The wonderfully bombastic, over-the-top twin-CD set from Therion. (This was very impressive on stage, too.) Per SoT:
http://www.seaoftranquility.org/revi...ontent&id=1708You want an elegant and mystical musical journey? Then Therion's got what you're looking for right here, boys and ghouls. Over 100 minutes of darkened majesty that has elements of metal, power metal, black metal, progressive metal, progressive and folk with a dash of folk metal on the side. It's fitting that the lyrics appear to deal with fantastic elements as the music is nothing short of that and had, say, someone like Al Jourgensen (Ministry) been hired to direct Lord of the Rings it seems likely that he would have asked Therion to do the score. It's that grand.
Highlights? "The Dreams of Swedenborg," "Uthark Runa" and Feuer Overture/Prometheus Entfesselt" from Lemuria, plus "They Khlysti Evangelish" and "Call of Dagon" from Sirius B. Don't underestimate this one, it's worth the time, money and emotional investments. Maybe the best record that Nuclear Blast has unleashed since Immortal's Sons of Northern Darkness, maybe the best of Therion's career so far, and undoubtedly a record by which future records like it will be measured.
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