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Secret of the Runes was great to be sure, but Sirius B is where they finally recaptured the potential that Theli promised. With a more power metal mentality and even more obsucre esoteric subjects, Sirius B (and to a lesser extent it's sister Lemuria) burst on almost every track with power and passion. From the first four wild songs to the later weirder music, and even the slow ominous title track, Sirius B never wastes a note. Every second of this thing is audio heaven. After the stagnation in Deggial and overt oddity of Runes, Therion tried another itteration of their sound with the power tunes that would take over Gothic Kaballah. Here those creatures are tamed to great effect, always just under the gothic surface, threatening to erupt into pure mayhem (the noun not the band). But then there is Wondrous World of Punt, the Siren of the Woods of the new era, which would fit in as well in a space opera soundtrack as it does here. There is not a single song here that feels like a B-Side, rather every single work feels like it deserves it's own single (the title track excepted, which feels like the intro to a single, which it would be if the awesome last track didn't have another intro of it's own). Do not hear this album hoping for any degree of subtlety or doom metal mood. Only listen to this if you want exiting, crazy, fun, wild music by the wild beast of Swedish symphonic metal. I bought Lemuria in bundle with Sirius B (2CD digi...) for a lower price than I usually have to pay for a single album. And I bought it mainly because of Sirius B. Now anyway, Lemuria owns Sirius B in every possible way. Let's take a look at the songs: The album has some killer start in Typhon, with growling vocals by Christofer Johnson. Then the only song which was solely written by another person than Christofer, Uthark Runa by Kristian Niemann. The beat and melody is simplistic, but just good. Oh yeah, those hails sound so cool. Three Ships of Berik has some atmosphere of the goths, not gothic music but the historic goths. Now, this is the third masterpiece in a row. It really makes me happy hearing the story about Berik gathering his forces for an attempt against the Roman Empire. And yes, some more growling here. The second part, Victory, of the song is a little bit annoying with all those wind isntruments, but the feeling of victory takes overhand the longer the song goes on. Then it's the title song, Lemuria, basically it starts like a power ballad with a good melody, then it just gets heavier. And yes, here's some real cool chorus. But this is not the best song on the album. I wonder if they chose to title the album with this song because of no other song title did fit... Quetzalcoatl, the following song, is proabably the worst one on the album. I guess it's too orchestrated and has too weak choirs. But the rhythm and beat is really good anyway. The Dreams of Swedenborg begins really cool and is quite simply heavy and slowpaced. The choirs are a bit boring, but the lead vocals they are really good. The voice is just perfect to this song. An Arrow From The Sun starts by some soprano singing, then a bass-barrytone takes over and they switches back and forth. Pretty cool actually. One doesn't hear much of what's the choir's singing except from 'Eiwar'. But 'Eiwar' is repeated often enough to sound cool... Abraxas blasts out with an intro beat just too good. All the way through the song, melody supported by bass, it's headbanging. And the choir singingRead full review
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