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Therion’s classic pure old school Death Metal demo’s remastered on “Beyond the Darkest Veil of Time”! These recordings are for the first time officially available on CD and LP!
Audio restored and remastered by Erwin Hermsen at Toneshed Studio! With massive thanks to all the help from the underground!
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Therion’s classic pure old school Death Metal demo’s remastered on “Beyond the Darkest Veil of Time”! These recordings are for the first time officially available on CD and LP!
Audio restored and remastered by Erwin Hermsen at Toneshed Studio! With massive thanks to all the help from the underground!
A perfect collision of Metal and Classical Music!
Swedish symphonic metal legends THERION have returned to deliver another masterpiece - fulfilling the Leviathan trilogy.
With more than 35 years under their belts, the band around mastermind Christofer Johnsson was one of the first to combine metal with symphonic and orchestral elements back in the 90s, and are considered one of the most style-defining founders of symphonic metal today.
Now, the band continues their legacy by releasing the third installment of the Leviathan trilogy, Leviathan III, out December 15, 2023 via Napalm Records.
The band continues with their versatile and style-combining musical journey, which is also formed by the fundamental line of its predecessors Leviathan and Leviathan II.
The album sets off with the powerful “Ninkigal”, catapulting the listener directly into the dramatic universe of THERION with skillfully crafted compositions and operatic female vocals by Lori Lewis, alternating with grim growling and pleasing melodies.
It’s followed by “Ruler of Tamag”, enchanting with a gentle acoustic guitar intro and lingering female vocals that open up to a fairytale-like scenario of old times.
This then bursts into a heavy track with gloomy parts, building up to a fascinating score-like symphony.
THERION once more draw charm from the courage to mix styles ranging from gothic parts to melodic death metal and neo-classical elements to power metal in a complex and versatile way, thus challenging their listeners as witnessed on “Twilight of the Gods”.
The track delivers the finest of epic and symphonic metal, finding a harmonious and balanced blend between guitars, choir and orchestra.
The songs are quickly engaging and skillfully employ catchy melodies, as witnessed on uplifting tracks like “An Unsung Lament” and “Baccanale”.
Advancing melodies are combined with rock elements, captivating lyrics and choir parts, while lively “Maleficium” is structured around a duet between Thomas Vikström and Lori Lewis.
Stomping “Ayahuasca” is a true musical journey featuring a male choir and psychedelic elements, while speedy “Nummo” offers splendid hard guitar explosions and the finest classic vocals and choirs.
Overall, the compositions lean towards the magnificent and theatrical, offering a high variety of musical styles while deftly blurring the boundaries of metal and classical music.
With their newest opus, Leviathan III, mastermind Christofer Johnsson proves his incredible talent once more, and that THERION have perfected their very own combination of versatile styles - resulting in the creation of a symphonic league of their own.
Hammerheart Records, 180g black vinyl, insert, Faithfully replicated from the original, still containing the old school feeling; Finally available again: the much sought after debut mini-LP by Swedish Therion. Pure old school Death Metal recorded in 1989 at the legendary Sunlight Studio. ?Time Shall Tell? is the ultimate expression of Therion?s Death Metal relevance and this recording is as brutal, sinister and abstract as anything from the early Swedish Death Metal scene. While their Stockholm contemporaries were busy pounding out punk-based riffs, Therion sounded like they were orbiting the gravitational field of a supernatural vortex. The band?s Hellhammer/Celtic Frost influences have been over-matched by their Possessed and Morbid Angel influences, to great effect. This was the band?s first experience in the legendary Studio Sunlight. ?Time Shall Tell? was recorded in December 1989, almost exactly the same time as ?Left Hand Path?. Therion were never derivative of Nihilist/Entombed, the best parallel is with Grotesque, who recorded (part of) their ?Incantation? EP in the same studio a few months later. Both bands had an evil, twisted sound with lots of tempo changes and some keyboards. Therion never sounded as wild or extreme as Grotesque, but they were heavier and more disciplined. Both EP?s feel like they?re tapping into an alternative vision of early Scandinavian Death Metal. These four songs are the most evolved, complex compositions the band had made until that point. In any case, they sound better, noisier and more abrasive in their original form. Skogsberg got it right on his first attempt. The great thing about music like this is its unpredictability. Death Metal as disorientating and dark as this is a rare beast. Rarely does a band express themselves in ways that resemble what Therion did here. ?Time Shall Tell? is pure in freedom of expression, and thus stands the test of time.
Hammerheart Records, 180g black vinyl, Faithfully restored from the original master and artwork, featuring the original artwork, The dawn of Symphonic Therion glooming at the horizon, yet still drenched in Dark Metal execution! Though it was their fourth full-length, and we had been given a sampling of their symphonic/gothic direction with ?Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas?, ?Lepaca Kliffoth? might remain the most memorable masterpiece of the band?s career along the follow-up ?Theli?. A transitional phase between the band?s Death Metal roots and the hybrid of symphonic, gothic metal which they would carry forward for the rest of their career. This is an extremely dark album. The band retains their fascination with obscure occult magick and prophecies within the lyrics, and the music revolves around killer mid-paced Metal riffs drenched in the vocal libations of Christofer Johnsson. The album starts off strongly with ?The Wings of the Hydra?, and from there on the serpent has snaked about your spine. An addictive piece with an obvious Celtic Frost influence, chanting vocals, simple synth tones and arabesque guitar melodies which evoke the mythical age of the song?s namesake. The album?s ?hit single?, ?The Beauty in Black? is glorious and gothic, it uses a pair of operatic vocalists (male and female), a sort of predecessor to the revolving door of guest musicians the band would use on their later albums. Other excellent tracks include the charging ?Riders of Theli?, the crushing doom of ?Black? which would have fit almost perfectly on ?Into the Pandemonium?. The rest of the album is equally dark and enchanting, with other standouts being the title track and ?Evocation of Vovin?. Synthesizers, flutes multiple vocalists, and the core of the band are all clear and precise throughout, yet it still carries a very raw and dark, ominous tone to it which trumps the later studio efforts. This may not be quite as symphonic as many Therion fans demand of their material in recent years, but it clearly marks the point where this band transformed from a innovative Death Metal aand into the Gods of Gothic Metal. There are very few parallels to something like this, and it belongs in the collection of any fan of quality Occult Metal.
Hammerheart Records, slipcase, incl. bonus track, Faithfully restored from the original master and artwork, featuring the original artwork, One of Swedish Death Metal most sought after albums, and rightfully so!, Therion?s relatively unknown beginnings as a ?standard? Death Metal band seem to be misunderstood by many Metal listeners. Although the general consensus seems to be that ?Beyond Sanctorum? is just ?straight up Death Metal? while their later releases are neoclassical style, upon closer inspection, the opposite seems to be true. Although ?Beyond Sanctorum? uses mainly instruments and performance aspects of standard Death Metal, the songs are alreafy composed in a style more similar to actual classical music. ?Future Consciousness? starts the album off with a churning Morbid Angel style intro alternating with dark tremolo melodies and some heavy groove. Other bright spots include ?Cthulhu?, featuring deep, cavernous doom sections evoking the famous sunken city, alternating with frantic fast passages. ?Enter the Depths of Eternal Darkness? goes from a sludgy opening section to fiery death metal, with some eerie lead guitar moments and is also quite satisfying. ?Symphony of rhe Dead? has an early The Gathering feel, that bursts into Death Metal later on. The highlight of this album is definitely ?The Way?. This is where the bands developing symphonic style is most obvious, so ?Theli? fans should definitely hear this song first. We cannot recommend it enough - ?The Way? is not only the best song on the album, but one of the best examples of adventurous, progressive (yet uncompromising)Death Metal one is ever likely to hear.This album released around the time when Death Metal was abandoning its primitive roots and going off into more complex territory. For anyone willing to take the time to reallylisten to music beneath surface level aesthetics, this is actually a surprisingly complex and rewarding listen. This album is light years ahead of their debut.
The symphonic metal masters THERION around mastermind Christofer Johnsson belong to the spearheads of orchestral metal since their 1996 album "Theli".
In the early history of the band, however, they were more on dark death metal paths. The three albums: "Beyond Sanctorum" (1992), Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas" (1993) and "Lepaca Kliffoth" (1995) are released as remastered CD reissues via Hammerheart.
One of Swedish Death Metal most sought after albums, and rightfully so!
Therion’s relatively unknown beginnings as a “standard” Death Metal band seem to be misunderstood by many Metal listeners. Although the general consensus seems to be that “Beyond Sanctorum” is just “straight up Death Metal” while their later releases are neoclassical style, upon closer inspection, the opposite seems to be true. Although “Beyond Sanctorum” uses mainly instruments and performance aspects of standard Death Metal, the songs are alreafy composed in a style more similar to actual classical music.
“Future Consciousness” starts the album off with a churning Morbid Angel style intro alternating with dark tremolo melodies and some heavy groove. Other bright spots include “Cthulhu”, featuring deep, cavernous doom sections evoking the famous sunken city, alternating with frantic fast passages. “Enter the Depths of Eternal Darkness” goes from a sludgy opening section to fiery death metal, with some eerie lead guitar moments and is also quite satisfying. “Symphony of rhe Dead” has an early The Gathering feel, that bursts into Death Metal later on.
The highlight of this album is definitely “The Way”. This is where the bands developing symphonic style is most obvious, so “Theli” fans should definitely hear this song first. We cannot recommend it enough - “The Way” is not only the best song on the album, but one of the best examples of adventurous, progressive
(yet uncompromising) Death Metal one is ever likely to hear.
This album released around the time when Death Metal was abandoning its primitive roots and going off into more complex territory. For anyone willing to take the time to really listen to music beneath surface level aesthetics, this is actually a surprisingly complex and rewarding listen. This album is light years
ahead of their debut
The symphonic metal masters THERION around mastermind Christofer Johnsson belong to the spearheads of orchestral metal since their 1996 album "Theli".
In the early history of the band, however, they were more on dark death metal paths. The three albums: "Beyond Sanctorum" (1992), Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas" (1993) and "Lepaca Kliffoth" (1995) are released as remastered CD reissues via Hammerheart.
A Heavy Dark Occult metal album, spectacular in its uniqueness. Invoke the Dragon! With original artwork.
This is the kind of album that showed the boundaries of Death Metal were not completely explored, as Therion had already partially shown on their previous Death Metal albums where they were one the unique few bands that combined Death Metal with keyboards. On the other hand this album showed that Therion had progressed out of the Death Metal stage where they had gotten the fame of being original within the boundaries of the genre, while still keeping a lot of the elements that were being heard on the previous effort.
This third album deals with various occult rites and occult subjects, as reflected in the song-titles. The content itself could best be described as ‘Dark Occult Metal’. It’s not Death Metal, not heavy metal, and not exactly a mix either. This album takes a lot of elements from the previous album, and introduces a number of new elements, a lot of which would return on the following albums.
This is the kind of album that you will like if you like anything symphonic, bombastic, and/or anything with a tad of occult atmosphere. Therion doesn’t need an orchestra or opera singers to sound like Therion. “Symphony Masses” does not need this to sound symphonic in its own twisted way. You do not even have to be deep into Death Metal to enjoy this little gem.
The symphonic metal masters THERION around mastermind Christofer Johnsson belong to the spearheads of orchestral metal since their 1996 album "Theli".
In the early history of the band, however, they were more on dark death metal paths. The three albums: "Beyond Sanctorum" (1992), Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas" (1993) and "Lepaca Kliffoth" (1995) are released as remastered CD reissues via Hammerheart.
A Heavy Dark Occult metal album, spectacular in its uniqueness. Invoke the Dragon! With original artwork.
This is the kind of album that showed the boundaries of Death Metal were not completely explored, as Therion had already partially shown on their previous Death Metal albums where they were one the unique few bands that combined Death Metal with keyboards. On the other hand this album showed that Therion had progressed out of the Death Metal stage where they had gotten the fame of being original within the boundaries of the genre, while still keeping a lot of the elements that were being heard on the previous effort.
This third album deals with various occult rites and occult subjects, as reflected in the song-titles. The content itself could best be described as ‘Dark Occult Metal’. It’s not Death Metal, not heavy metal, and not exactly a mix either. This album takes a lot of elements from the previous album, and introduces a number of new elements, a lot of which would return on the following albums.
This is the kind of album that you will like if you like anything symphonic, bombastic, and/or anything with a tad of occult atmosphere. Therion doesn’t need an orchestra or opera singers to sound like Therion. “Symphony Masses” does not need this to sound symphonic in its own twisted way. You do not even have to be deep into Death Metal to enjoy this little gem.
During their illustrious 30 year career, Swedish symphonic metal masters THERION released five records via German label Nuclear Blast. "Of darkness", "Beyond sanctorum", "Symphony masses – Ho drakon ho megas", "Lepaca kliffoth" and "Live in Midgard (2CD)". These classics are now available as one limited edition 6CD box set courtesy of Dissonance Productions. A must have for THERION die hards and metal fans in general.
Swedish act Therion originated in the late 1980s. Following a couple of demos in 1989, the band’s style evolved out of an effective and raw mix of Thrash/Death Metal. The demo Time Shall Tell gained the attention of Deaf/Peaceville Records and led to the release of the band's debut studio album, Of Darkness…’, featuring songs which mainman Christofer Johnsson had composed in the 1980s.
The album could be defined as an early example of Progressive Death Metal, though also included influences from other genres, distinguishing the band from traditional Death Metal acts of the time.
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Live album. Tracklist:
1. Ginnungagap (live)
2. Invocation of Naamah (live)
3. Birth of Venus Illegitima (live)
4. Enter Vril-Ya (live)
5. Riders of Theli (live)
6. Symphony of the Dead (live)
7. A Black Rose (live)
8. The Return (live)
9. Baa
