Vovin (album) explained

Vovin
Type:	studio
Artist:	Therion
Cover:	Vovin.jpg
Released:	4 May 1998
Recorded:	October 1997 − January 1998
Studio:	Woodhouse Studios (Hagen, Germany)
Genre:	Symphonic metal
Length:	52:10
Label:	Nuclear Blast NB 317-2
Producer:	Siegfried Bemm
Prev Title:	A'arab Zaraq – Lucid Dreaming
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	Crowning of Atlantis
Next Year:	1999

Vovin (in Enochian VOVIN, VOVINA means dragon) is the seventh studio album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. It is their bestselling album, selling over 150,000 copies in Europe alone.^[1] Even though it was released under the name Therion, Christofer Johnsson regards this as his solo album, as it was recorded entirely with studio musicians who were not members of the band.

Credits

• Christofer Johnsson - guitar, keyboards

Guest artists

• Tommy Eriksson - guitar
• Wolf Simon - drums
• Jan Kazda - bass guitar, additional arrangements, orchestra and choir conducting
• Waldemar Sorychta - additional guitars
• Siegfried Bemm - additionals guitars, production, mixing, mastering
• Lorentz Aspen - Hammond organ ("Draconian Trilogy")
• Ralf Scheepers - lead vocals ("The Wild Hunt")
• Martina Astner - solo and duet alto and soprano vocals
• Sarah Jezebel Deva - solo and duet alto and soprano vocals

Choir

• Eileen Küpper - soprano
• Angelica Märtz - soprano
• Dorothea Fischer - alto
• Anne Tributh - alto
• Gregor Dippel - tenor
• Max Cilotek - tenor
• Javier Zapater - bass
• Jochen Bauer - bass

Indigo Orchestra

Orchestration was made by Indigo Orchestra:

• Petra Stalz - violin
• Heike Haushalter - violin
• Monika Maltek - viola
• Gesa Hangen - cello
• Alois Kott - double bass, contrabass

Single

• "Eye of Shiva"

Notes

1. Bonus track

External links

• Vovin at Therion's official website
  • (with bonus track)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-02-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120206065746/http://www.perfectprog.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1101&Itemid=83 . 2012-02-06 .