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Th most underrated Therion's album here. Too light for death metal heads to strong and killing for new Therion fans. But this music is just great. I gave to this album 8 but now i'm listening again to it and now i know i should gave 9 | Review by: misiod its a good piece of work, nothing bad about it. but i think that its boring. its too much in the middle music-wise..everything-wise. Review by: forgotten This, for me, is the best of the Therion albums. It's still not really all that "serious" sounding but the atmosphere has been improved. The vocals sound quite bestial in some parts and the guitars are quite doomy and oppressive at times. When female vocals are used they actually sound good (!) instead of distracting and fluffy. A decent album but not to my tastes anymore. Review by: Decimator My absolute favourite, and in my opinion, this is the BEST DEATH METAL release of all times. I have heard this album first times in 1992 autumn and now, in 2004, I still think that it will never be dethroned from death metalīs majestic throne. After more than 12 years of release we can still hear an unique and very, very original progressive death metal with unrepeatable atmosphere and music ideas. I am surprised again and again, when Iīm listening this album (double solos, heavenly melodies, neverending originality....).The sound is good. I recommend to all fans of good metal music (but donīt forget here is a growling). I end this review with two words: P U R E E N J O Y ! ! ! Review by: icu Quite original death metal, from a period where Therion still played surprisingly original death metal. Complex structures built from simpler smaller parts, some of these parts being basic and some quite surprising, make for a varied listen. The addition of very sparsely used keyboards and even the appearance of some clean vocals (on Symphony of the Dead) by two guest singers prove it can be done in death metal, and set Therion out from the rest as groundbreakers. The clean vocals and keyboards would also be a sign of things to come on the following albums; here they appear too little to annoy any clean-elements hater (although the occasional production-effects might). The general variedness coming from the non-typical elements and the occult atmosphere allow this record to be enjoyed by most fans of dark metal, although it's quite a jump from this album to Therion's later work. This is recommended death metal, and quite some progress from their debut, both in terms of originality and execution. The Nuclear Blast re-release lacks the original artwork and lyrics, but adds 5 bonus tracks (Tyrants of the Dead is listed as bonus). The tracks are just slightly less polished versions of the albumtracks, except for Symphony of the Dead which has a different vibe being slightly rawer. 83/100 Review by: Egregius
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