Ho Dracon Ho Megas
Compared to the earlier Therion albums is this light-years ahead of
things. The old albums ("Of Darkness" and "Beyond Sanctorium") where
nothing I liked. They where big influences to todays death metal scene
and many people loves them, but I don't. This on the other hand has all
that they didn’t have. Thematerial, the high production and the extremely
original sound makes this
one of the best and most interesting albums of ever. It's not B.M., it's
more like Dark Metal or something like that with strong gothic
influences. The lyrics are in English and a to me unknown language
possible Hebrew, sung with very original evil vocals.
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Lepaca Kliffoth
Therion continuous to sing and write material about ancient demons and
dragons with a original sound. This album however is different then the
last one mainly because of the vocals who aren't as cool. Otherwise the
music is mostly the same. A very interesting song is "The beauty in
Black" that features two opera singers, one male and one female, this
might sound weird and since Absu didn't succeeded very well with that I
didn't think it could sound good, but Therion is proving otherwise. I
believe that this album is not as good as Ho Dracon Ho Megas but it is
very good.
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The Beauty in Black
This is a MCD that follows up the last album. It is really an unnecessary
release since there is only one new song and 4 new versions of Lepaca
Kliffoth songs, that aren't very different from the original.
Some of the best tracks are featured here as well.
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The Siren of The Woods
Wow! This is great stuff. Perhaps the best Therion has done? No, "Ho
Dracon Ho Megas" was better, but this is better then "Lepaca Kliffoth".
Their style has changed a bit once again to a more heavy metal sounding
music with opera choirs as main vocalists. That is a great move and the
songs on this MCD is great. It’s only about 20 min. but it’s very
expensive only so you know what your buying. The two first songs are also
featured in their full-length album "Theli", both in a different
version though I cant hear the difference. The Last song is the has only
normal vocals and sound more like "Lepaca Kliffoth" material, and
it's also great. This should only be bought because of the last song
since it's very unessesary promo MCD for the album. Buy it instead
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Theli
This is some of the best stuff I'’ve heard so far this year (Aug.). Very
nice in the vain of their promoting MCD. This album has 12 songs, all of
them great and a total playing time of 51 min. Almost all songs has opera
choirs and even some normal vocals by Dan Swanö. This is a must have album
if you liked their previous two albums. The music can be described as a
mixture between Carl Orff and ”Lepaca Kliffoth”.
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Vovin
Now this album must have cost a mere fortune to produce. 5 female
vocalists and 3 male ones, together with violinists and lots of other
musicians. This is the spiritual follower after Theli. (I regard
A'Arab Zaraq as a different chapter in the Therion saga, but will
hopefully have the opportunity to review it soon). The music is still
very operatic with impressive arrangements and almost perfect
production. It's a bit more Arabic influenced then before and softer
to listen to, but you will like it if you liked Theli. The only sad
thing in my opinion is that they have wasted the aggressive male
vocals they used to have in favor for operatic ones exclusively. The
material and everything else is just superb. It's also fairly long
with 55 min.
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