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anditcametopass - 06.10.2010 at 19:04
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Love this album...Very nice review  |
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I liked your review a lot and agreed with you in almost everything.
Well Done. |
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| This is a good review. Upon the first listens I have noted that the album is not as accessible as "Gothic Kabbalah" and needs more time to unfold than Therion albums usually do (in fact I was captivated at first by all others except "Secret of the Runes", which took longer). As usual it is again interesting to try to decode all of the meanings behind the lyrics, piecing together myths, legends, esoteric lore and hidden meanings. I especially like the track "Kings of Edom", having returned from the named land recently. But speaking of weaker sides, I can't help but think some parts, especially the track "2012" sound quite cliche and worn out. But all in all it is an enjoyable album. Descend nefesh, transcend ruach, rise neshamah. Enter sitra achra. |
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Kenos - 06.10.2010 at 20:15
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| I really love their whole discography (my favourite album is Lepaca Kliffoth, btw), even Gothic Kabbalah despite all its flaws... But to me this album is complete garbage... |
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 Janne - 06.10.2010 at 20:19
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| Great review! agreed in many things. |
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| You started listening to metal in 98? Noob. |
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Written by Yojimbo on 06.10.2010 at 21:01
You started listening to metal in 98? Noob.
Not everyone started listening to it from the '20s. |
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Written by Yojimbo on 06.10.2010 at 21:01
You started listening to metal in 98? Noob.
And when did you start, noob? How old were you? |
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 06.10.2010 at 21:45
Written by Yojimbo on 06.10.2010 at 21:01
You started listening to metal in 98? Noob.
And when did you start, noob? How old were you?
I think that may have been a joke... |
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Written by Marcus on 06.10.2010 at 23:09
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 06.10.2010 at 21:45
Written by Yojimbo on 06.10.2010 at 21:01
You started listening to metal in 98? Noob.
And when did you start, noob? How old were you?
I think that may have been a joke...
Well, you never can tell without any smilies added  |
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 06.10.2010 at 23:11
Written by Marcus on 06.10.2010 at 23:09
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 06.10.2010 at 21:45
Written by Yojimbo on 06.10.2010 at 21:01
You started listening to metal in 98? Noob.
And when did you start, noob? How old were you?
I think that may have been a joke...
Well, you never can tell without any smilies added
Ahh this is very true. Plus sarcasm is almost impossible to notice in text form. |
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| I was just kidding. Though I am four years his senior in metalogical studies. I started listening in '94 I was 12 years old. |
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Lovecraft - 07.10.2010 at 05:47
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| I agree with almost everything. |
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 BudDa - 07.10.2010 at 09:45
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| Well, I like the album. Mayb not as much as u do, Roz. What I do like about Sitra Ahra is the 'expansion' in sound. Oh, plus the bass.. |
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| I dont like therion..give it a try n comment later |
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Sworn - 07.10.2010 at 12:12
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| This album is truly a masterpiece. |
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| Boring album, it's the first time Therion Dissapointed me. |
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Written by Guest on 06.10.2010 at 20:15
I really love their whole discography (my favourite album is Lepaca Kliffoth, btw), even Gothic Kabbalah despite all its flaws... But to me this album is complete garbage...
I agree 100%! |
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| Wasted a lot of time on this one, I think their albums are getting progressively worse. The music just sounds uninspired, lacking any segment that really grabs you. I'm going to listen to Gothic Kabbalah now because it is better by comparison. |
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| After having endured this piece ofextreme boredom I really need a good old fix of Of Darkness and Lepaca Kliffoth again. |
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| It all started to go horribly wrong with this band after Secret Of The Runes, culminating into this monstrosity. |
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Written by Sworn on 07.10.2010 at 12:12
This album is truly a masterpiece.
Agree!! |
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| Sorry to say..its boring!! |
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"I learnt from them is that if a Therion album is good, it has to captivate you from the very first listen."
It is the opposite for me, most of their albums on first listen I didn't appreciate as much as subsequent listens, progressively growing on me to the point where I consider many a 'classic' |
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| Totally overrated IMO. I liked Gotthic Kabbalah but this one is boring and unoriginal. |
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Written by RafaRata on 07.10.2010 at 13:12
Boring album, it's the first time Therion Dissapointed me.
+1 Exactly my thoughts |
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| Another disappointment , i just have to listen to their older albums again to forget about this boring album. |
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Sahen - 10.10.2010 at 00:45
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| It's maybe not the best work of Therion but it is quite good. I liked it much more than Kabbalah. Probably because it seems closer to Lemuria/Sirius B while Kabbalah was a bit more focused on an heavy/operatic way than real symphonic. |
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Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 07.10.2010 at 14:12
It all started to go horribly wrong with this band after Secret Of The Runes, culminating into this monstrosity.
I can't believe Marcel... First part of this album is awesome. But i agree second paryt could have been much better. But, monstrosity??!!?? LOL
It really isn't! And not only IMO, thankfully!
But, for me Gothic Kaballah was a masterpiece, so i may be suspicious. All in all i gave 9 to this album. But you have to listen to it at least 4 times to really start enjoying it, Specially Kings of Edom and Land Of Canaan, which is one of best songs i heard this year (if not the best).
P.S. - After looking at Marcel tastes i got it was impossible for him to like this album xD. Not that your tastes are bad, just different! Hug! |
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So am I the only one who thinks that the last 1:30 or so of "Land of Canaan" is very reminiscent of Boney M's "Rasputin?"
Oh well, at least it contains more actual metal than Kamelot. |
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Everybody Complaining about this album need to stop living in the past and comparing...only retards compare shit....take it for what it is as a Whole  ....99% of the retards on this site dont even have the albums they bitch about or just have it downloaded to thier piece of shit Ipod...cuz you know you get the best quality sound out of a shitty pre-amp..  |
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Written by TyrannicalGOD on 11.10.2010 at 01:04
Everybody Complaining about this album need to stop living in the past and comparing...only retards compare shit....take it for what it is as a Whole ....99% of the retards on this site dont even have the albums they bitch about or just have it downloaded to thier piece of shit Ipod...cuz you know you get the best quality sound out of a shitty pre-amp..
Biased reviews and 'Comparing' is what FAILStorm has been all about since day 1   |
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| If it is Failstorm as you say, then why are you here? Everyone has an opinion and he states it, whenever it is a review or a post underneath or a post somewhere in the forum or anything, even in a good or bad manner, but what is good or bad in what you express is subjective, like the term opinion. |
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| Compared or not...its still suck..big time!! |
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Written by DerRozzengarten on 11.10.2010 at 13:01
If it is Failstorm as you say, then why are you here? Everyone has an opinion and he states it, whenever it is a review or a post underneath or a post somewhere in the forum or anything, even in a good or bad manner, but what is good or bad in what you express is subjective, like the term opinion.
I agree with you. Problem is fanboys are offended as soon as someone doesn't praise an album they like and give it a 9+ rating. Fanboys/fangirls never learned to deal with criticism or simply ignore it when they disagree. |
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Written by TyrannicalGOD on 11.10.2010 at 01:04
Everybody Complaining about this album need to stop living in the past and comparing...only retards compare shit....
It is perfectly normal to compare the new albums of a band to their old ones and expect at least the same quality or better. That's also how we measure musical evolution. Because there's a huge difference between change and evolution. A difference lots of people miss quite often nowadays.
As for "taking it for what it is", some albums just suck, no matter how you look at them. If you push this reasoning too far, it becomes a way to encourage mediocrity by saying crappy albums are good. |
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Quote:
"Taste the tempting Fruit and be an Outcast from the Paradise."
Is this a direct quote from the lyrics or something? One of non-native speakers biggest difficulties is the proper use of THE. "THE" isn't used for things that are general like locations including PARADISE. Unless this "paradise" which is mentioned loosely in that particular set of lyrics has been mentioned before more specifically as being a special paradise related to the song and or story, THE is being used improperly. You wouldn't say I'm going to The New York, The Hell, or The Mars. Hopefully that's the only mistake otherwise I'd be a bit apprehensive about listening to something grammatically flawed throughout. |
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Written by disarray on 11.10.2010 at 17:00
This is funny, I admit.
yeah me too!!  |
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| This site should have an article on Encyclopædia Dramatica because of all the LuLz it brings...HAHAHAHA |
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Written by Opethian on 11.10.2010 at 08:19
Written by TyrannicalGOD on 11.10.2010 at 01:04
Everybody Complaining about this album need to stop living in the past and comparing...only retards compare shit....take it for what it is as a Whole ....99% of the retards on this site dont even have the albums they bitch about or just have it downloaded to thier piece of shit Ipod...cuz you know you get the best quality sound out of a shitty pre-amp..
Biased reviews and 'Comparing' is what FAILStorm has been all about since day 1
So what are you still doing here?  |
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| Almost cool -back to last hail of bullets album::metal::devil::gunner:suicide: |
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Written by ponderer on 11.10.2010 at 16:52
Quote:
"Taste the tempting Fruit and be an Outcast from the Paradise."
Is this a direct quote from the lyrics or something? One of non-native speakers biggest difficulties is the proper use of THE. "THE" isn't used for things that are general like locations including PARADISE. Unless this "paradise" which is mentioned loosely in that particular set of lyrics has been mentioned before more specifically as being a special paradise related to the song and or story, THE is being used improperly. You wouldn't say I'm going to The New York, The Hell, or The Mars. Hopefully that's the only mistake otherwise I'd be a bit apprehensive about listening to something grammatically flawed throughout.
You are wrong here :
"Taste the tempting Fruit and be an Outcast from the Paradise" has a different meaning than Taste the tempting Fruit and be an Outcast from Paradise, at least in my language (Portuguese)
Check google translation  |
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Written by Vonpire on 18.10.2010 at 15:40
Written by ponderer on 11.10.2010 at 16:52
Quote:
"Taste the tempting Fruit and be an Outcast from the Paradise."
Is this a direct quote from the lyrics or something? One of non-native speakers biggest difficulties is the proper use of THE. "THE" isn't used for things that are general like locations including PARADISE. Unless this "paradise" which is mentioned loosely in that particular set of lyrics has been mentioned before more specifically as being a special paradise related to the song and or story, THE is being used improperly. You wouldn't say I'm going to The New York, The Hell, or The Mars. Hopefully that's the only mistake otherwise I'd be a bit apprehensive about listening to something grammatically flawed throughout.
You are wrong here :
"Taste the tempting Fruit and be an Outcast from the Paradise" has a different meaning than Taste the tempting Fruit and be an Outcast from Paradise, at least in my language (Portuguese)
Check google translation
Same works in my language as well, it gives a more specific meaning with emphasis on THE paradise, or something like that. |
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| That mght be the case for a lot languages but it still is incorrect in English. |
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Written by ponderer on 11.10.2010 at 16:52
THE is being used improperly.
so is the Passive Voice of the Present Continuous Tense in this sentence. |
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Wrong, wrong and extra wrong across the board. Regardless of how well it translates into your own language and then translates into English, THE PARADISE is an incorrect use of THE in the English language.
I'm an English teacher and do professional translations in my spare time. Asking me to check Google translation is fucking laughable at best. Daniell, nothing you said makes any sense considering everything I wrote is grammatically correct. Therion's use of "THE" is being used improperly. Go wrestle with that one.
Any time you non-native speakers want to step up and test me feel free. I get paid R$50+ an hour for this shit and accept payments via PayPal. Thanks for stopping by and please come again. |
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Send a mail to google then, you found (another) bug there! Congrats!
You're a English teacher? Ohh.... I see checking google Fucking Translate made you laugh! And you thought i was a warlock to guess that, nice one!!... Duh !
Your arrogance is kind of displaced also, btw
Thanks for sharing. No money for you, you native! (ever  )
P.S. - Anyway i give you credit, and i do believe you are totally right, just 4 u to know.
""THE" isn't used for things that are general like locations including PARADISE." - Hmmmmm Gimmie the directions to Paradise!
"Unless this "paradise" which is mentioned loosely in that particular set of lyrics has been mentioned before more specifically as being a special paradise related to the song and or story" - And it isn't ??? |
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| So much drama for an album that still not even available in the US . I feel like I've grown up with the album already, watched it mature, and then became bored with it. I'm skeptical about the review, since the samples sound monotonous online and I haven't cared much for this band since Deggial and a few random songs after, but I'll still check it out. That is, when Nuclear Blast decides to stop holding it hostage. |
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