"After the first listen, I found this album quite disappointing compared to "Sirius B". But after more listens I started to enjoy it... it's not a bad album, it's simply different from the previous releases.
In fact the main contributor to the orchestral feeling of previous Therion albums (Christofer Johnsson) did participate less in the songwriting. With the addition of more traditional vocalists (power metal singer Mats Leven, ex-King Diamond/Mercyful Fate drummer Snowy Shaw and two new female vocalists), the result sounds more "metal" and less symphonic. Orchestrations and classical singers are still used, just less..."