Therion - Sirius B(2004)

Toay We are going to talk about the 2nd part of the double album which came out in 2004, Sirius B, for a long time I listened much more Lemuria than Sirius B, but suddenly I started hearing one song and another from Sirius B and it became amazing

The first song of the Album is Blood of Kingu, I would say it starts in an mazing way with speed fused with an angelic chorus and choir. The voice of Mats Leven is what you hear, is easy to notice his voice. The transition between his voice and the choir is sooo good, like a summoning.

The second song is Son of the Sun, this song send us back to Egipt it is hardly ever missed in a live show also, is iconic. The female voice chosen has strength but melody alltogether. The men voices fit well in the choir. Keeps the same speed heard before, and the storyis really nice for thos ewho don't know of it, Akhenaton son of Amenhotep III

The third song of them album is dedicated or is about Rasputin, it is called Khlysty Evangelist I love the russian like first part, like a monk chant, prepares the ambience for the second part, it is one of the darkest songs from Therion that I know, is also one of my all time favourites from Therion. Once again Mats leven voice is recognizable and I really enjoy it, adds the dark effect I love.

The 4th song of the album is called Dark Venus Persephone, those are onw of those songs you might want to hear to isolate yourself from the worls with sound, is so amazing, the vocals send you to a story directly and the male voces that appeared help you feel the godly sound you just feel embraced. instrumentally is one of my favourite tracks everything fits

The 5th and 6th songs are related they are about Kali Yuga, it is divided in two parts, bot are amazing the second part has part of the first in chorus but moves forward. The feeling is way more darker than generally in this album, more than in Dark Venus Persephone for example, I wanted  to find the two songs seperated, but I can't find, in fac ti found the second part separated but not the first one, so I'm posting two parts together. The song makes you search for what Kali yuga is. It is a heavy and fast song, still has the melody bits, but some might not enjoy and other will love it. It has to have that dark feeling

The 7th song of the album is Called The Wondrous world of Punt, for me is like Siren of The woods is one of those songs a bit like Dark Venus Persephone that you wand to allow your mind to slipaway and fly free. I s one of the most peaceful songs on teh album

The last song I am showing you is the 9th one and it is called Call of  Dagon, we once again increase the pace a bit but not too much, Is like an evocation this one.

 Still 3 more albums to go concerning Therion, can come right next week or I can post something else in between

Therion - Lemuria(2004)

Today we are going to talk about one side of the double album Therion released in 2004, this side is called Lemuria, Is one masterpiece if you enjoy metal with melody fused with orchestration, more than ever orchestration is present. The album i maybe from Therion the one that easily enters in your mind and you start singing it from top to bottom easily


The first song I'm showing you is one of the stronger songs ever from them, with harsh vocals, not so seen many times in last albums. it's called "Typhon"

The second song I'm showing you is called "Uthark Runa", not being one of my favourite ones has a wonderful melody and the vocals fit really well, for some reason was never one of my favourite songs. It's one of the songs where you can hear Mats Leven in its splendour

 I was about to not talk about this one, but how could I do that? this songs musically is amazing. And you may notice later it has some connection in construction with Kali yuga. It's called  "Three Ships of Berik", here both songs together, in fact they are the third and 4th songs of the album

The next one I'm talking about is the title track, Lemuria. you know when You start hearing a band and are afraid to move from the album you first had? in fear the rest of their work is not so good? well the album that brought me to Therion is yet to be presented, but one day I checked last.fm to heck what were other people hearing form Therion and Lemuria was and I think still is on of their most famous songs. It starts easy and calm and remains amazing all those years passed. It explains the story of Lemuria and you can feel the mystical power in it. Big part of the song seems like we are in the sea in a ship.

The next song is somehow different, "Quetzalcoatl", has a Spanish part in it that I think fits amazingly, it talks about Quetzalcoatl The Master of the sun. It also spins around the 2012 prophecy. The melody behind all the song is amazing and gives us the mystic feeling the song wants to pass

The next song is called Dreams of Swedenborg it seems it was a Scientist who had a vision and embraced that vision. I like this song It's like  we are really enjoying is visions. For me the best part on this song is the prophetic singing with the engagement in the choirs.Everything is so magical from the clocky beat though the music, the fitting of more harsh and acute voices. It basically invites us to let our mind travel though the music space.

The next song is amazing in every aspect, "An Arrow From The Sun" the first time we will talk about Abaris, it has different vocals in it, and lyrics are so abysmal, Check the video for more Info on Abaris.

 The last song I'm talking about is called Abraxas, once again not one of my favourites, I enjoy the female voice with the sound behind it, but lacks something that the other songs have. Still is pretty solid.

Nightingale - Nightfall Overture(2004)

Greetings, sorry for the silence the past weeks, but I had and still have a lot of work and forgot about the blog, but here I am again, today I bring you the soft-metal band from Dan Swano from 2004, Nightingale, I love the sound, pure progressive full of emotion.

The Song I'm going to show you is the song with the same name as the album Nightfall Overture

A Naifa - Canções Subterrâneas(2004) and 3 Minutos Antes da Maré Encher(2008)

With the last week post I noticed I never Shared A Naifa with you, and being me form Portugal Is a big mistake of my own. So today and next week we will correct it. A Naifa is a project initiated in 2004 by a true Mastermind João Aguardela from Sitiados.Along João(in Bass) we had Luis Varatojo from Despe & Siga na guitarra e guitarra portuguesa, Mitó Mendes na voz e Vasco Vaz na bateria.

The first song I ever heard from them and the first I will share with you is from thier first album Canções Subterrâneas. Is called Musica, translates to Music.

I love the short Portuguese Guitar solo. The main Chorus

Flor a florir desmedida assim que te vi a rasgar a vida

Translates to 

 Flower blooming with no limits as long as I saw you tearing down life.

 The second song to share with you is Monotone, from 3 Minutos Antes da Maré Encher Album

For me this song is about the dormancy of our lives, only warmed by that song that passed in the radio once before and is still living in our heart and mind.
Here the chorus,

E esqueces essa canção que já não passa na rádio
Mas que vive secretamente dentro de ti.
Fechas a porta à chave com duas voltas e sais.

Translate to

And you forget that song which no longer is on the radio
But  that is secretly  living inside you
You close the door with two turns of the key and you leave.

Orphaned Land 2nd part - Mabool 2004

The second part of this Orphaned land big post is about Mabool

 I would Say that Mabool is the album where most of fans stumble upon when hearing Oprhaned Land, it has a multitude of sounds and rythms, you can basically pick a song based on your State of Mind. If you want a calm song you have it, if you want a stronger one? yeah also there. A non english song? also present.
So I will stop enumerating adjectives and I will start sharing with you some of the songs from this album
I will start with "Ocean Land", the song which brought me to Orphaned land at first, probably one of the heaviest songs from them

Next, A'salk or Ar'salk, I already saw the song written with the two forms, here we have the female arabe vocalisations which allow our souls to be amazed by such intensity, with the arabic guitar, all becomes just perfect, once again the desert sounds are present. Enjoy

The next one I choose was, "Building the ark". If in the last one we had female vocalisations, now we have male vocalisations, all completes with all A'salk has, another song to let your soul be touched with.

Finally I will bring you one of my personal favourites, Norra el Norra, this one live is simply superb, but the studio version just can't be left behind. As the band recalled it's a party song, but an middle eastern style party. Enjoy

Here I leave you A'salk Live at São Jorge Cinema here in Lisbon

Altaria - Divinity (power progressive metal)

As I was checking my scheduled posts, I spotted a big gap between Sonata's artica posts and the next one, and being that one not that rich, I decided to share something today.
So I decided to post Altaria, something I am entering right now, it's power metal band with elements of progressive, some might also consider it white metal(yes it exists, white metal is christian metal).

But that is not what makes me post this, it is their good sound, so I will leave you until the next post with Prophet of Pestilence and Unchain The Rain from 2004's Album Divinity

Sonata Arctica part 2 - Power Progressive metal - Reckoning Night

Here it is the second part of my Sonata Artica Post, this time about Reckoning Night, one again I will share some songs with you and share my extracted meaning form them, with you.
I Will start with Ain't Your Fairytale, it's a very strong song, there are lots of bands in metal who talk about werewolves as it is a fantasy common thing. But almost none talks about the Wolves on themselves.
Ain't Your Fairytale, shows us the story of I think an Ancient Wolf who shares the story of its ancestors to their young fellows. And talks how first man and Wolves had a pact to not attack each other, but then things changed. Wolves haven't being very lucky recently while being hunted as the ones from the same species, dogs are treated almost as kings. something is not that right in this equation.

The second one is Don't way a word, the second part of End of This Chapter trilogy, in this case he is back, he is decided to end what he has started, he is disposed to kill the girl to have peace, as sh says to the girl if she can't fulfil her part of the pact they might have done in the past, done she might be quiet. I don't know the third part that well, Juliet as I don't like the album where the song is, but for the name of the song, I think he really kills the girl on this song, his sickened ways arrive to an end.

The Third one, The Boy Who Wanted to be a Real Puppet, This one is quiet simple it's a boy who has so much anxiety to become a real puppet that allow his greed to take over, on the process the puppeteer turns him a puppet but soon the boy understands the life of a Puppet is hard, he realises he submitted to greed and says only a knife could end this story, being him a puppet now i think it's easy to understand what the knife would do

The 4th one, My Selene, a song that starts like a dream, he always awaits his Selene, every night, but as soon as he realises his Selene is a way for he, who was always alone, be able to feel less alone. But as he understands Selene will never apear, and the would never meet, the dream becomes a nightmare, and then his hope fades. At some point we understand the title Selene, with the reference to Endymion, because being she a goddess, goddess of the moon, being in love with a mortal can only bring pain.

The Last one Shamandalie, well this talks about a friendship become something else, and has he understands while becoming lovers and the situation ending the feelings he had for her seem like a sham and a Lie. More direct than this a song can't be. The song as lots of emotion associated