Les Fleurs du Mal (Therion album)
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| Les Fleurs du Mal | ||||
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 Cover art by Saturno Buttò | ||||
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| Released | 28 September 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2011–2012 | |||
| Studio | Adulruna Studio, Sweden | |||
| Genre | Symphonic metal, ye-ye | |||
| Length | 47:56 | |||
| Language | French | |||
| Label | Self-publishing | |||
| Producer | Christofer Johnsson | |||
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Les Fleurs du Mal is the fifteenth studio album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. It is a cover album that was released on 28 September 2012 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the band.[1] Named after the 1857 volume of French poetry, Les Fleurs du mal, by Charles Baudelaire, the album is fully sung in French language. It consist of metal cover versions of French pop songs from 1960s and 1970s, mostly from the ye-ye genre.
The album was financed by Christofer Johnsson who considers the album a part of an art project.[1][2] It was made available for pre-order at Therion's webstore on 2 September 2012.[3] Johnsson announced that the version sold at concerts with a different cover, would include a bonus track and a poster, and that his "aim is to sign and personally dedicate every single one of them at the shows".[2]
