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Released
  
12 January 2007

Gothic Kabbalah(2007)
  
Live Gothic(2008)

Release date
  
12 January 2007

Label
  
Nuclear Blast

Length
  
83:29

Artist
  
Therion

Producer
  
Stefan Glaumann

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Recorded
  
July–September 2006Stockholm, Sweden

Genres
  
Symphonic metal, Progressive metal

Similar
  
Therion albums, Symphonic metal albums

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Gothic Kabbalah is the thirteenth full-length musical album by Therion. It was released in Europe on 12 January 2007. This album was mixed by Stefan Glaumann who already contributed to bands such as Rammstein, Evergrey, Europe and Def Leppard. The main line-up has been slightly changed since previous studio albums (Lemuria and Sirius B). Petter Karlsson returned to play drums, having already played with the band during Lemuria / Sirius B tour during the period of 2004–2006. Since Christofer Johnsson announced in 2006 he is retiring from singing, vocals on Gothic Kabbalah were performed by Mats Levén, as well as Snowy Shaw and three female singers: Katarina Lilja, Anna Nyhlin and Hannah Holgersson.

Contents

The album is based on concepts from the life of 17th-century esoteric scholar Johannes Bureus.

Track listing

All lyrics by Thomas Karlsson. Music as indicated:

Disc one

  1. "Der Mitternachtslöwe" (Christofer Johnsson, Mats Levén) – 5:38
  2. "Gothic Kabbalah" (Petter Karlsson) – 4:33
  3. "The Perennial Sophia" (Johan Niemann, Levén, P. Karlsson) – 4:54
  4. "Wisdom and the Cage" (Kristian Niemann, P. Karlsson) – 5:01
  5. "Son of the Staves of Time" (Levén) – 4:47
  6. "Tuna 1613" (P. Karlsson, Snowy Shaw) – 4:23
  7. "Trul" (P. Karlsson) – 5:11
  8. "Close Up the Streams" (Johnsson, Levén) – 3:55

Disc two

  1. "The Wand of Abaris" (Johnsson, K. Niemann) – 5:51
  2. "Three Treasures" (Johnsson) – 5:20
  3. "Path to Arcady" (K. Niemann, P. Karlsson) – 3:54
  4. "TOF – The Trinity" (K. Niemann, Levén, P. Karlsson) – 6:18
  5. "Chain of Minerva" (J. Niemann, Levén, P. Karlsson) – 5:21
  6. "The Falling Stone" (P. Karlsson) – 4:46
  7. "Adulruna Rediviva" (Johnsson, K. Niemann) – 13:37
  8. "Seven Secrets Of The Sphinx" [Live]* - 3:48
  9. "To Mega Therion" [Live]* - 6:45
  • *Bonus Tracks.

    • Vinyl release

    Gothic Kabbalah has been also released as limited edition double LP vinyl (180 gram; 33⅓ rpm). It features colored vinyl, gatefold cover and it has been released in 1000 hand-numbered copies.

    Reception

    The album has received generally good reviews from critics, including Chronicles of Chaos and Allmusic hailing it as "the first truly great rock opera of the 21st century".

    The album was the band's first to enter the Swedish Albums Chart.

    Personnel

  • Christofer Johnsson – keyboards, programming, guitar
  • Kristian Niemann – lead and rhythm guitars, keyboards
  • Johan Niemann – bass guitar, guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Petter Karlsson – drums, guitar, keyboards, solo ("Chain of Minerva", "T.O.F. - The Trinity") and choral vocals, percussion

    • Guest musicians

  • Mats Levén – lead vocals ("Der Mitternachtslöwe" (choir), "Gothic Kabbalah", "Perennial Sophia", "Son of the Staves of Time", "Close up the Streams", "Three Treasures", "T.O.F. - Trinity", "Adulruna Rediviva"), guitar
  • Snowy Shaw – lead vocals ("Der Mitternachtslöwe" (choir), "Perennial Sophia" (choir), "Wisdom and the Cage", "Tuna 1613", "Trul" (choir), "Close up the Streams" (choir), "Wand of Abaris", "Three Treasures", "Adulruna Rediviva")
  • Katarina Lilja – vocals ("Gothic Kabbalah", "Perennial Sophia", "Trul", "Close up the Streams", "The Falling Stone", "Chain of Minerva")
  • Hannah Holgersson – vocals, soprano ("Der Mitternachtslöwe", "Wisdom and the Cage", "Son of the Staves of Time", "Trul" (choir), "Wand of Abaris" (choir), "T.O.F. - Trinity", "Chain of Minerva", "Adulruna Rediviva")
  • Jonas Samuelsson–Nerbe – tenor ("Tuna 1613", "Path to Arcady", "Adulruna Rediviva")
  • Anna Nyhlin – solo soprano on "The Falling Stone" and "Path to Arcady"
  • Karin Fjellander – choral soprano
  • Ken Hensley – Hammond organ
  • Joakim Svalberg – Hammond organ
  • Rolf Pilotti – solo flute on "Gothic Kabbalah" and "Trul"
  • Stefan Glaumann – tambourine

    • Others

  • Sanken Sandqvist – engineering
  • Thomas Ewerhard – design

    • Songs

    1Der Mitternachtslöwe5:38
    2Gothic Kabbalah4:34
    3The Perennial Sophia4:54

    References

    Gothic Kabbalah Wikipedia
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