Audio CD review:
Therion - Crowning of Atlantis

Therion - Crowning of Atlantis

Band: Therion Title: Crowning of Atlantis Rating: Release Date: 06 July, 1999 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: The Crowning Of Atlantis 2: Mark Of Cain 3: Clavicula Nox 4: Crazy Nights 5: From The Dionysian Days 6: Thor 7: Seawinds 8: To Mega Therion 9: The Wings Of The Hydra 10: Black Sun

Customer Reviews Strictly for the fans, possibly only the strict fans A musty collection of rare tracks from opera-metal band Therion consisting of [. . ]-rockers, popular tracks performed live, b-sides, and reworked songs makes this the kind of purchase reserved only for the hardcore fan (of which I am not). Like much of their better material, the band is often hit-or-miss, often outweighing any propulsion with a predictably boring pace and an annoying predisposition to 80's rock values, so one can only imagine those potential flaws shown magnified tenfold when listening to this fan disc. Of course due to marketing, without careful research it would be easy to pick this up in mistake of expecting another, more solid studio release, to which one would be sorely disappointed. For fans that actually want this kind of thing, I suppose it's worth looking into. Older metal enthusiasts may enjoy the obnoxious, almost embarrassing rock anthems, fans will appreciate the live cuts that capture the band, chorus, and orchestra bewildering a crowd, but for others there are just about two standout tracks that function on their own as good songs without referencing other material. Good stuff The songs don't really go together, but there is a lot of awsome material on the album. The record company wanted Therion to put out a new album and they weren't ready yet, so this is what you got. Besides the typical Therion songs like Crowning of Atlantis (very good!) and from dynosis days (love it!), you also have a remake of Clavicula Nox (originally from Vovin), a cover of an Accept song (Seawinds), a cover of a man o war song that is awsome but sounds nothing like Therion (Thor), and also a few live tracks. If you want an album that "flows" together don't buy this one. It's just a random assortment of whatever therion could throw together at the time, but the songs in and of themselves are all very good. beautiful melodys and great vocals Well I returned to it after a few days and sparks started to fly ITS very good and different to anything else i own. I got this CD on an impulse, though not expecting much and so I thought on the first play it was just ok but i noticed some beautiful melodys and great vocals by both male and female singers, but the songs didn`t grab me on first play. I realy like this CD, it has a progressive edge and also rocks, I cant stop playing it and it keeps getting better and better. I must check out other THERION releases as I am turning into a fan so if you like bands such as THE GATHERING or LACUNA COIL or even EDENBRIDGE or GREEN CARNATION or WINDS in fact any doom cross progressive natured bands you owe it to yourself to get this CD. . You can see a complete list of all Therion discography, or go back to the Therion tabs