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What
is the first thing you think of when you here the words
Oprea and Metal. Well for opera you probably think of
a fat woman singing inaudibly in a concert hall. For
metal you probably see a guy sitting in the middle of
a pentagram drinking goat's blood. I'm almost positive
that you would never imagine the two together in the
same song but that is what Therion has done with this
album and I must admit it sounds damn good.
The
album opens with a piece called "The Rise of Sodom
and Gomorrah" which is a perfect example of how
well these two genres go together. It starts with an
orchestra playing to an erie sound that makes you realize
that this isn't your typical oprea. It moves along to
a catchy orcestra combined with a little metal. Now
the vocals kick in and believe me it is the weirdest
combination of sounds ever but somehow it goes together
perfectly but this is only a teaser of what is about
to come.
Moving
along we come to a song by the name of "Wine of
Alqah" the song that incited me to buy this album.
It starts of with a piano part but quickly moves along
to a fast paced band and orchestra that quickly catches
your attention. It follows this trend throughout the
song adding in some nice double bass drum and the occasional
guitar solo.
I
know you must be thinking I'm crazy for liking something
that combines oprea and metal but surprisingly enough
it works great. I do have a few problems with this album
though. First are the vocals with like all opreas are
almost indeciphrable unless you listen closly. Second
is that for about half the songs the orchestra overpowers
the band, but all in all I have to say that this is
an all around good album for anyone that likes classical
or metal, the album just gets to you.
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