As you might have notice this blog plays around the progressive word, The main objective is to help on the promotion of metal and trying to change the perspective metal=noise.
However, Expect the unexpected. Mainly focussed on progressive metal or rock, but easily going to catch some good stuff to bands with only some progressive elements. And sometimes also going totally out of the progressive genre and of metal. Help you discovering what has been done of value around the world in my opinion.
Let's be plain and clear? for me the worst album of Therion so that I will only focus two songs, one because is indeed a good version and the second because of an important message in the video. Both songs are versions of other songs.
1st song I will share is Poupée de cire, poupée de son, here Lori Lewis is simply amazing is she the one who makes this song work.
the 2nd song I will share is Initials B.B. the video is really polemic as you may see in the comments on this youtube videos, most of people didn't get the message it wanted to pass. join the dots, BB(Briggite Bardot), Nazi behaving robots, Woman showing her boobs willingly, sadomasochism, it talks about a rotten society where hate sells better than good music and woman say themselves to be free when they are controlled by the fashion world and society on how to behave. Props to Johanna Najla the voice on this song
Well with this we close this mega episode about Therion, at least until the new album.
After Gothic kaballah a big part of the band left, basically only some resident singers and Christofer Johnsson remain. This album was never claimed by the critics cause let's be honest, is way less interesting than their other works. You will see that on the number of musics I am going to share. Let's start with the first song of the album the title track, here we still have the remanence of old Therion, the lyrical voice the sound almost prophetic, the video could be better though. This song misled several people who thought this would still be the way Therion would go.
The next song I am showing you is the third one of the album, Unguentum Sabbati, no their most interesting songs but still good to hear, with Snowy Shaw being important here as well as Lori Lewis amazing voice.
The next song is one of the best of the album, Land of Canaan once again tastes like old Therion, is one of the longest ones and is with me in my mp3 since the release of the album almost. Instrumentally is maybe the best one in this album the arabic/middle eastern sounds are so good in here.
The next song is the fifth one of the album Hellequin, not much to say on this one but I like to show you songs with different nuances.
Follows the song 2012: Return of the Feathered Serpent, Therion always exploit the Mayan prophecies, this song is about the 2012 one.
After we have the 3rd part of Kali Yuga which I started in Sirius B. album, this part is different but is maybe the only music with some other level of mysticism in it.
The last song I am sharing with you is Children of the Stone: After the Inquisition, the thing I want to focus here is the choir in the chorus it is amazing for me.
I still manage to share several songs of this album I don't dislike Thommas Vikstrom voice but i prefer Mats one, only one still to go now from Therion.
Finally time for "The" Therion album that brought me to this amazing band "Gothic Kabbalah", Any of the following musics will enter immediately in your mind they need time. With no further ado let's advance to this album songs
The first song of the album is "Der Mitternachtslöwe" a germanic title translating by Lion of Midnight, it was one of the first songs I felt in love with, it is almost a prophetic song. Seems like the Runes Are being read to us, it feels so good, it ends so amazingly as it starts
The second song of the album is the homonymous track, "Gothic Kabbalah", for some reason this track in youtube has the Lemuria cover.... well. This is not so epic as the one before, but still a pretty solid song to hear, it has a more epic approach to it. the segments between parts are some of my favourites from Therion
The third song of the album is "Perennial Sophia", Snowy Shaw is simply amazing in here with his deep vocals, is an iconic song, and live sounds even more amazingly. It grows in your mind so violently that it will never leave your mind. It end once again with a prophetic feeling surrounded by an enormous magical veil. Once again shout out for Jonny A Magnis Maximayoutubechannel.
The 4th song is "Wisdom and the cage" in this song once again with snowy in highlight we have the difference between a deep strong voice of Snowy and the melodic female voice. It incorporates so much the Gothic theme, the darkness around it. This song makes me cry as I recall amazing moments I lived hearing this one song. The part containing the female voice and the instrumental part after it around the middle of the song make me cry every time from how beautiful it is.
The 5th song of the album is The one which deserved the official video, "Son of the Staves of Time", the Videos is really week, but the song might be the first to attach to your mind. It's a good one to start until the others are getting their way. The female vocals at beginning gives an extra something to the song, and the return with the acute sound of the instruments fit so well. Here it is the time of Mats Leven to shine.
The next song I am talking about is 8th of the album, I could be here all day talking about every song on the album, but I decided to talk and focus more on those songs I enjoy the most in this amazing album, The next song I am talking about is "Close Up the Streams". This song has a phantasmagoric sound to it which I love in the female vocals, and a mystic voice in Snowy Shaw's voice. It results soooo well in my opinion
Time for my favourite ones, the 9th song of the album is called "Wand of The Abaris", it follows what is talked about in "An Arrow From the Sun" from Lemuria, the first part of the song is already really good with the melody fitting the vocals of a prophetic tone once again, with the female voice giving it the mystic sound from ancient times, and the guitar crying. But the second part is what makes it superb, the vocals there seem like a prophecy happening the truth revealing and the chords on it bring it to a simply majestic sonority, I miss more words to show how much I love this song. Even the chorus which normally are the most commercial part of many songs fits so well. along side with The Siren of the Woods my favourite song.
The 10th song for a long time I didn't like it, has it is more of a tale than of a song, "Three Treasures", but with time that part started to catch me more and more, and now the last part of the song is my ringtone on my Android. That instrumental part he last 50 minutes more or less are other simply amazing piece of musical art. I started as is obviously shown to love this track, and I think you might like it too. I will give you the full song, and then, a cut I made only of the instrumental final part. Enjoy
Instrumental part:
Approaching in fast pace from the end of the album, we have the 13th song Chains of Minerva. This is one of the most calm ones and in more of a terrain song in between all I already shown, this one is to show you how even the simpler songs sound so good
The 14th song of the album is "The Falling Stone" if you were missing a more paced song with fast lyrics? here you go. I think it is one of the fastest songs in pace from therion, more Symphony than melody in it.
To finish an amazing album nothing less than a mythical song, "Adulruna Rediviva", It is a progressive song basically, several paces with a touch of classical music. It is such an important song, that some years after the album been released(6 exactly) and after some events I will talk about on the next album they decided to record a video for this song, and I must say despite not having some of the original singers showing in the video it is really interesting the idea for the video.
Well with this another Therion album is presented, only two more to go. see you soon.
