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The Early Chapters Of Revelation
''The Early Chapters of Revelation'' is the first box set by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion, released in 2000. Box-set contains remastered and rereleased first three albums of the official Therion's discography during their death metal era: '' Of Darkness...'', ''Beyond Sanctorum'' and '' Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas''. Title refers to Book of Revelation The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament (and consequently the final book of the Christian Bible). Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: , meaning "unveiling" or "revelation". The Book of R .... Track listing Disc one: ''Of Darkness...'' :''See: Of Darkness... re-release track listing'' Disc two: ''Beyond Sanctorum'' :''See: Beyond Sanctorum re-release track listing'' Disc three: ''Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas'' :Track listing is unchanged. ''See: Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas track listing'' Cover arts Cover arts of box-set releases are di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Therion (band)
Therion (formerly Blitzkrieg and Megatherion) is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. Its name was inspired by the Celtic Frost album '' To Mega Therion''. "To Mega Therion" is Greek for "The Great Beast" and was a title used by occultist Aleister Crowley. Originally a death metal band, Therion adjusted its musical style by adding orchestral elements, including choirs, classical musicians, and even a full orchestra at their concert performances. As a result, they are considered pioneers of the symphonic metal genre. Therion takes its themes for the lyrics from different mythologies and practices, including occultism, magic and ancient traditions and writings. History Blitzkrieg and Megatherion (1987–1988) Therion originated as the band Blitzkrieg in Upplands Väsby, Sweden. In 1987, Christofer Johnsson, who had played bass for three months, teamed up with guitarist Peter Hansson, whom he had met in several musical groups, and drummer Osk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, featuring double kick and blast beat techniques; minor keys or atonality; abrupt tempo, key, and time signature changes; and chromatic chord progressions. The lyrical themes of death metal may include slasher film-style violence,Moynihan, Michael, and Dirik Søderlind (1998). Lords of Chaos (2nd ed.). Feral House. , p. 27 political conflict, religion, nature, philosophy, true crime and science fiction. Building from the musical structure of thrash metal and early black metal, death metal emerged during the mid-1980s. Bands such as Venom, Celtic Frost, Slayer, and Kreator were important influences on the genre's creation. Possessed, Death, Necrophagia, Obituary, Autopsy, and Morbid Angel are often considered pioneers of the genre. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast is a record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by thrash metal, melodic death metal, grindcore, industrial metal, power metal and black metal bands, as well as tribute albums. It also distributes and promotes two post-hardcore/metalcore labels: SharpTone Records, focused on the American scene, and Arising Empire, focused more on European bands. In October 2018, French independent label Believe Digital acquired a majority stake in Nuclear Blast. History Nuclear Blast was formed in 1987 after founder Markus Staiger traveled throughout the United States for four weeks and saw a gig of his favorite band BL'AST!. The label's first release was a vinyl compilation called ''Senseless Death'' (NB 001) featuring US hardcore bands like Attitude, Sacred Denial, Impuls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deggial
''Deggial'' is the ninth studio album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion in 2000. As with many of Therion's other albums, ''Deggial'' features a choir and orchestra. In 2021, it was elected by ''Metal Hammer'' as the 8th best symphonic metal album of all time. Track listing *Tracks 12-14 from ''Crowning of Atlantis''. Personnel *Christofer Johnsson – guitar, keyboards *Kristian Niemann – lead guitar *Johan Niemann – bass guitar * Sami Karppinen – drums *Thomas Karlsson – lyrics (except "O Fortuna") Guest musicians *Hansi Kürsch – lead vocals on "Flesh of the Gods" *Jan Kazda – acoustic guitar *Waldemar Sorychta – acoustic guitar on "O Fortuna" *Alexander Schimmeroth – piano Choir *Eileen Küpper – soprano (choir, solo) *Angelica Märtz – soprano (choir) *Dorothea Fischer – alto (choir) *Anne Tributh – alto (choir) *Georg Hansen – tenor (choir, solo) *Miguel Rosales – tenor (choir) *Jörg Braüker – bass (choir, solo) *Javier Zapater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Of The Runes (album)
''Secret of the Runes'' is the tenth full-length musical album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. It's a concept album based on Norse mythology, where each song describes one of the nine worlds. Cover artwork was made by Thomas Ewerhard, it features nine Scandinavian runes, each corresponding to a certain mythological world. Album also includes two cover versions as bonus tracks. A music video was filmed for the Summer Night City cover. Track listing All songs written by Christofer Johnsson. Runes Runes shown on the front cover (and also in the booklet) are Nordic runes with the Elder Futhark alphabet. On the back cover every song has its own rune character: # "Ginnungagap (Prologue)" # "Midgård" # "Asgård" # "Jotunheim" # "Schwarzalbenheim" # "Ljusalfheim" # "Muspelheim" # "Nifelheim" # "Vanaheim" # "Helheim" # "Secret of the Runes (Epilogue)" ''Secret of the Runes'' title is written in the Elder Futhark alphabet on the front cover as: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Set
A box set or (its original name) boxed set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in a box and offered for sale as a single unit. Music Artists and bands with an extremely long and successful career often have anthology or "essential" collections of their boxes of music released as box sets. These often include rare and never-before-released tracks. Some box sets collect previously released boxes of singles or albums by a music artist, and often collect the complete discography of an artist such as Pink Floyd's ''Oh, by the Way'' and ''Discovery'' sets. Sometimes bands release expanded versions of their most successful albums such as Pink Floyd's ''Immersion'' box set versions of their ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' (1973), ''Wish You Were Here'' (1975) and ''The Wall'' (1979) albums. Pink Floyd have also released ''The Early Years 1965–1972'' box set which features mostly unreleased mate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphonic Metal
Symphonic metal is a cross-generic style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres. It is used to denote any metal band that makes use of symphonic or orchestral elements. The style features the heavy drums and guitars of metal with different elements of orchestral classical music, such as symphonic instruments, choirs and sometimes a full orchestra, or just keyboard orchestration. Symphonic metal bands can feature classically trained vocalists, in which case they can be attributed nicknames such as opera metal or operatic metal. Perhaps the most pioneering and prominent examples of symphonic metal bands are Swedish band Therion, Finnish band Nightwish, Italian band Rhapsody of Fire and Dutch bands Within Temptation, The Gathering and Epica. All six bands place a large focus on elements prevalent in film scores in addition to the more basic classical components utilized more widely in the genre. Musical characteristics The metal subgenres most ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Of Darkness
''Of Darkness...'' is a debut studio album released in February 1991 by the Swedish band Therion and it contains songs written in the early years of the band, during the 1980s. The album is indicated by the band itself as an end of its first era. The album was re-released on 27 November 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. Recording and production After releasing the third demo record '' Time Shall Tell'' EP in 1990, Therion got attention from the British label Deaf Records, a subsidiary of Peaceville Records, and signed the band's first contract. ''Of Darkness...'' was recorded in Swedish studio Sunlight in Stockholm from August to September 1990 and released in February 1991. The initial line-up has not been changed since its last production. The album was produced by Tomas Skogsberg and the band itself. The title track and the song "Dark Eternity" were not used f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond Sanctorum
''Beyond Sanctorum'' is the second studio album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion, released in January 1992. It was re-released on 27 November 2000 under the Nuclear Blast label as a part of ''The Early Chapters of Revelation'' boxset. It contains remastered songs, as well as four bonus tracks. Recording and production 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 eafweren't 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. Music, legacy, and lyrics According to Christofer Johnsson, ''Beyond Sanctorum'' saw the band exploring "different elements", like Persian traditional m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ho Drakon Ho Megas
''Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas'' is the third studio album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion, released in April 1993. The album was remastered and re-released by Nuclear Blast in 2000 as part of ''The Early Chapters of Revelation'' box-set. Etymology In Ancient Greek ''Ho Drakon Ho Megas'' means "The Great Dragon". Uttering ''Ho Drakon Ho Megas'' is typically used at the end of ceremonies and rituals when conjuring Draconian force in a magical order Dragon Rouge, in which head of the band Christofer Johnsson used to be member. Recording and production Active Records, Therion's music label, decided to scale down their operations and the band was switched to the new owners, Megarock Records. The band was recording the album from December 1992 to January 1993 in The Montezuma Studio in Stockholm, Sweden, with the aid of engineer Rex Gisslén. ''Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas'' was released under changed line-up; only Christofer Johnsson remained. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament (and consequently the final book of the Christian Bible). Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: , meaning "unveiling" or "revelation". The Book of Revelation is the only apocalyptic book in the New Testament canon. It occupies a central place in Christian eschatology. The author names himself as simply "John" in the text, but his precise identity remains a point of academic debate. Second-century Christian writers such as Papias of Hierapolis, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Melito of Sardis, Clement of Alexandria, and the author of the Muratorian fragment identify John the Apostle as the "John" of Revelation. Modern scholarship generally takes a different view, with many considering that nothing can be known about the author except that he was a Christian prophet. Modern theological scholars characterize the Book of Revelation's author as "John of Patmos". The bulk of traditional sources ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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