If you handed this album to someone who had never heard any of Therion's music, they would probably lap it up and say its the best thing since sliced bread. However, having listened to this straight after the wondrous masterwork that is 'Sirius B', its hard not to shy away from the fact that on 'Sitra Ahra, the band sound completely and utterly devoid of originality. That said, the first half of the album, with great songs such as 'Kings of Edom' and the title track, fares much better than an extremely monotnous second half. Therion need some energy. And then some.
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Album Rating: 2.0
Agreed, in context this album marks the point in which Therion's material went from "sounding like Therion"
to "trying to sound like Therion". Instead of great new material that is undeniably Therion, it sounds like the trite
bottom-scrapings from the barrel of their recent work.
Anyone who has heard their excellent recent work would surely listen to some of Sitra Ahra and immediately long
for the splendor of Lemuria, Sirius B or Gothic Kabbalah (the latter of which is better than people give it credit for).
This album is like an overly-long bad joke that was taken seriously, which is the worst kind of joke.
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Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off
pass the gate and cross the line
fuck this album, it's not fine
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Album Rating: 2.5
It's not a good album but it's not that bad if you don't considere what they did in the past, I liked
Kali Yuga - Part III, Cu Chulainn and Din. But guess you can say it's quite poor comparing it to for
example Vovin or Sirius B. But honestly, few albums can stand a comparison to those...
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Album Rating: 3
It's not a good album
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hate it when people do that
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When they rate everything too high, or when they complain about other people's ratings?
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when they rate everything too high.
one dude in the xanthochroid thread was just railing on the album...but he rated it 4.5 lmao
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And when that happens too often, the average loses any meaning or impact. It's typical of new users,
4.0 = ok.
So, this symphonic metal... gonna' check out.
EDIT: So I heard some songs through yt and... lol.
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i haven't heard this. but i have Vovin and it's pretty awesome.
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Album Rating: 2.5
Stick with Vovin, it's way better than this. Its probably their best album.
PS: I relistened this and i'm dropping my rating to 2.5. 3 was too generous
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Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off
This has terrible vocals and is overall cheesy. Kali Yuga III rules though, probably the only saving grace of this album, or one of few thereof.
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Album Rating: 2.5
5.0 for land of caanan , - 2.5 for rest, so yes 2.5 is fair
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