Today in 1992 Therion released the album Beyond Sanctorum Stockholm,Sweden Death Metal (early), Symphonic/Operatic Metal (later) Status:Active Years active: 1987-1988 (as Blitzkrieg), 1988 (as Megatherion), 1988-present Therion, formerly known as Blitzkrieg (1987-1988) and Megatherion (1988), is a symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in Upplands Väsby, Sweden in 1987. In April 2008, Christofer stated that the musicians are parting in their own ways, however the band has not officially disbanded, Christofer is currently looking for new band members to continue the musical work. Therion was initially a death metal band, however starting with 1995’s Lepaca Kliffoth, Therion began to gradually incorporate symphonic elements into their metal music. The band has seen many changes in line-up and style throughout its history. Only Christofer Johnsson, Kristian Niemann (guitars), Johan Niemann (bass), and Petter Karlsson (drums) were considered the constant members. All others, including vocalists like Sarah Jezebel Deva, Piotr Wawrzenuk, and Mats Levén, are session members. Beginning as a death metal band, they later turned to combining orchestral elements with their metal music, employing heavy use of choirs and classical musicians, not only as additions to but also as integral parts of the composition. The band is one of the first both commercial and audience successful heavy metal with fully live orchestra featured. It is also one of the bands which originated, popularized and highly influenced the symphonic metal genre. Therion takes its lyrical themes from various mythologies, occult and magical teachings, and ancient traditions and writings. The majority of the lyrics are written by Thomas Karlsson, head and founder of the magical order Dragon Rouge, of which Johnsson is a member. The band’s name originates from the Greek word therion (??????), which means beast, in reference to the “beast” of the Christian Book of Revelation, though the word itself is taken from the Celtic Frost album To Mega Therion Nuclear Blast Christofer Johnsson – vocals, guitar, bass guitar Peter Hansson – guitar, keyboards, bass Oskar Forss – drums Guest musicians Magnus Eklöv – lead guitar on Symphony of the Dead & Beyond Sanctorum Anna Granqvist – vocals on Symphony of the Dead & Paths Fredriq Lundberg – vocals on Symphony of the Dead & Paths 1. Future Consciousness (4:57) 2. Pandemonic Outbreak (4:20) 3. Cthulhu (6:08) 4. Symphony of the Dead (6:48) 5. Beyond Sanctorum (2:34) 6. Enter the Depths of Eternal Darkness (4:45) 7. Illusions of Life (3:20) 8. The Way (11:05) 9. Paths (2:01) CD bonus track: 10. Tyrants of the Damned (3:44) Released in 2000 by Nuclear Blast as the part of The Early Chapters of Revelation boxset with five bonus tracks: 10. Tyrants of the Damned (3:44) 11. Cthulhu [demo version] (6:10) 12. Future Consciousness [demo version] (5:07) 13. Symphony of the Dead [demo version] (6:13) 14. Beyond Sanctorum [demo version] (2:30) This version was also released as a stand alone CD. A music video for Pandemonic Outbreak was made. Recording information: All songs by C. Johnsson / P. Hansson. Produced by C. Johnsson / P. Hansson & Rex. Recorded at The Montezuma Recordings. Recorded in Montezuma Studio, December 1991. Beyond Sanctorum is the second studio album released on January 1992 by Swedish band Therion. The album was re-released on November 27, 2000 under Nuclear Blast label as a part of The Early Chapters of Revelation box-set. It contains remastered songs, as well as four bonus tracks The band signed a contract with Active Records after the deal with previous label Deaf Records was signed only for one album and relations between band and label [Deaf] werent positive. Therion began to record a second full-length album in The Montezuma Studio in 1991. Before the recordings started bass guitar player Erik Gustafsson decided to leave the band in order to return home to the U.S., but Therion continued as a trio with Peter Hansson, Oskar Forss and Christofer Johnsson filling in on bass guitar In Beyond Sanctorum Therion began progressively including classical and other elements to their sound. The record shows a more experimental edge to the death metal music, with keyboard instruments, clean male & female vocalists used sparingly, and also some Persian folk music tunes. However, the riffing sections can be compared to most Stockholm death metal (see Scandinavian death metal) bands with power chord riffing in classical harmonic sense, its melodiousness, and lead riffing focusing on melodies. Overall structuring of narration and music dynamics is quite similar to European death metal conventions. The sound is comparable to the bands earlier productions, having typical sound for Sunlight studios. The lyrical content had changed into an occult theme. Therion began being inspired by H. P. Lovecraft writings. The song title Cthulhu refers to Lovecrafts fictional deity Cthulhu that appears in Cthulhu Mythos. 2000 re-release album contains original remastered songs, and four bonus demo songs https://youtube/watch?v=ykdgeO3pgYA
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