Therion - Vovin
| Release date: | 4 May 1998 |
| Style: | Symphonic metal |
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01. The Rise Of Sodom And Gomorrah
02. Birth Of Venus Illegitima
03. Wine Of Aluqah
04. Clavicula Nox
05. The Wild Hunt [feat. Ralf Scheepers]
06. Eye Of Shiva
07. Black Sun
08. Draconian Trilogy
1 - The Opening
2 - Morning Star
3 - Black Diamonds
09. Raven Of Dispersion
Top 20 albums of 1998: 12
02. Birth Of Venus Illegitima
03. Wine Of Aluqah
04. Clavicula Nox
05. The Wild Hunt [feat. Ralf Scheepers]
06. Eye Of Shiva
07. Black Sun
08. Draconian Trilogy
1 - The Opening
2 - Morning Star
3 - Black Diamonds
09. Raven Of Dispersion
Top 20 albums of 1998: 12
Guest review
Lyrics Christofer Johnsson - guitar, keyboards
Tommy Eriksson - guitar
Wolf Simons - drums
Jan Kazda - bass
Waldemar Sorychta - additional guitars
Siggi Bemm - additional guitars
Lorentz Aspen - hammond organ
Ralf Scheepers - lead vocals
Martina Hornbacher - solo and duet alto, soprano vocals
Sarah Jezebel Deva - solo and due
Additional info
Recorded, mixed and mastered at Woodhouse Studios, December 1997/January 1998.
Engineered by Mattias Klinkman.
Produced, mixed and mastered by Sigfried Bemm.
Co-produced by Christofer Johnsson.
Music written by Christofer Johnsson.
Lyrics written by Thomas Karlsson.
Classic orchestra and choir arrangements written and arranged by Christofer Johnsson with additional arrangements by Jan Kazda.
Orchestra and choir conducted by Jan Kazda.
Rating:
9.3
9.3
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Rating: 9.3 |
String instruments such as violins have been around in heavy music since the days of Led Zeppelin. Tracing back the earliest 'symphonic metal' band is a challenge, due to the vagueness of what defines it, but Therion, no doubt, took the genre to new levels, virtually abandoning their death metal roots. Many metal bands before the release of Theli and Vovin - and even hitherto - tend to use orchestras to enhance their music, but, in the case of Therion, symphonic metal truly is a unique genre. Therion's second (or debatably third) actual symphonic metal achievement, Vovin, softens on the metal side and embraces a rather avant-garde approach, exploring and twisting through a world of odd melodies and esoteric themes. Read more ›› |
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| Himedal Posts: 162  |
The best album of them. so gothic, so good.
---- What goes by is life to be taken The doom calls upon the forsaken
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Best Symphonic Metal album EVER. How the fuck is Epica called the best?, I think TPA and CoO are good albums, the others just overdone and generic chick metal. Therion deserves the place of the best Symphonic Metal ever. They created the subgenre and they deserves the place 
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| NocturnalStalker Metal Addict Posts: 889  |
My favourite Therion album. Epic, majestic, dark, mysterious, breath-taking... I could go on. Favourites: The Rise Of Sodom And Gomorrah, Clavicula Nox, Black Sun.
---- "And we are not who we think we are We are who we're afraid to be" - Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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| Polaria Posts: 248  |
Anneke van Giersbergen was almost asked to sing on this album but Therion mainman didn't want to "create a polemic". To this day I still wonder what would have been the end result.
---- Life is all the pain we endeavour.
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374  |
Written by Polaria on 05.05.2017 at 23:42 I wonder what he means by polemic. It almost sounds like a sneaky way of saying "I want the spotlight just for myself".
---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
It would have been a crappy result had she sung on this album. Her voice just not fit here.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| nonZero Posts: 1332  |
Good but lacking the dark heaviness we heard on Theli, which is a shame as I felt that style suited Therion well.
---- Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated) Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres) So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)
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