Sirius B (album)

Track listing

1. "The Blood of Kingu" – 5:45
2. "Son of the Sun" – 5:35
3. "The Khlysti Evangelist" – 5:38
4. "Dark Venus Persephone" – 4:02
5. "Kali Yuga, Part 1" – 3:27
6. "Kali Yuga, Part 2" – 5:48
7. "The Wondrous World of Punt" – 7:19
8. "Melek Taus" – 5:31
9. "Call of Dagon" – 4:14
10. "Sirius B" – 3:43
11. "Voyage of Gurdjieff " – 5:56

    Development

• Kingu was a monster in Sumerian mythology. According to Enûma Elish, all human beings were created from his blood after he was killed by Marduk.
• Son of the Sun was the title of Pharaoh Akhenaten, who preferred to worship Aton, god of the Sun, over all other gods. His reign was unsuccessful, and people believed that other gods had cursed him.
• Khlysti was a controversial Christian sect in Russia. Grigory Rasputin, the major character of the song, is believed to have been a member.
• Persephone is the wife of Hades, the god of the dead in Greek mythology.
• Kali Yuga in Hinduism is a dark age of suffering, the final era before the end of the world.
• Land of Punt was a mysterious lost kingdom in ancient east Africa.
• Melek Taus is the supreme deity of yazidi, his common shape is a peacock's.
• Dagon is an ancient Semitic god of the sea. He appears in many H. P. Lovecraft books of Cthulhu mythos.
• Georgy Gurdzhiev was an Armenian mystic philosopher and traveller, an expert in yazidi culture.

  Personnel

• Christofer Johnsson - rhythm guitar, mandolin, classical and choir arrangements
• Kristian Niemann - rhythm and lead guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin
• Johan Niemann - bass guitar, mandolin

• Richard Evensand - drums, gong
• Steen Rasmussen - Hammond organ
• Lars Sømod Jensen - church organ
• Mats Levén - lead vocals
• Piotr Wawrzeniuk - lead vocals
• Orchestra: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
• Choir: Kūhn Mixed Choir
• Anna-Maria Krawe - lead and backing vocals