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Therion
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Upplands Väsby, Sweden (1987 – present)
There is more than one artist with this name:
1) 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.
1) 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.
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VoodoGirl wrote:
Do you like Symphonic gothic metal? Join the new group for Symphonic Gothic Metal fans: http://www.last.fm/group/Symphonic+Gothic+Metal ^^
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Layinginblack wrote:
wtf? lol.
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Darth_Roxor wrote:
I don't trust people who don't like Therion.
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Son_of_Shadows wrote:
Hollenthon sounds similar to Therion but is not on the "similar artists" charts... at least not on the first page of it that I looked at....
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hippiedrow wrote:
Join Epic Death Metal for excellent music recommendations.
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J-e-r-p-p-A wrote:
Man. I love the song Gothic Kabbalah. But for some reason I can't get into Therion.
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F00bar2000 wrote:
VISIT MY PROFILE FOR A LIST OF THE BEST POST-ROCK SONGS OF ALL TIME!
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Alurny wrote:
Theli. Worst album cover ever, top notch music.
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Got the dvd/cd-box now. It's great =)
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Kedavra wrote:
Sirius B is perfect indeed. But I like Gothic Kabbalah more, don't really know why.
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Availuablename wrote:
Because the similar artists are calculated by the listening habits of the listeners of Therion. So, if many fans of Therion would listen, for example the Beatles, they would also be in the similar artist section, though they sound nothing alike. Just to add something: I recently bought Lemuria/Sirius B and have to say, that this music rocks. Thus far, I only knew Gothic Kabbalah, which in my opinion had some good songs and a lot of wasted minutes. But this is.. stunning..
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Layinginblack wrote:
Why is tristania in the similar artists? they don't even sound anything alike.
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Therion668 wrote:
Morons!!! You cant compare almighty Therion with fucking pop-rock band!!!!!
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ShadesOfIce wrote:
Yes, at least they are better than NW!
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AnnaDraconida wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/We+Love+To+Laugh%21
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Kedavra wrote:
Delano999: That is what I found out looking up in the booklet and using Google translations, lol XD Thanks for that anyway- I was looking for detailed translations of the songs, since I find Norse Mythology so fascinating =D
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Layinginblack wrote:
But Therion are definitely better than NW...
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Alfa-Beta wrote:
I have to recognize that despite the line-up, their new live album sounds fantastic.
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Dustspell wrote:
"Therion Overrated" You must be kidding...This guys made an revolution when they realesed "Theli"..And please tell me about a similar band (In the same talent level)...
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lowcopo wrote:
good good
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- at0nement wrote about Therion in Top 50 Albums Played. Monday morning
- danielamarycel, Xay-, TheLostKeys and 2 other people added Therion to their libraries. Monday morning
- Bad_Fox tagged Therion with ‘seen live’. yesterday evening
- oonee tagged Therion with ‘opera metal’. yesterday evening
- yavanna81 added Therion to yavanna81’s library. yesterday evening
- oonee tagged Therion with ‘orchestral metal’. yesterday evening
- MorgannaAnna, Fienrira, rodrigolandis and 1 other person added Therion to their libraries. yesterday evening
- whitera tagged Therion with ‘seen live’. yesterday afternoon
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