Lepaca Kliffoth
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Lepaca Kliffoth is the fourth full-length studio release by Swedish
heavy metal
band Therion
. The title refers to the Qliphoth
.
Album's inlay contains eleven pointed star, hendecagram, which is the symbol strictly related with the band. Every triangle and space between include Qliphoth
's name (see image on the right). The list contains following names:
Names mentioned in triangles came from the Dragon Rouge's Draconian initiation.
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Therion
Therion (band)
Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. The word "therion" comes from the Greek therion , meaning "Beast," i.e., that of the Christian Book of Revelation...
. The title refers to the Qliphoth
Qliphoth
Qliphoth/Qelippot, alternatively Klippot/Kellipot etc. refers to the representation of evil or impure spiritual forces in Jewish mysticism.In the Kabbalistic spiritual cosmology, the Kelipot are metaphorical "shells" surrounding holiness...
.
Track listing
- "The Wings of the Hydra" – 3:33
- "Melez" – 4:07
- "Arrival of the Darkest Queen" – 0:54
- "The Beauty in BlackThe Beauty in Black"The Beauty in Black" is the first single released by Swedish heavy metal band Therion-Track listing:# "Arrival of the Darkest Queen"# "The Beauty in Black"# "Evocation of Vovin"# "The Veil of Golden Spheres"-Personnel:...
" – 3:12 - "Riders of Theli" – 2:51
- "Black" – 5:02
- "Darkness Eve" – 5:19
- "Sorrows of the Moon" (Celtic FrostCeltic FrostCeltic Frost was a metal band from Zürich, Switzerland. They are known for their heavy influence on the extreme metal genres. The group was first active from 1984 to 1993, and re-formed in 2001. Following Tom Gabriel Fischer's departure in 2008, Celtic Frost decided to break up again...
cover) – 3:26 - "Let the New Day Begin" – 3:35
- "Lepaca Kliffoth" – 4:26
- "Evocation of Vovin" – 4:52
Digipack re-release
Re-release in digipack format contains two bonus tracks: "Enter the Voids" (from Lepaca Kliffoth LP) and "The Veil of Golden Spheres". First release of digipack from November 15, 1996 has a black tray and missing #8 track "Sorrows of the Moon" on the back cover. Second release (ca. 1999) has a clear tray, fixed track listing and additional pictures on the inside cover.Credits
- Christofer JohnssonChristofer JohnssonChristofer Johnsson is a Swedish musician. He is a founding member and the guitar player for Therion and used to be in Carbonized, Liers in Wait, Messiah and Demonoid. He is a member of the magical order Dragon Rouge and founder of the defunct Dark Age Music label...
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals and keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Piotr WawrzeniukPiotr WawrzeniukPiotr Wawrzeniuk is a Polish vocalist and drummer. Best known for membership in symphonic metal Therion, but also member of Serpent, Carbonized and The Robots.-Music career:...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Fredrik IsakssonFredrik IsakssonFredrik Isaksson , also known as "Fredda" or "Flap", is a Swedish bass guitarist, member of heavy metal bands: Therion , Grave and Excruciate.- References :...
- bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick.... - Harris Johns - engineering, mixing (except "Darkness Eve")
Guest musicians
- Hans Groning - bass-baritoneBaritoneBaritone is a type of male singing voice that lies between the bass and tenor voices. It is the most common male voice. Originally from the Greek , meaning deep sounding, music for this voice is typically written in the range from the second F below middle C to the F above middle C Baritone (or...
vocals ("The Beauty in Black", "Evocation of Vovin") - Claudia Maria Mokri - sopranoSopranoA soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
vocals ("The Beauty in Black", "Evocation of Vovin", "Black") - Harris Johns - lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
(first part of solo in "The Beauty in Black") - "Jan" - additional vocals (chorus parts of "Wings of the Hydra", "Sorrows of the Moon")
Qliphoth
- For further reading, see related terms: QliphothQliphothQliphoth/Qelippot, alternatively Klippot/Kellipot etc. refers to the representation of evil or impure spiritual forces in Jewish mysticism.In the Kabbalistic spiritual cosmology, the Kelipot are metaphorical "shells" surrounding holiness...
and Dragon Rouge.
Album's inlay contains eleven pointed star, hendecagram, which is the symbol strictly related with the band. Every triangle and space between include Qliphoth
Qliphoth
Qliphoth/Qelippot, alternatively Klippot/Kellipot etc. refers to the representation of evil or impure spiritual forces in Jewish mysticism.In the Kabbalistic spiritual cosmology, the Kelipot are metaphorical "shells" surrounding holiness...
's name (see image on the right). The list contains following names:
- LilithLilithLilith is a character in Jewish mythology, found earliest in the Babylonian Talmud, who is generally thought to be related to a class of female demons Līlīṯu in Mesopotamian texts. However, Lowell K. Handy notes, "Very little information has been found relating to the Akkadian and Babylonian view...
- NaamahNaamah (demon)Naamah or Na'amah is a demonic legendary creature, the mother of divination. How she became a demon is unclear.- Etymology :Naamah comes from naem and means pleasant....
- ThaumielThaumielThaumiel is the name of one of the Qliphoth in the Kabbalah, the shadow side of the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. It is the shadow of the Sephirot Keter...
- SatanSatanSatan , "the opposer", is the title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible...
- MolochMolochMoloch — also rendered as Molech, Molekh, Molok, Molek, Molock, or Moloc — is the name of an ancient Semitic god...
- GhagielGhagielGhagiel , in the belief system of Kabbalah, is the name of the Qliphoth corresponding to the Sephirah Chokmah in the Tree of Life...
- BeelzebubBeelzebubBeelzebub -Religious meaning:Ba‘al Zəbûb is variously understood to mean "lord of flies", or "lord of the dwelling". Originally the name of a Philistine god, Beelzebub is also identified in the New Testament as Satan, the "prince of the demons". In Arabic the name is retained as Ba‘al dhubaab /...
- SatarielSatarielSatariel was the 17th Watcher of the 20 leaders of the 200 fallen angels that are mentioned in an ancient work called the Book of Enoch. The name is believed to be of Babylonian origin a combination of shetar and el with the name meaning "side of God"...
- LucifugeLucifugeLucifuge may refer to:*Lucifuge Rofocale - the demon in charge of Hell's government by order of Lucifer*Danzig II: Lucifuge - Danzig's second album...
- Gha'agsheblahGha'agsheblahGha'agsheblah is the Qliphoth corresponding to the sephirot Chesed, Lovingkindness. It is described as the disturber of all things, and the form of its demons are of black, cat-headed giants....
- GolachabGolachabGolachab is the Qliphoth corresponding to the Sephirot Geburah on the kabbalistic tree of life. Its name means the 'Burners with Fire', and the image of the demons associated with it are of enormous black heads like a volcano in eruption....
- AsmodeusAsmodaiAsmodeus or Asmodai is a king of demons mostly known from the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit, in which he is the primary antagonist. The demon is also mentioned in some Talmudic legends, for instance, in the story of the construction of the Temple of Solomon. He was supposed by some Renaissance...
- ThagirionThagirionThagirion is the Qliphoth associated with the Sephirot Tipheret in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life. It means the disputers, the painful movers, and the demons called the Zomiel are attributed to it, great black giants that are always working against each other....
- Belfegor
- A'arab ZaraqA'arab ZaraqA'arab Zaraq is the Qliphah corresponding to the Sephirah Netzach on the Kabbalah's tree of life. It translates as 'The Ravens of Dispersion', and the demons associated with it are hideous, demon-headed ravens issuing forth from a volcano....
- BaalBaalBaʿal is a Northwest Semitic title and honorific meaning "master" or "lord" that is used for various gods who were patrons of cities in the Levant and Asia Minor, cognate to Akkadian Bēlu...
- Samael
- Adramelek
- GamarielGamalielGamaliel the Elder , or Rabban Gamaliel I , was a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the mid 1st century CE. He was the grandson of the great Jewish teacher Hillel the Elder, and died twenty years before the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem...
- AstarothAstarothAstaroth , in demonology, is a Crowned Prince of Hell. He is a male figure named after the Canaanite goddess Ashtoreth.-Background:...
Names mentioned in triangles came from the Dragon Rouge's Draconian initiation.
Credits
- Album cover and design made by Holmen & Ungman Productions.
- Original painting by Kristian WåhlinKristian WåhlinKristian Wåhlin is a Swedish musician, graphic designer, and album cover artist for many bands in the extreme metal scene worldwide. He is often credited under his pseudonym, Necrolord....
. - Tom Eriksen is an album's art director. He is also responsible for cover's computer treatments.