Luciferian Light Orchestra is the first full-length album by Christofer Johnsson's Luciferian Light Orchestra project, released on 30 April 2015 in Europe [1] The album was announced on 23 March 2015.[2]
| Luciferian Light Orchestra | |
|---|---|
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 30 April 2015 |
| Recorded | 2014 Adulruna Studio, Sweden |
| Label | Adulruna |
| Producer | Christofer Johnsson |
It is composed of songs written by founder Christofer Johnsson over many years, that he deemed too retro to fit in with the concepts of his main band Therion, and recorded in his own Adulruna Studio. The album was mixed in a retro 70s fashion by Lennart Östlund, who has previously worked with bands like ABBA and Led Zeppelin, at Polar Studios.
Track listing
edit- “Dr. Faust on Capri”
- “Church of Carmel”
- “Taste the Blood of the Altar Wine”
- “A Black Mass in Paris”
- “Eater of Souls”
- “Sex With Demons”
- “Venus in Flames”
- “Moloch”
- “Dante and Diabaulus”
- (hidden bonus track - "Malenka")
Limited edition
editThe first edition of the album was a special release limited to 1,000 copies. These came in a luxurious digibook cover, holding a rare Gold Compact Disc with the songs.[3]
Personnel
editMusicians
edit- Christofer Johnsson – guitar, hammond organ, keyboards, backing and lead vocals
- Mari Paul - lead-vocal
- Mina Karadzic – backing vocals [4]
The names of the other album personnel have of yet not been released, the only details known is that in the process of recording there were involved:
- 2 drummers
- 1 bass player
- 5 guitarists
- 2 keyboard players
- 3 hammond organists
- 9 singers
and that these were a mix of current and previous Therion members, artists from other bands, and that some known and unknown people from Dragon Rouge gave a hand with backing vocals.[5]
Other personnel
edit- Lennart Östlund – production mixer at Polar Studios
Reception
editAhead of and after its release, the album received stellar reviews from various webzines and online reviewers, including:
- Terra Relicta (Slovenian site, English language): 9.5/10,[6] and chosen as album of the month [7]
- Heavy Metal (Denmark): 9/10 [8]
- La Grosse Radio (French): 9/10 [9]
- Pandemonium TV (Spanish): 90/100 [10]
- Maxazine (Dutch) 9.5/10 [11]
- Metalhead (Italian) 9.5/10 [12]
- Power Metal (German): 9/10 [13]
- Viola Noir (Russian): 10/10 [14]
- Rockway (Greek): positive [15]
When the limited edition was put up for sale on Therion’s webshop,[16] the first stock sold out in less than two hours.
References
edit- ^ "Luciferian Light Orchestra's Facebook post of 27 March 2015". Facebook. 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
- ^ "Luciferian Light Orchestra's Facebook post of 23 March 2015". Facebook. 2015-03-23. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
- ^ "Luciferian Light Orchestra's Facebook post of 4 April 2015". Facebook. 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
- ^ "Luciferian Light Orchestra's second Facebook post of March 8, 2015". Facebook. 2015-03-08. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
- ^ "Luciferian Light Orchestra's third Facebook post of March 8, 2015". Facebook. 2015-03-08. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
- ^ Vogric, Tomaz (April 25, 2015). "Luciferian Light Orchestra - Luciferian Light Orchestra (2015) - Review". Terra Relicta. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ^ Vogric, Tomaz (April 28, 2015). "Album of the Month - April 2015". Terra Relicta. Archived from the original on March 25, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ^ "Heavy Metal.dk review". 2015-04-23. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
- ^ "La Grosse Radio review". 2015-04-21. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
- ^ "Pandemonium-TV review". 2015-04-22. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
- ^ "Luciferian Light Orchestra - Luciferian Light Orchestra". 6 May 2015.
- ^ "LUCIFERIAN LIGHT ORCHESTRA – "Luciferian Light Orchestra"".
- ^ "Review - LUCIFERIAN LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Luciferian Light Orchestra - POWERMETAL.de". powermetal.de.
- ^ "Luciferian Light Orchestra – Luciferian Light Orchestra - ViolaNoir". violanoir.com.
- ^ "Rockway.gr review". 2015-04-28. Archived from the original on 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
- ^ "Therion's webhop page for Luciferian Light Orchestra". 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2015-04-29.