Sweden's Therion have been lauded the world over, just about, for their wildly influential and experimental symphonic heavy metal; it incorporates not only classical ambitions and arrangements, but the integration of European folk and even industrial elementals into their sound. Add to this guitarist, songwriter and conceptualist Christofer Johnsson and (non)performing scholar/lyricist Thomas Karlsson's collective studied knowledge of myths, arcane occult knowledge, and folklore from around the globe (East of the Atlantic anyway) and you have the very beginnings of Therion's reach and command of artful heavy music.
01 Der Mitternachtslowe 02 Gothic Kabbalah 03 Perennial Sophia 04 Wisdom and The Cage 05 Son Of The Staves Of Time 06 Tuna 1613 07 Trul 08 Close Up The Streams
Disc 2
01 Wand Of Abaris 02 Three Treasures 03 Path To Arcady 04 TOF - The Trinity
05 Chain Of Minerva 06 Falling Stone 07 Adulruna Rediviva