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Therion - Gothic Kabbalah (2007), Изучаем святую Каббалу через метал! |
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Posted: 05-06-2009, 10:00
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proRock Group: Netlab Soldier Posts: 25107 Warn:0% |
Review: by Thom Jurek Sweden's Therion have been lauded the world over, just about, for their wildly influential and experimental symphonic heavy metal; it incorporates not only classical ambitions and arrangements, but the integration of European folk and even industrial elementals into their sound. Add to this guitarist, songwriter and conceptualist Christofer Johnsson and (non)performing scholar/lyricist Thomas Karlsson's collective studied knowledge of myths, arcane occult knowledge, and folklore from around the globe (East of the Atlantic anyway) and you have the very beginnings of Therion's reach and command of artful heavy music. Johnsson added an opera singer (and now two) a couple of years back to bring life to his simultaneously pretentious and operatic vision of a quadrology of Nordic myth that began with Secret of the Runes, continued in the simultaneously issued Sirius B and Lemuria, and sees its grand -- and oh is it grand -- finale in Gothic Kaballah, the most righteous vision of excess heavy metal has ever seen.Gothic Kaballah is a double disc -- by an eight-member strong Therion -- with help from friends (one of whom is organist Ken Hensley, formerly of Uriah Heep). It is the epitome of conceptually oriented symphonic metal. It brings together melodies from the West and the East. Its orchestrations are lavish, but the attack is heavier than Odin's wrath -- check "T.O.F. The Trinity" on disc two for a small but punishing bit of evidence of the magical menace found there. Produced by the band and Mats Levén -- who also co-wrote music, played guitar and is featured on lead vocals a great deal of the time -- Gothic Kaballah makes no concessions except one: for the very first time, the band has written and sung in English. But perhaps that's no concession at all considering Americans are the only nationality who hasn't grasped the ragged glory and rugged power of Therion: as a colleague puts it complimentarily, they are the Meat Loaf of metal. The reference is the sheer wide-ranging grandeur in composition, performance, production and execution in their work. They do everything big. This is rock with a big "R." It transcends the metal genre though it is certainly a heavy metal record but it moves territorially into prog rock as well, but a prog rock that's easy to get next to. The tempo and key changes have been part of the Therion compositional mode for a long time, but here the transitions are seamless even as the traditional metal elements remain heavier than the burden of the gods. The album's story is one of intense literary scrutiny, critical investigation, and dramatic pyrotechnics. Richard Wagner would have been proud to write for Therion. Their excesses were his own: dynamics in drama for the sake of moving a story through its paces, revealing secrets, horrors, and promises and revelations of what preceded and proceeds from the Judeo-Christian apocalypse. Therion ascend the staircase of the gods on Gothic Kaballah and tells them to bring it on, while simultaneously acknowledging their ferocity, glory and power. As the crackling guitar and bass riffs open "Die Mitternachslöwe" on disc one, and keyboards and blastbeats enter with sinister force, a soprano sings "In the end of time, in times of revelation/Lion from the north will appear in a dark nation..." Petter Karlsson and Levén add a chorus to further the tale "...Read the forecast/fear the eagle/See the wonders, trust the lion/Read the prophecy, the savior of midnight..." without a trace of irony; guitars play in counterpoint then a single bass chord carries the menacing tension until the tune ends. The listener has entered the netherworld of Gothic Kaballah, where light shines through punishing guitar forms, a murky smoke and mirror-adorned cave of fact and fiction, elliptical storytelling, pronounced thematics, changing keyboards and introductions and disappearances of characters from gods to animals to mortals and sprites of every stripe. Oh yeah, there are numerous killer dual guitar leads to top it all off. The title track, with its low-tuned guitars and basses playing in sharp counterpoint, ushers in sledgehammer cadences that Metallica could never have imagined, let alone pulled off, and they give way to folk melodies -- that really are melodies -- and booming tom toms that offer the melding of tribal expression, gritty keyboard sounds, and classically oriented harmonics. The way the story is told and the different musical landscapes used to move it along offer the argument that Therion have created the first great rock opera of the 21st century. Not that you have to pay attention to the narrative to appreciate it: this is the metal that disappeared aboveground in the U.S. a decade or more ago. Gothic Kaballah is the first shot from the Therion canon on the American market in earnest. Aimed squarely for the Yankee heart, it conquers with theater, menace and above all a stellar Nordic stoicism which rebels while it assumes the mantle of control. Currently there is no one on the scene that can come close to Therion's ambition or ability ( the conviction, spiritual devotion, and maniacal pummel in "The Perennial Sophia" or "Son of the Staves of Time" should shut up all but the most cynical metalheads). Therion have the money, the promotion, the chops, and the sheer vision to make this happen without a smirk or a nod to kitsch. This is the right introduction for America (though all their records are available here); those who come to Gothic Kaballah as their first taste of this band would do well to pick up the rest of the quadrology and listen in order. Gothic Kaballah is brilliant, disturbing, grandiose and very listenable -- those who thought metal was for knuckleheads and the ignorant should pay heed and give this baby a spin. It possesses both bone-riffing thud and bell-ringing clarity, orchestral strings and bass throbs that sends the dials spinning into the red. It is destined to be a classic. This is Euro-metal at its zenith; it moves the entire heavy metal universe a giant leap forward. It may be early in 2007, but already Gothic Kaballah is the gold standard to beat. Вики: Gothic Kabbalah (англ. Готическая каббала) - альбом шведской рок-группы Therion в жанре симфонического металла. Альбом был выпущен на двух дисках из-за большого объёма. В отличие от предыдущих альбомов, на которых музыка полностью писалась основателем и гитаристом группы Кристофером Йонссоном, на Gothic Kabbalah к написанию песен приложили руку все участники группы: братья Кристиан и Йохан Ниеманны, ударник Петер Карлссон, вокалисты Матс Левен и Сноуи Шоу. Это привело к заметному отличию в стиле от предыдущих работ и усилению полистилистичности. Тексты были написаны постоянным поэтом группы Томасом Карлссоном. В отличие от альбомов Sirius B и Lemuria, акцент был сделан не на античную мифологию, а на средневековые мистические учения и тайную алхимию. Основой для концепции послужили труды шведского эзотерика XVII века Иоганна Буреуса. На песню "Son of the Staves of Time" был снят видеоклип, опубликованный на YouTube. Песня "Wand of Abaris" была выпущена отдельным синглом. В записи приняли участие: * Кристофер Йонссон - гитара * Кристиан Ниманн - гитара * Йохан Ниманн - бас-гитара * Петер Карлссон - ударные Вокалисты: * Мужской вокал: Матс Левен Сноуи Шоу Йонас Самуэльсон-Нербе * Сопрано: Анна Нихлин Катарина Лилья Ханна Хольгерсон Карин Фьелландер Приглашённые музыканты: * Кен Хенсли (Uriah Heep) - орган Хаммонда * Йоаким Свальберг - орган Хаммонда * Рольф Пилотти - флейта * Стефан Глауманн (продюсер) - тамбурин
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Posted: 05-06-2009, 10:01
(post 2, #897816)
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proRock Group: Netlab Soldier Posts: 25107 Warn:0% |
Правило игры! (Уже второй раунд) Теперь кто первый нажмёт на спасибо, может заказать от куда качать ему больше нравиться. Принимаются к вниманию только P2P сети. Update 02.06.2009 Доработана система поощрения!!! Начиная со второго раунда, подсчёт ведётся первых пяти!!! спасиб!!! (хотел 10-ть, но долго ждать) Первый получает, как это и было раньше один пункт и право выбора от куда качать. Второй получает 1/2 пункта, третий - 1/3 пункта и т. д. А вот 10-ти кратному победителю, высылаю любой диск из моей коллекции! участники на сегодня: ArCanon х 9/2 drobovik х 13/6 jktu_p х 17/12 yuri311954 х 1 Gwelgoth х 13/20 mitay х 1/2 ns38 x 1/3 taurus66 х 1/5 Exiled х 1/5 rix x 1/5 Sidorini x 1/5
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Posted: 05-06-2009, 10:04
(post 3, #897817)
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Председатель Земного Шара Group: Global Moders Posts: 10686 |
И опять первый не на месте))) |
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Posted: 05-06-2009, 10:13
(post 4, #897818)
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proRock Group: Netlab Soldier Posts: 25107 Warn:0% |
drobovik, обрати внимание на приглашённых музыкантов! This post has been edited by Гордый on 05-06-2009, 10:14 |
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Posted: 05-06-2009, 10:16
(post 5, #897819)
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Председатель Земного Шара Group: Global Moders Posts: 10686 |
Однако.... ревьюху читал, да так задумался, что и забыл туда глянуть... и кстати: а что это за формат "MultiDisk-ISO" ? |
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Posted: 05-06-2009, 10:23
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proRock Group: Netlab Soldier Posts: 25107 Warn:0% |
Ааааа... нашёл! -----> Там есть описалово, что это и как его...
This post has been edited by Гордый on 05-06-2009, 10:37 |
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Posted: 05-06-2009, 10:38
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Мы тут, случайно, не в поддавки играем? Час, а никто не отблагодарился |
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Posted: 05-06-2009, 10:41
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Вот так вот... Group: Netlab Soldier Posts: 14834 Warn:0% |
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Posted: 05-06-2009, 10:47
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proRock Group: Netlab Soldier Posts: 25107 Warn:0% |
ArCanon, так качать будешь? Или как? This post has been edited by Гордый on 05-06-2009, 11:00 |
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Posted: 05-06-2009, 11:06
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Председатель Земного Шара Group: Global Moders Posts: 10686 |
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Posted: 05-06-2009, 13:29
(post 11, #897841)
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This post has been edited by ArCanon on 05-06-2009, 13:30 |
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Posted: 05-06-2009, 17:30
(post 12, #897871)
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Металист алкоголик Group: Netlab Soldier Posts: 3639 Warn:0% |
Ну наконец то и наш Гордый стал преобщатся к нормальной музыке во всей этой толпе меня больше всего плющит Матс Левен, будет время найди его сольный проэкт Amaseffer-Slaves For Life, поверь мне на слово не пожелееш и ещё вопрос почему у тебя Gothic Kabbalah на одном CD везде он выходил на двух с общим временем звучания 82 минуты
Этот альбом у меня уже в феврале 2007 года был |
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Posted: 05-06-2009, 18:21
(post 13, #897878)
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Posted: 05-06-2009, 18:31
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Металист алкоголик Group: Netlab Soldier Posts: 3639 Warn:0% |
MultiDisk-ISO" это ещё что за абракадабра |
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Posted: 05-06-2009, 19:43
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Председатель Земного Шара Group: Global Moders Posts: 10686 |
Гордый, а чем ты делаешь такие волшебные превьюшки буклета? |
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