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Another great
release by the masters of operatic metal - Therion. The man behind this
masterpiece is as usual the genius Christofer Johnsson, who has written all
music on this album as well as playing guitar and keyboard. He used to do the
vocals in this band as long as they were more of a death metal band but on
this recording he doesn't even open his mouth. The singing is instead done by
a choir consisting of 8 people (2 soprano, 2 alto, 2 tenor and 2 bass singers)
and they do a great job. Except for the members of the band they have also
hired Hansi Kürsch from Blind Guardian to do the male vocals on "Flesh of the
gods", a great song. Jan Kazda plays acoustic guitar on this album as well as
helping them out with the classic arrangements. Waldemar Sorychta plays
acoustic guitar on "O fortuna", the Therion version of Carl Orff's
masterpiece with the same name. Alexander Schimmeroth plays the piano. They
have also hired another ten people to play different orchestral instruments,
like oboe, violon, cello and flute. This shows a little bit how complex this
music really is. It's is a great mix of melodic metal, opera and classical
music. Did I mention that Christofer Johnsson is from Sweden
:).
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1. Seven secrets of the sphinx |
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2. Eternal return 3. Enter vril-ya 4. Ship of luna 5. |
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Tne invincible 6. Deggial 7. Emerald crown 8. The flight |
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of the lord of flies 9. Flesh of the gods 10. Via nocturna |
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11. O fortuna |
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