since their debut album Where Lovers Mourn in 2003, the band has become one of the most consistent references in global gothic/doom metal.
Blabbermouth points to In Somnolent Ruin as one of Draconian's best albums, highlighting Lisa Johansson's return as the central element reigniting the