| Lepaca Kliffoth | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Therion |
| Cover: | Therion Lepaca-Kliffoth cover-darker.jpg |
| Released: | 4 April 1995 |
| Recorded: | 1994 Music Lab Studio, Berlin |
| Genre: | Death/doom, symphonic metal |
| Length: | 48:38 |
| Label: | Megarock Records MRRCD 029 Nuclear Blast (reedition) NB 127-2 Digipack: NB 216-2 |
| Producer: | Christofer Johnsson |
| Prev Year: | 1993 |
| Next Title: | Theli |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
Lepaca Kliffoth is the fourth studio album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. The title refers to the qlippoth. Stylistically, it retains the aggressive riffing and sheds the harsh growls of the band's previous death metal output, while also incorporating more elements of traditional heavy metal and more pronounced gothic and symphonic elements, often leading to this album being viewed as a transitional album in Therion's discography.
For Metal Storm, the album "stands between the band's more Death roots and later symphonic grandiosity" and "turns out to be a fine piece of work, the great songwriting, mixed with Arabic-influenced keyboards is remarkable, and those mysterious lyrics just add more charm".[1]
Deathmetal.org states that Lepaca Kliffoth "should be avoided by the serious listener" because the structural genius of earlier Therion albums is here only available as distracting ornamentation, rendering it "very cheesy radio hard rock".[2]
Lyrics and Music by Christofer Johnsson, except where stated.