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| God Has a Plan for Us All | 
 enlarge | Artist: Angtoria
Label: Listenable Records
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 63612
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 85
UPC: 850391999724
EAN: 0850391999724
ASIN: B000I2IQH4
Release Date: November 7, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | The Awakening | | • | I'm Calling | | • | God Has A Plan For Us All | | • | Suicide On My Mind | | • | Deity Of Disgust | | • | The Addiction | | • | Six Feet Under's Not Deep Enough | | • | Do You See Me Now | | • | Original Sin (The Devil's Waiting In The Wing) | | • | Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Scorned | | • | Confide In Me | | • | That's What The Wise Lady Said |
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Album Description
French pressing with earliest release. The domestic release is scheduled for mid October 2006. Listenable Records.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Angtoria-God Has A Plan For Us All August 10, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The Awakening-Is a nice peice of music,an insturmental, however after a while the songs starts to get boring, until the end in which they add alittle bit of choir vocals and make it more dramatic.
I'm Calling-Has a great intro, I like the use of keys and guitar they fit very nicely together. The vocals are amazeing, when Sarah's vocie comes in it is nothing that you would expect at all. Also I very much enjoy her vocals in the chorus. Her voice stands out much more then the music.
God Has A Plan For Us All-At the first note you know why that is the album name, the music is awsome, and is so dramatic sounding, the choir vocals that are in the first verse are very interesting, they are dark and eiry sounding. Then they add Sarah's voice and it dose not seem up to par with the rest of the song quite honestly, but I was mistaken, right at the chorus her voice once again out shines the music...This song I also feel I have to mention, they are very sad, and where quite surpriseing to me, its so nicely written, and if Angtoria, became mainstream I'm sure they would cause a few eyebrows to be raised.
Suicide on my Mind-Another great intro, this time with keys mimicing a lulby it sounds like and then, the guitars make a bold enterance. Also on this track the music and vocals are very blanced and on the same level, Sarah, is not out doing the music. Her vocals are still great however. There is but one thing I dont like in the song and it is surpriseingly in the vocals. She stop on a vowel and repeats it, which is a nice effect but I don't like the overall sound of it...Other then that the song is very, very nice.
Deity of Disgust-This intro is very diffrent from the others, in the sense that it started with guitar and went into keyboards where the other ones are keyboards and then guitar. When the vocals come in the music slows down, every now and again a strum of the guitar, and a rather nice bass line. Then inbetween, vocals sets (This song is a duet) they have a nice bit going on. Then the Male vocals which are done by Martin Haggstorm, are amazeing I do not normally like male vocals but Sarah has found a wonderful male vocalist in him and there voices sound nice together. Now on to the most intresting part of the song the keyboard solo, which is insane, the first time I heard it I knew it was keyboard but I was in Denial. Rikard Andersson, has laid down an awasome peice of work here, which is the major point of the song...
The Addiction-This song has small opera parts from Sarah, which I thought was great because I love that verson of her voice, tho I am likeing this Alot version better, its very bold and not what you would expect. The music in this song I did not care for, but her vocals still made it a nice track. They show Sarah, still has it, she shows alot of diffrent styles, a reassurence for fans the huge fans of Sarah.
Six Feet Under's Not Deep Enough-This was the first Angtoria, song I had heard, back in November, I think. So on this album it was one of those higly anticapated tracks, because I knew it was a re-recorded from the demo. Angtoria did not dissapoint at all! The music, was simple but very entertaining, and the vocals where nice, but on the same level as the music until the chorus, where we hear a some what new style from Sarah, but its good. She overtakes the music yet again, which is not surpriseing because she has been doing that for years with her voice. This song also has to have lyrics mention, I would love to know who they are written about, because Sarah Jezebel Deva, hates them, and has made a brilliant song about it.
Do You See Me Now-I enjoy the short keyboard part at the intro, the guitars are a nice accent to it, but I would have liked to see that rythem in that song, because its basicly discontinued. By this part in the CD you know what to expect in Sarah's voice, and it has a part where the music over takes her a bit. The music for this song is some of the better on the album. Not to mention an extreamly cacthy chorus, but her voice stays about the same style all the way threw.
Original Sin-I was excited about this song, one because I love My Dying Bride, but also I know Sarah has wanted to work with Aaron Stainthorpe, for quite sometime.I am pulled in at once, this song is very majestic and yet at the same time very dark, Chris and Tommy Rhen are displaying some of there finer work on this intro. Now for Sarah's vocals in the first verse, they where somewhat dissapointing until the end and then she added the drama need for the song. When Aaron comes in its amazeing with the music, and then with a blast comes in Sarah, and she is sound better then great, this verse is a very entertaining one as far as listening goes. Then when Aaron comes back in with his harsh growl I can see the two figting, in a place somewhat looking like hell.When Sarah's voice comes back in you do get the calamity vibe, and then she goes right back to the way she was after Aaron's, first vocals. The song ends with very dramatic music and vocals from Aaron.
Hell Hath No Fury Like A Women Scorned-This intro is very flowing but no where near satisfying. Sarah, once again comes in with a new mournful style, that I have not heard from her. After her vocal entraced the music becomes more intresting and her voice is without a doubt bold, to say at the least. The vocals on this track are some of the best on the album.The lyrics are also very touching and Sad, I had no idea Sarah, was such a great writer.
Confide In Me-Quite Honestly I did not expect much from this track, because of its Origin. Boy, was I wrong, this song has the best composeing given by The Rhen Brothers, Its very addicting and a great high point of this song. Sarah's opening vocals are somewhat dull, but that does not last long, not at all.She provides a wonderful chorus yet again, and the music is right up there with her. At the times before when the music and Sarah where at a normal level together, this is like that but they are amazeing!!!!
Thats What The Wise Lady Said-To start off the lyrics of this song are enought to bring anyone to tears, and they are a great moral code to live by! I suggest everyone go to the Angtoria website and read them.Now for the song, it is one of the slower songs on the album but Sarah lays down a wonderful set of vocals to pacth up the slow music, which is quite good to. Its all very dramatic and emotional. This song holds one of those great musical powers! It is a great way to end an album.
Bonus Track:A Child Who Walks The Path Of A Man-For a few extra dollars you can get the Digi-pack which let me tell you it is more then worth it!The vocal entrace to this song hold the most emotion I have ever heard Sarah, sing with!This song is by far my favorite. Everything in this song is so great, the music and vocals.
Overall Angtoria, is a wonder symponic band, with one of the most beautyful women to front in, and I'm not only talking about her voice! She has proved to me, and to everyone for that matter that she is no longer a lady who belongs off to the side or in the back-ground. She is an amazeing vocalist and writer and she belongs at center stage.
As for the Rhen Brothers, any flaws in the music where covered up by a wonderful voice. Still they did mange to keep my intrest within the music. They have room for improvment, and on the next album they could make the music abit more diverse.
8/10
 Thoroughly Impressive... August 10, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Angtoria, comprised of multi-talented musicians: Sarah Jezebel Deva, Chris Rhen, Tommy Rhen, with appearances by Dave Pybus (Cradle of Filth), and John Henriksson (amongst others) now bring us the powerful blend of orchestral inspired metal in the much awaited release "God Has A Plan For Us All."
Sarah, who has brought us her operatic female vocals for bands such as Cradle of Filth, Therion, and Mortiis, now graces us yet again with her beautiful voice as front woman for what I consider to be one of the year's best new bands. As a prominent female influence the metal world she shows that she is not just strictly a session artist, but has great qualities as a lead vocalist as well. Not straying from her opera style vocals, but rather building upon them in this album, she displays her ability to harmonize utilizing her multi octave vocal range, which is revealed in songs. For example in tracks such as "The Addiction," and "Original Sin," she demonstrates a mid range and soprano harmonization which is amazing. As not to overlook a very important detail....Not does Sarah do a fabulous job singing, but she is also responsible for the lyrical composition, with which I am very impressed.
In my opinion, this CD is very well put together and is strong in both vocals as well as having superb instrumentals. One might often buy a CD where the artist is either strong in one area and/or lacking in another, however this is lacking in neither. I find this to be a very strong album throughout its entirety. I highly recommend this new release from Angtoria. It is well worth the monetary expenditure to enjoy the experience of this aural stimulation. "God Has A Plan For Us All," shall remain in my stereo for a long time to come.
Excellent album from THERION singer. April 7, 2007
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
I look forard to their next release. This is a little safe but some great
melodies.
Therion is still the greatest band in the world tho they may have run out of gas based on all the hot air in the new double album. These are also great bands : Sins of They Beloved , Asrai , MacBeth (tho a bit more Gothic) , Theatre of Tregedy (hit and miss but worth the effort).
In the Prog Metal / Female Fronted field : Orphanage (w/ a growling male), The Gathering and Aesma Daeva are all great bands.
Of the other over-rated but still pretty good Female Fronted orchestral metal bands : Nightwish, Within Temptation, Tristania/Sirenia (except "World of Glass" album : WOW! solid A+). * Forget Lacuna Coil. More of a hard rock band than a metal band and next to no orchestral influence.
Other Excellent Female-Fronted Prog / Orchestral Metal albums by : Beseech , Epica , Visions of Atlantis , Dreams of Sanity (another ex-Therion singer) , Luca Turilli's Dreamquest.
Awesome stuff July 29, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Not what Cradle of Filth fans should be expecting... this is not the operatic Sarah Deva we know. This is a new side, and frankly, it rocks. While some may say that her vocals don't have much variety to them, she still has an awesome voice (perhaps better than Cristina of Lacuna Coil or Amy Lee of Evanescence). The musicianship is very nice, blending lots of synthesizer with guitars to create the best metal orchestra ever. This is how it all should be done.
Now... the tracks. Each track is excellent... no real need to rate individually. The only gripe I have is track 5- Diety of Disgust- where the male 'power metal' vocals don't fit too well with Sarah's, therefore messing up the whole song. However, tracks such as That's What the Wise Lady Said, Six Feet Under's Not Deep Enough, and God Has a Plan for Us All (with an awesome choir intro) really make this album what it is: beauty and melody.
Give this a shot... I can assure you there'll be somethin on this album to enjoy.
Not the Sarah You're Used To August 7, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love Cradle of Filth and Sarah's contribution to their sound. However, if you're expecting to hear the same Sarah Deva on this album as the one you're used to hearing with CoF, you're going to be surprised. Being the frontwoman instead of hired help permits her to shine in ways that she never could with Cradle. This album forgos the frenetic stylings of Cradle in favor of the more relaxing styles of Within Temptation and Leaves' Eyes. Musically and technically this album was very well thought out and executed from start to finish.
This album was probably the best investment in music I've made this year.
Favorite tracks:
Six Feet Under's Not Deep Enough
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned
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