Alex@MetalReviews.com wrote:
I have a special relationship with this album. Personally I prefer Theli, because, as you said, Jared, this was a major defining and bold turn for this band. Things have never been the same for them afterwards. But Vovin is fantastic. My daughter was born soon after I got this album, and she was a terrible sleeper until she got to be 6-8 months. To put her to sleep was a struggle. The only way she fell asleep, you had to put her in a bouncy seat, turn the lights off, play some music, and rock her to sleep. Vovin was her favorite. When everything else failed, Vovin didn't. I want to say in the first half of 2000 I listened to this album, different tracks, daily. And I never began to hate. It uncovered something new every time, and put the whole family at peace. Me and wife laugh about it now, but then it wasn't funny, until we discovered what the little monster loved.
And, yes, Haggard is good. Therion is more consistent and more prolific, more known, but you would love Haggard. Awakening the Centuries is the best. The other one is Sobre Nocturne, only one album issued by the band, but if you want to hear it, PM me.
I have to agree. Even after listening to it now a couple times while I was writing the review, it still has something new to bring to the table ever single time for me. Such an amazing piece.