Deggial Explained

Deggial
Type:	studio
Artist:	Therion
Cover:	Therion_Deggial_cover.jpg
Released:	31 January 2000^[1]
Recorded:	September − November 1999
Studio:	Woodhouse Studio (Hagen, Germany)
Genre:	Symphonic metal, hard rock
Length:	57:56
Label:	Nuclear Blast NB 442-2
Producer:	Siegfried Bemm
Prev Title:	Crowning of Atlantis
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	The Early Chapters of Revelation
Next Year:	2000

Deggial is the ninth studio album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion in 2000. As with many of Therion's other albums, Deggial features a choir and orchestra.

In 2021, it was elected by Metal Hammer as the 8th best symphonic metal album of all time.^[2]

Track listing

• Tracks 12-14 from Crowning of Atlantis.

Personnel

• Christofer Johnsson – guitar, keyboards
• Kristian Niemann – lead guitar
• Johan Niemann – bass guitar
• Sami Karppinen – drums
• Thomas Karlsson – lyrics (except "O Fortuna")

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

• Heike Haushalter – first violin
• Petra Stalz – second violin
• Monika Maltek – viola
• Gesa Hangen – cello
• Konstantin Weinstroer – double bass
• Annette Gadatsch – flute
• Stefanie Dietz – oboe
• John Ellis – French horn
• Volker Goetz – flugelhorn, trumpet
• Dietrich Geese – tuba, sousaphone, trumpet
• Daniel Häcker – timpani

Technical personnel

• Nico & Theresa – cover art

External links

• • • Information about album at the official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Therion – Deggial. megatherion.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20040804112126/http://www.megatherion.com/album.asp?album=deggi. 18 February 2020. 2004-08-04.
2. Web site: Davies . Hywel . Dome . Malcolm . Goodman . Eleanor . Chantler . Chris . Gordon . Connie . Grady . Spencer . Rees . Adam . Selzer . Jonathan . The 25 best symphonic metal albums . . . 2 January 2022 . 17 November 2021.