Release Date: 16 September 2022
Label: Hammerheart Records / Napalm Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8715392226427
Genres: Hard Rock & Metal Gothic Metal
Description
"Lemuria", one of the two twin albums that Therion released in 2004, is definitely one of the best in their career.
"Lemuria" must rank up there with the best releases of the zero's decade: a landmark album. This album remains in high rotation and is one of only a handful of genre defining
records released in a lifetime. Therion tone down the operatic quotient of earlier albums like "Voivin" and increasing the metallic elements to reach a perfect balance.
Balance is probably the best way of describing Lemuria. It's paced perfectly, from the bombastic openers "Typhon", "Uthark Runa" and "Three Ships of Berik (I & II)" which all
feature sharp guitar work and varied vocal styles. The album settles down towards the middle - during "Lemuria", "Quetzalcoatl" and the first half of "Dreams of Swedenborg"
which boasts an absolutely brilliant guitar solo and is a definite highlight on an album so equal throughout. The album clears out on the positively brilliant trio "Arrow from the Sun",
"Abraxas" and "Feuer Overture" which brings the album full circle with a nice mid-tempo rocker. Also worth noting is the production which is also perfectly balanced so that no
element of the music is overbearing, allowing the strength of song writing to shine.
Creating something this multi-faceted and cohesive, utilising the entire tonal spectrum with more than 171 musicians is an achievement in itself. Therion also obviously had a huge
amount of material early 2004 when they set about recording their pair of albums. "Lemuria" in particular of the pair displays a strength of song writing fused together to create
the rare kind of record where each track both fits together as a whole and can stand on its own. That is probably why "Lemuria" is so good and why isolating any particular track
more than we have in this review would not do the others justice.
Tracklisting
Impurity
Destruction
Nachtblut
Manntra
Grima
Avantasia
E-X-E
E-X-E
Therion
Therion
Therion
Therion
Therion
Therion
Therion
