Deggial

Deggial is the ninth full-length studio album by Swedish Symphonic metal band Therion in 2000. As with many of Therion's other albums, Deggial features a choir and orchestra. Unlike their earlier release Vovin, which seemed to focus more on vocals, Deggial's style leans towards hard rock and sounds overall like Vovin with more atmosphere.

For the Islamic eschatological figure see Dajjal.
Deggial
Studio album by
Therion
Released31 January 2000[1]
RecordedSeptember − November 1999
StudioWoodhouse Studio (Hagen, Germany)
GenreSymphonic metal, hard rock
Length57:56
LabelNuclear Blast
NB 442-2
ProducerSiegfried Bemm
Therion chronology
Crowning of Atlantis
(1999)		 Deggial
(2000)		 The Early Chapters of Revelation
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

Music written by Christofer Johnsson, lyrics by Thomas Karlsson except where noted

  1. "Seven Secrets of the Sphinx" – 3:36
  2. "Eternal Return" – 7:10
  3. "Enter Vril-Ya" – 6:38
  4. "Ship of Luna" – 6:28
  5. "The Invincible" – 5:09
  6. "Deggial" – 5:03
  7. "Emerald Crown" – 5:29
  8. "The Flight of the Lord of Flies" – 1:22
  9. "Flesh of the Gods" – 4:04
  10. "Via Nocturna (Part 1: The Path, Part 2: Hexentanz)" – 9:30
  11. "O Fortuna" (originally composed by Carl Orff) – 3:21

Japanese edition

Japanese edition contains three bonus songs - tracks #8, #9 and #10 from Crowning of Atlantis.

Personnel

Guest musicians
  • Hansi Kürsch - lead vocals on "Flesh of the Gods"
  • Jan Kazda - acoustic guitar
  • Waldemar Sorychta - acoustic guitar on "O Fortuna"
  • Alexander Schimmeroth - piano

Choir
  • Eileen Küpper - soprano (choir, solo)
  • Angelica Märtz - soprano (choir)
  • Dorothea Fischer - alto (choir)
  • Anne Tributh - alto (choir)
  • Georg Hansen - tenor (choir, solo)
  • Miguel Rosales - tenor (choir)
  • Jörg Braüker - bass (choir, solo)
  • Javier Zapater - bass (choir)

Orchestra

Cover design

Cover was made by Nico & Theresa.

References
  1. "Therion – Deggial". megatherion.com. Archived from the original on 2004-08-04. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  2. Allmusic review
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