Vovin
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Vovin is the seventh full-length musical album by symphonic metal
band Therion
. It is their bestselling album, selling over 150,000 copies in Europe alone.
was made by Indigo Orchestra:
Symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...
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...
. It is their bestselling album, selling over 150,000 copies in Europe alone.
Track listing
- "The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah" - 6:45
- "Birth of Venus Illegitima" - 5:13
- "Wine of Aluqah" - 5:02
- "Clavicula Nox" - 8:47
- "The Wild Hunt" - 3:47
- "Eye of ShivaEye of Shiva"Eye of Shiva" is the third single released by Swedish heavy metal band Therion. The single was available only for radio stations. Title refers to Shiva, a form of Ishvara or God in the later Vedic scriptures of Hinduism.-Track listing:...
" - 6:17 - "Black Sun" - 5:08
- "Draconian Trilogy: The Opening" - 1:28
- "Draconian Trilogy: Morning Star" - 3:34
- "Draconian Trilogy: Black Diamonds" - 2:56
- "Raven of Dispersion" - 5:57
- "The King" (AcceptAcceptAccept is a German heavy metal band from the town of Solingen, originally assembled by former vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and bassist Peter Baltes. Their beginnings can be traced back to the late 1960s...
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...
- lead 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... - Tommy Eriksson - 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...
- Kimberly GossKimberly GossKimberly Goss is the vocalist and founding member of the Finnish band Sinergy.-Early life:She was born in Los Angeles to a Korean father and a German-American mother, who was a jazz singer...
- vocals, keyboard - Wolf Simon - 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 ....
- Jan Kazda - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, additional arrangements, orchestra and choir conducting
Guest musicians
- Waldemar SorychtaWaldemar SorychtaWaldemar Sorychta , is a German heavy metal musician, songwriter, producer and artist who lives in Dortmund Germany since 1982.- Career :He initially worked with the German thrash metal band Despair, founded in 1986....
- additional guitars - Siegfried Bemm - additionals guitars, production, mixing, mastering
- Lorentz AspenLorentz AspenLorentz Aspen is a Norwegian heavy metal pianist and keyboardist. He played in Theatre of Tragedy from October 2, 1993 to October 2, 2010 and with them he released seven studio albums, one live album and five EP's...
- Hammond organHammond organThe Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...
("Draconian Trilogy") - Ralf ScheepersRalf ScheepersRalf Scheepers is the current vocalist for German power metal outfit Primal Fear. He has a relatively high-pitched tenor-esque singing voice and sometimes uses a shriek reminiscent of Judas Priest's Rob Halford, although it is his baritone lows which give him a near 4 octave range in the modal...
- lead vocals ("The Wild Hunt") - Martina Hornbacher - solo and duet altoAltoAlto is a musical term, derived from the Latin word altus, meaning "high" in Italian, that has several possible interpretations.When designating instruments, "alto" frequently refers to a member of an instrumental family that has the second highest range, below that of the treble or soprano. Hence,...
and 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 - Sarah Jezebel DevaSarah Jezebel DevaSarah Jane , better known by her stage name Sarah Jezebel Deva, is a British vocalist. She was the female vocalist in Cradle of Filth for 14 years and also fronts her own band, Angtoria. In 2009, Deva started her self-titled solo project. The debut album A Sign of Sublime was released in February...
- solo and duet alto and soprano vocals - Mattias Klinkman - engineering
Choir
- Eileen KüpperEileen KüpperEileen Küpper is a South Africa-born soprano singer, known for her work with metal bands Therion and The Kovenant.-With Therion:* Vovin * Crowning of Atlantis * Deggial -External links:*...
- soprano - Angelica Märtz - soprano
- Dorothea Fischer - alto
- Anne Tributh - alto
- Gregor Dippel - tenor
- Max Cilotek - tenor
- Javier Zapater - bass
- Jochen Bauer - bass
Indigo Orchestra
OrchestrationOrchestration
Orchestration is the study or practice of writing music for an orchestra or of adapting for orchestra music composed for another medium...
was made by Indigo Orchestra:
- Petra Stalz - violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
- Heike Haushalter - violin
- Monika Maltek - violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
- Gesa Hangen - celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Alois Kott - double bassDouble bassThe double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...
, contrabassContrabassContrabass refers to a musical instrument of very low pitch; generally those pitched one octave below instruments of the bass register...