Initially formed under the working title, "Order of Shadow" (at the time including Gareth Murdock of Alestorm), Drakonis has been an ongoing project for many years, featuring Saul McMichael and Lee McCartney of pagan metal veterans, Waylander. The band remained a studio project until 2015, when a line up was assembled to take things to the live arena.
Over the past 2 years the band has brought not just extreme metal to the live circuit, but a highly visual experience. Armed with corpse paint, blood, skulls, spikes, chainmail and live samples, the band's entire energy revolves around the live stage show, and will only grow in scale as the band evolves.
The band quickly caught the attention of the local scene, with their "Ravens Fuel The Sky" E.P, which they used as a platform to release their follow up, "As They Rot".
With so many reviews asking for an album, the band decided to hold off on that idea and release one more E.P, this time on a much larger scale. Therefore "The Great Miasma" came into being, a story driven concept spanning 3 songs.