DRACONIAN REST

(I'll add the logo later)

BAND NAME: Draconian Rest
GENRE: Ambient
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: Redacted (early), USA (now)

Formed circa 2010 as a new age / occult project. Split up in 2014 along with all my other secular projects. I had various ideas for this project but nothing was ever released back then. All the unfinished ideas were scrapped.

Brought back in 2025 as a Christian project. God actually told me to do this.

The current version of the project is actually almost totally identical to the old one: ambient music with a somewhat "black metal" flavor, with themes of nature and spirituality. Just nowadays, that spirituality is the promise and direction of the triune God, baptized in the Holy Spirit; and nature is correctly understood to be a wonderful gift of His handiwork, not part of some occult abstraction. The project name has also slightly changed meaning: In the old days, it was meant to [depict esoteric/occult principles] ("draconian") in a meditative framework ("rest"). Nowadays, the music is meant to provide Godly rest for the "dragons" of this world. In this calm restfulness, provided by God, they can get a foretaste of the protection, peace, clarity, and strength offered by the narrow path of the holy Triune, rather than the endless confusion and despair of the occult path.

Lineup:
Nocturnal Iridescence (formerly "Imperial Kodnarok") - All instruments
God - All instruments

Discography:

Come Unto Me, All Ye That Labor and Are Heavy Laden, and I Will Give You Rest (album, 29 January, 2026, Basement Corner Emissions)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

Also stream on YouTube (OFFICIAL)

The artwork was shown to me in a dream. I recreated it as best I could. The broken pentagram is [from this], a physical and clear divine miracle. I allowed God to take control of my hands and play the keyboards for this. As I said on Bandcamp, "Like the disciple Peter before me, I doubted throughout, and some mistakes were made. Every aspect of this album from sound to artwork is soaked in the life-giving water of the Holy Spirit."

The album title is from [Matthew 11:28]. God told me to use this verse - I didn't make the connection to the band name until after the album was already done.

1) Come Unto Me, All Ye That Labor and Are Heavy Laden, and I Will Give You Rest
56:47, instrumental

Satan Is the Enemy

There is a belief that I've heard at various points. It's not "common", but it's common enough that I hear about it, preached by certain so-called "Christians". The belief is that Satan isn't actually an "enemy". These people believe that Satan isn't fallen and evil, but rather, that he's a servant of God who basically does all of God's dirty work for Him.

This belief is wrong and dangerous.

The belief is wrong because the Bible clearly talks about Satan as an enemy of God, not a servant. Here are just a few of many examples:
[Revelation 12:7-9] shows angels battling against Satan, and throwing him down from heaven.
[Revelation 20:7-9] shows Satan "deceiving the nations" and waging a war against God.
[Revelation 20:10] shows Satan being thrown into Hell to be tormented "day and night forever".
[Matthew 25:41] tells us that Hell was created for the specific purpose of punishing Satan and the other fallen angels. (Yes, human sinners will go there too, but it was first created for Satan.)
[Mathtew 4:1-11] shows Satan trying to tempt Jesus. The other two temptations are bad enough, but the last temptation is giving up worshiping God, and instead worshiping Satan.

1) NO ANGEL OF GOD WOULD ASK ANYONE TO SIN.
2) IF GOD WAS ASKING SATAN TO DO THESE THINGS, WHY WOULD GOD PUNISH HIM FOR IT?

IT MAKES NO SENSE.

The belief is dangerous because Revelation talks about Satan as an enemy of God. Revelation is given special importance: [Revelation 22:18-20] clearly warns that anyone who changes that book is under God's judgment. If someone does this, THEY MUST REPENT IMMEDIATELY. People who say Satan "is a servant, not an enemy" are adding and taking away from the prophecies. This book clearly shows that Satan is not working with God at all. Satan opposes God at every turn, and seeks to deceive people, and God is going to punish him and condemn him to Hell for his actions. If someone tries to say that Satan "isn't an enemy", they're saying none of this is true, that Revelation is lying to us. We can see in verse 20 that Revelation has Jesus' personal approval, and that Jesus affirms judgment for anyone who tries to change Revelation.

Be extremely careful in this world. Heresy abounds everywhere.
May God bless and guide you all according to His perfect will. In Jesus' name. Amen.