Tiamat "Whatever That Hurts (Limited Edition, 12" Shaped Vinyl, Picture Disc)"

Whatever That Hurts is a single, released June 15th, 2020.

Tracklist:

1. Whatever That Hurts
2. Visionaire

Issued in a limited shaped vinyl in a clear plastic sleeve

Limited to 350 hand-numbered copies.

Comes with double-sided printed insert.

Songs originally appeared on "Wildhoney" (1994) album.

Tiamat "Cold Seed (Single & Video)"

Cold Seed is a single by Swedish Gothic Metal band Tiamat, released April 1st, 1997.

Tracklist:

1. Cold Seed 03:51  
2. Only in My Tears It Lasts (The Cat Mix) 05:22   
3. Three Leary Biscuits 04:15

Time:   13:28  

Issued in a 2-panel Digipak.

Track 1 taken from the forthcoming album "A Deeper Kind Of Slumber"

Art direction and design - artcore

© Magic Arts Publisching 1997

℗ Centurty Media Records 1997

Therion "Leviathan (EU, Nuclear Blast, NB 27361 50600)"

Leviathan is the seventeenth studio album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. It was released on 22 January 2021 by Nuclear Blast Records. It is the first part in the planned Leviathan trilogy, its sequels Leviathan II and Leviathan III were released on 2022 and 2023 respectively.

Two music videos were released for the album: Die Wellen der Zeit and Tuonela; also a lyric video was released for the song Leviathan. A few months after the release of the album, a third music video was made for Eye of Algol.

Vocalist Thomas Vikström confirmed that the band indeed aimed to make a more "normal" album again. Christofer Johnsson has described the Leviathan trilogy as "hit albums" deliberately drawing influence from the most popular and beloved elements of their back catalog, with Leviathan I being bombastic and catchy.

As with most Therion albums, all songs are based on various mythologies. All lyrics are written by Per Albinsson except "Psalm of Retribution", which was written by Christofer Johnsson.

• The Leaf on the Oak of Far is about Camulus, a Gaulish god of war.
• Tuonela is the underworld of dead in Finnish mythology.
• Leviathan is the enormous sea serpent from the Old Testament.
• Die Wellen der Zeit ("The Waves of Time" in German) is about Nerthus, Germanic goddess of peace and prosperity.
• Aži Dahāka is a monstrous snake-man in Iranian mythology.
• Eye of Algol is about a star in the Perseus constellation. In Greek mythology it is associated with the head of Medusa the Gorgon.
• Nocturnal Light is about Inanna (known better by some as Ishtar), Sumerian goddess of love, similar to Venus.
• Great Marquis of Hell is about demon Aamon, a Marquis of Hell in Ars Goetia.
• Psalm of Retribution is based on Kaballah and references A'arab Zaraq and qlippoth.
• El Primer Sol ("The first Sun" in Spanish) is about creator god Tezcatlipoca, as well as the Five Suns Myth in Aztec mythology.
• Ten Courts of Diyu is about the afterworld judgement in Chinese mythology.

Critical reception of Leviathan was mostly positive; many critics compared the album to Therion's albums of 2000s and considered it a band's "return" after two softer and more complex concept albums.

Tracklist:

1. The Leaf on the Oak of Far 03:38
2. Tuonela 04:37   
3. Leviathan 04:01  
4. Die Wellen der Zeit 03:46
5. Aži Dahāka 03:06   
6. Eye of Algol 04:03
7. Nocturnal Light 05:37  
8. Great Marquis of Hell 02:36
9. Psalm of Retribution 05:03  
10. El primer sol 03:37  
11. Ten Courts of Diyu 05:29   
12. Eye Of Algol (Alternative Vocals Version) 04:04  
13. Tuonela (Full Marco Vocals Version) 04:40  
14. Tuonela (Alternative Vocals Version) 04:40  
15. Tuonela (Instrumental Version) 04:40  
16. Tuonela (Orchestral Version) 04:32  

Time:  01:08:09

Subtitled "Producer's Edition".

Recording information:

Snowy's drums were recorded at Wunderwurls, Gothenburg Sweden, in January 2020.

Björn Höglund's were drums recorded at Studio 306, Östersund Sweden.

Bass was recorded at Curtsson Studio Stockholm, Sweden from February-July 2020.

Guitars were recorded at Leviathan studios, Ghajnsielem, Malta in February 2020 and at Vidal Recordings Buenos Aires, Argentina from May-July 2020.

Vidal recordings guitars re-amped at Mass Destruction Production.

Hammond organ was recorded at Studio Tan in July 2020.

Orchestra programming was done from June-July 2020 at Linden Sound Studio, London, United Kingdom.

Thomas Vikström and Rosalia Sairem's vocals were recorded at Estudio Sacramento, Alicante in June-July 2020.

Marco Hietala's vocals were recorded at Note On Studio, in June 2020.

Taida Nazraić's vocals were recorded at Studio Riva, in Munich, Germany.

Lori Lewis's vocals were recorded at Jackpot Studios, Portland, Oregon, USA.

Chiara Malvestiti's vocals were recorded at Linden Sound Studio, London, United Kingdom.

Choir recorded at Bardo Studio, Tel Aviv, Israel, in July 2020.

Mixed by at Mass Destruction Production from July-Aug 2020.

Therion "Live Gothic (Digibook, 2CD+DVD, Germany, Nuclear Blast, NB 27361 21180)"

Live Gothic is the third live album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion, released on 25 July 2008 and recorded in Poland. The album is released on two CDs and one DVD.

CD track list

Disc One

1. "Der Mitternachtslöwe"
2. "Schwarzalbenheim"
3. "The Blood of Kingu"
4. "The Falling Stone"
5. "An Arrow From the Sun"
6. "Deggial"
7. "Wine of Aluqah"
8. "The Perennial Sophia"
9. "The Son of the Sun"
10. "Son of the Staves of Time"
11. "Birth of Venus Illegitima"
12. "Tuna 1613"
13. "Drum Solo"
14. "Muspelheim"

Running time: 68 min

Disc Two

1. "Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah"
2. "Ginnungagap"
3. "Grand Finale"
4. "Lemuria"
5. "The Wand of Abaris"
6. "Nightside of Eden"
7. "To Mega Therion"
8. "Thor (The Powerhead) : Manowar cover"

Running time: 51 min

DVD track list

Show

1. "Der Mitternachtslöwe"
2. "Schwarzalbenheim"
3. "The Blood of Kingu"
4. "The Falling Stone"
5. "An Arrow From the Sun"
6. "Deggial"
7. "Wine of Aluqah"
8. "The Perennial Sophia"
9. "The Son of the Sun"
10. "Son of the Staves of Time"
11. "Birth of Venus Illegitima"
12. "Tuna 1613"
13. "Drum Solo"
14. "Muspelheim"
15. "Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah"
16. "Ginnungagap"
17. "Grand Finale"
18. "Lemuria"
19. "The Wand of Abaris"
20. "Nightside of Eden"
21. "To Mega Therion"
22. "Thor (The Powerhead) : Manowar cover"

Bonus video

1. "Drum Battle in Holland"

Live Gothic has been also released as limited edition of four LP vinyl (33⅓ rpm), gatefold cover and it has been released in 500 hand-numbered copies.

Recording information:

Recorded in Warsaw, Poland on February 14, 2007.

Therion "Sirius B"

Sirius B is the twelfth studio album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. The album title refers to the star Sirius B. It was released simultaneously with Lemuria.[1] The cover artwork was by Thomas Ewerhard.

In an interview with Global Domination, Johnsson said that the album title is a reference to the twin star to the ordinary Sirius A.

The album makes references to ancient culture and mythology:

• Kingu was a monster in Sumerian mythology. According to Enûma Elish, all human beings were created from his blood after he was killed by Marduk.
• Son of the Sun was the title of Pharaoh Akhenaten, who preferred to worship Aton, god of the Sun, over all other gods. His reign was unsuccessful, and people believed that other gods had cursed him.
• Khlysti was a controversial Christian sect in Russia. Grigory Rasputin, the major character of the song, is believed to have been a member.
• Persephone is the wife of Hades, the god of the dead in Greek mythology.
• Kali Yuga in Hinduism is a dark age of suffering, the final era before the end of the world.
• Land of Punt was a mysterious lost kingdom in ancient east Africa.
• Melek Taus is the supreme deity of the Yazidi, commonly depicted in the form of a peacock.
• Dagon is an ancient Semitic god of the sea. He appears in many H. P. Lovecraft books of Cthulhu mythos.
• Georgy Gurdzhiev was an Armenian mystic philosopher and traveller, an expert in Yazidi culture.

Track listing

1. "The Blood of Kingu" 5:45
2. "Son of the Sun" 5:35
3. "The Khlysti Evangelist" 5:38
4. "Dark Venus Persephone" 4:02
5. "Kali Yuga, Part 1" 3:27
6. "Kali Yuga, Part 2" 5:48
7. "The Wondrous World of Punt" 7:19
8. "Melek Taus" 5:31
9. "Call of Dagon" 4:14
10. "Sirius B" 3:43
11. "Voyage of Gurdjieff (The Fourth Way)" 5:56

Total length: 56:58

Recording information:

All drums, bass, guitars, balalaikas, domras, rock/metal vocals and most of the opera soloists were recorded at the Modern Art Studio in Stockholm, Sweden from April-July and September, 2003.

Orchestra, choir and additional opera soloists were recorded at Smečky Studio in Prague, Czech Republic during September, 2003.

The mix and the recordings of hammond organs, mellotrone and narration were done during September/October, 2003 at Sun Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark.