2022 re-issue on black vinyl with lyric sheet.

When Christofer came back from Switzerland, after recording aMessiah album, Nuclear Blast wanted to sign them. They agreed,recorded their first single, The Beauty in Black, which sold 12.000copies in Europe without any special promotion. Then came thisalbum and sales picked up a bit, when compared to their earlierefforts. Now they had pretty much left their death metal soundbehind, picked up the heavy metal, which you could hear in SymphonyMasses if only you listened careful enough, turning symphonic anddrastically changing the vocals. They were originally growls,turning into grunts for the previous album – now they were somekind of hardcore screams. It sounds rather strange, if truth betold, and is not as great as Dan Swanos vocals on Theli. The bassplaying on Ho Drakon Ho Megas was really striking, here there’s anew bass player. His name is Fredrik Isaksson and even thoughtheres still an occasional solo, his way of handling the instrumentis not half as busy as Andreas Wahls was. On the tour withAnnihilator following this album Fredriks personal problems(including abuse) and Piotrs problems with Fredrik made him leavethe band to be replaced by Lars Rosenberg (Entombed). But thats alater story. Lepaca Kliffoth is in a way even more experimentalthan Ho Drakon Ho Megas, because none of the new elements hadreally been tried in metal before, especially not mixed. So whatare the new elements? Well besides Christofer’s hardcore screams,he also manages to produce some bass-baritone vocals – and this isperhaps the start of the operatic vocals they’ve been using moreand more. There are more keyboards than ever before, more melodiesand some Persian influences. Today oriental and Egyptian-soundingriffs are commonplace, but they weren’t in 1995. The production isbetter than ever before, and so is the guitar playing, perhaps as aresult of lessening the downtuning. The riffs are really cool, andwhen combined with the keyboards you almost think of Theli. Thekeyboards are improved, and used a lot more. They provide melody,atmosphere and some of the brilliant, pulsating intensity that theyshowed off on the next album. Sorrows of the Moon is a cover of aCeltic Frost song, providing some epicness to this album whichotherwise showcases a certain speed in the drumming and generallymore heaviness and headbanging than Symphony Masses. The titletrack sounds pretty much like Vovin with edge, the symphony isthere but it’s combined with much more intensity, and it’s tunedlower. Evocation of Vovin is a song that has everything, intenseintro, progressions, a kick-off with distortion and vocals,transcending into a middle-part with perfect keyboards, continuinginto one of these plodding yet headbanging parts where you justwait for the beat to pick up again. And it does, oh, it does. So,Therion got the pieces together and managed to develop their soundeven further without sounding as odd as on Ho Drakon Ho Megas.People bought it, because this is some excellent metal, pioneeringthe symphonic metal and showcasing some excellent guitar work. Forany person who likes Therion really.

Track list:
1. The Wings Of The Hydra
2. Melez
3. Arrival Of The Darkest Queen
4. The Beauty In Black
5. Riders Of Theli
6. Black
7. Darkness Eve
8. Sorrows Of The Moon
9. Let The New Day Begin
10. Lepaca Kliffoth
11. Evocation Of Vovin

Condition cover: nm

Condition vinyl: nm

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