Gothic Kabbalah


Gothic Kabbalah is the thirteenth full-length album by Swedish metal group Therion. It was released in Europe on 12 January 2007. The album was mixed by Stefan Glaumann, who also contributed to bands such as Rammstein, Evergrey, Europe and Def Leppard. The main line-up has been slightly changed since previous studio albums : 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.
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" – 5:38
  2. "Gothic Kabbalah" – 4:33
  3. "The Perennial Sophia" – 4:54
  4. "Wisdom and the Cage" – 5:01
  5. "Son of the Staves of Time" – 4:47
  6. "Tuna 1613" – 4:23
  7. "Trul" – 5:11
  8. "Close Up the Streams" – 3:55

    Disc two

  9. "The Wand of Abaris" – 5:51
  10. "Three Treasures" – 5:20
  11. "Path to Arcady" – 3:54
  12. "TOF – The Trinity" – 6:18
  13. "Chain of Minerva" – 5:21
  14. "The Falling Stone" – 4:46
  15. "Adulruna Rediviva" – 13:37
  16. "Seven Secrets Of The Sphinx" * - 3:48
  17. "To Mega Therion" * - 6:45
Gothic Kabbalah has been also released as limited edition double LP vinyl. 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.

Chart positions

Personnel