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Gothic Kabbalah
(Nuclear Blast - 2007)
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From the first spin it becomes obvious that Therion is developing and did the next step with Gothic Kabbalah. The song Der Mitternachtslöwe starts off quite dark and leads into the latest opus of Therion. You feel like being transfered to the time of Gothic, but that could have been expected as the album is called Gothic Kabbalah. Lyrically the album is about Johannes Bureus who spend his time researching the old mystic tradition of the Jews - the kabbalah. |
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The latest opus of Therion is out, it's called Deggial and offers 11 tracks. The opening track shows that the Swedish continue the way which they at least did on Vovin. This time they didn't worked with computers, they used 'real' classical instruments for the recordings. |
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The band of mainman Christofer Johnsson released Deggial which follows the alley they chose with Vovin. If you know just their lates releases, you won't believe that they been a death metal act in the beginning. The songs are very symphonic and the choires gives them a special mood. Christofer Johnsson seems to get more and more into the writing and arranging of classic / rock compositions and he gets better and better! Another positiv thing is in my opinion that Christofer prefer to work with an orchestra and a choir and don't use 'artifical' sounds! The album was recorded at the Woodhouse and so Therion got Waldemar Sorychta and Hansi Kürsch. If you liked their last releases, you like Deggial! My favourite tracks are Enter Vril-Ya and Emerald Crown. |
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Beside Gorefest's Soul Survivor and Iced Earth's The Dark Saga is the new album of Therion - which is called Theli - one of the best releases in 1996! |
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To review the mini album The Beauty In Black ain't necessary, coz the songs of this mini album are also at the full-length album Lepaca Kliffoth. But now let's talk about the new album! Okay, first I should mention that this album hasn't much in common with death metal. Therion made the songs even better by adding guest vocalist Claudia Maria Mohri (a soprano) who is known for her guest appearance on albums of Celtic Frost. The songs like the opener The Wings Of The Hydra and Black show a kind of arrogant magnificence and pure heaviness. Another highlight is the Celtic Frost cover Sorrow Of The Moon which is just great. Great album! |
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