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And finally, the main group)

Therion

Genres: until 1996 death metal, after - symphonic metal.
Country: Sweden

Probably my favorite band now) It used to be Nightwish, and I still adore them, but Christopher Jonsson is more brilliant)

The first symphonic metal album. Although at times it's a bit heavy (a slight influence of death metal from previous years). However, there is one song I didn't like: In Remembrance.
In the Scorpions cover, they added some of their own lyrics - a small phrase sung by a choir, which made the beautiful ending of the song three times better. And they removed the stupid noisy sounds present in the original.
Overall, I don't know how to describe this music. You have to be as brilliant as its author)
1996 Siren Of The Woods (CD-single)

01 The Siren of the Woods (single version)
02 Cults of the Shadow (edited version)
03 Babylon
The edits are almost indistinguishable from the originals. In The Siren of the Woods, they removed a piece of the beginning, which was a mistake. In Babylon, the beginning is great; after that, it's not particularly brilliant, but listenable.
2001 Secret Of The Runes

01 Ginnungagap (The Black Hole)
I love everything!! Great album.
It sings about the nine worlds of Norse mythology. There is also a certain riddle of runes that the listener must solve by the last song (Secret of the Runes). I didn't actually solve it (and didn't even try), although I should get to it. I don't even know what the riddle is :D
Almost the entire album is sung by a choir; there is little clean vocal.
The first song is quite heavy (but without any death metal influence), the rest of the album is lighter.
Now about the covers. I liked them all, but I had only heard the original by ABBA. And let me tell you, it's the best cover I've ever heard) For me, as a sympho-metal lover. They turned 70s pop into sharp symphonic metal. Absolutely cool, I don't even know what to say)
One of my favorite albums.
Strange thing is, this album features the German language, which I usually dislike, but here I like it. It fits perfectly into some songs.
1997 A'arab Zaraq Lucid Dreaming

01 In Remembrance
02 Black Fairy
03 Fly to the Rainbow (Scorpions cover)
04 Children of the Damned (Iron Maiden cover)
05 Under Jolly Roger (Running Wild cover)
06 Symphony of the Dead (1997 version)
07 Here Tomes The Tears (Judas Priest cover)
08 Enter Transcendental Sleep (Therion version)
09 The Quiet Desert (Therion version)
10 Down the Qliphothic Tunnel (Therion version)
11 Up to Netzach - Floating Back (Therion version)
12 The Fall Into Eclipse (original soundtrack)
13 Enter Transcendental Sleep (original soundtrack)
14 The Gates to A'arab Zaraq Are Open (original soundtrack)
15 The Quiet Desert (original soundtrack)
16 Down the Qliphothic Tunnel (original soundtrack)
17 Up to Netzatch (original soundtrack)
18 Floating Back (original soundtrack)
There are many covers here, and I didn't like them (except for the Scorpions cover; however, I wrote about that two albums ago, as those are bonus tracks - the first three songs of this album). I haven't listened to the originals (again, except for Scorpions).
The song Symphony of the Dead from their 1992 death metal album "Beyond Sanctorum" was reworked into symphonic metal. Strangely enough, I like the death version better. The sympho one is just not that great.
Starting from the eighth song is the soundtrack to the movie "The Golden Embrace". I haven't seen the movie and have no idea what it's about. First come the processed versions (metal), then the symphonic ones, as they were in the soundtrack. The processed ones, of course, I liked more)) And even then, not all of them.
So overall, a dull album for me.
And also, this is the ugliest album cover I've ever seen)
1991 Of Darkness...

01 The Return
02 Asphixiate with Fear
03 Morbid Reality
04 Megalomania
05 A Suburb to Hell
06 Genocidal Raids
07 Time Shall Tell
08 Dark Eternity
09 A Suburb to Hell (demo version)
10 Asphixiate with Fear (demo version)
11 Time Shall Tell (unreleased version)
12 Dark Eternity (unreleased version)
Now this is their death metal. Also good, yes. But the genre itself is very monotonous. I can't highlight favorite songs because I still get them mixed up, and there's no point anyway. I listen to the whole album at once regardless)
Back then, their lyrics weren't about mythologies, legends, tales etc., but some kind of ordinary gloom. Almost like Linkin Park) Only without the whining.
1999 Crowning Of Atlantis

01 The Crowning Of Atlantis
The first song is absolutely brilliant. A canon of pure symphonic metal.
Covers again, repetitions again. The highlighted songs are good. The live tracks aren't noteworthy; better to listen to the originals.
The third song is a remix of one of the compositions from the album Vovin, which I hadn't listened to well enough yet to write anything about it.
Crazy Nights - a very cheerful song)

Demon Hunter

Genre: christian metalcore
2010 The World Is A Thorn

01 Descending Upon Us
A listenable album, but in my opinion, the band's first albums are better. Starting from 2007, the sound became less brutal. The first song is wonderful, the intro is good, and I liked the smooth transition into the second song. It's hard to say which songs I liked most, so I highlighted few.

That should be all. I'll just provide a list of albums that I've listened to a bit or am listening to now. Perhaps I'll write something about them someday too, but for now, only brief comments)

Therion - 1998 Vovin. They have much better.
Therion - 2000 Deggial. A sweet album, many beautiful songs.
Therion - 1992 Beyond Sanctorum. Much better than Of Darkness.
[AMATORY] - 2010 Instinct of the Doomed. More meaningful, but somehow silly lyrics; the other two albums I listened to are better. The new vocalist is worse than the old one.
Agathodaimon - Chapter III. Symphonic black/gothic metal. Great stuff, I like it.
Aperion - 2010 Act of Hybris. Symphonic folk/gothic metal. Decent band, but At The Lake is better.
Winds Of Plague - 2009 The Great Stone War. Sympho-deathcore. Passable with tea.
Graveworm - 1997 When Daylight's Gone. There are good songs, and more of them than in the band's other old albums.
Rhapsody - 2004 Symphony Of Enchanted Lands, vol. II - The Dark Secret. Good.
Aesthetic Perfection - 2008 A Violent Emotion. Dark electro, EBM, industrial. Sounds good in places, but overall a bit dull. There are a couple of good songs.
Antagonist - 2010 World In Decline. Metalcore. Very angry and aggressive.
Disturbed - 2010 - The Sickness. Nu-metal, heavy metal. Fun, good.
Krupskaya, Kill A Celebrity - Split CD. Grindcore, power-violence. Fierce, savage. I like Krupskaya more than Kill A Celebrity.
Slayer - 2001 God Hates Us All. Thrash metal. Not bad. It's great to play Quake to this band))

I've listened to a lot of other music, but either too little yet, or I didn't like it and don't want to write about it.

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