Therion "Lepaca Kliffoth"

Lepaca Kliffoth is the fourth studio album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. The title refers to the qlippoth. Stylistically, it retains the aggressive riffing and sheds the harsh growls of the band's previous death metal output, while also incorporating more elements of traditional heavy metal and more pronounced gothic and symphonic elements, often leading to this album being viewed as a transitional album in Therion's discography.

For Metal Storm, the album "stands between the band's more Death roots and later symphonic grandiosity" and "turns out to be a fine piece of work, the great songwriting, mixed with Arabic-influenced keyboards is remarkable, and those mysterious lyrics just add more charm".

Deathmetal.org states that Lepaca Kliffoth "should be avoided by the serious listener" because the structural genius of earlier Therion albums is here only available as distracting ornamentation, rendering it "very cheesy radio hard rock".

Tracklist:

1. The Wings of the Hydra 03:33   
2. Melez 04:06   
3. Arrival of the Darkest Queen 00:54
4. The Beauty in Black 03:12
5. Riders of Theli 02:51  
6. Black 05:02  
7. Darkness Eve 05:19   
8. Sorrows of the Moon (Celtic Frost cover) 03:26  
9. Let the New Day Begin 03:35  
10. Lepaca Kliffoth 04:26   
11. Evocation of Vovin 04:54   

Time:  41:18  

Track 8 originally performed by Celtic Frost, based on the poem "Tristesse de la lune" by Charles Baudelaire, with completely new lyrics translated by Therion.

Recording information:

Recorded in Music Lab Studio, Berlin 1994.