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Old 2007-01-12, 00:09
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Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band. It takes its name from the Greek word therion (θηρίο&#957, which means beast, in reference to the "beast" of the Christian Book of Revelation. However, the band's name itself originates from the Celtic Frost album To Mega Therion. Therion was founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. 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.

Therion's music takes its themes from different mythologies and is based on concepts ranging from occultism, magic and ancient traditions and writings. The majority of their lyrics are written by Thomas Karlsson, head and founder of the magical order Dragon Rouge, of which Johnsson is a member. The band has seen many changes in line-up and style throughout its history.

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* Of Darkness... (1991)
* Beyond Sanctorum (1992)
* Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas (1993)
* Lepaca Kliffoth (1995)
* Theli (1996)
* A'arab Zaraq - Lucid Dreaming (1997)
* Vovin (1998)
* Crowning of Atlantis (1999)
* Deggial (2000)
* Secret of the Runes (2001)
* Live in Midgård (2002), live album
* Sirius B (2004)
* Lemuria (2004)
* Gothic Kabbalah (2007)

http://www.megatherion.com/
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Old 2007-01-12, 02:25
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one of my favourites.
 
Old 2007-01-12, 02:46
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never REALLY got around to check them. best album guys?
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Old 2007-01-12, 02:51
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Therion is AWESOME. The band that first got me into metal along with Meshuggah.
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Old 2007-01-12, 02:55
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therion is fucken more dull than the inside of my arsehole if i was standing in a black hole in the corner of the universe that doesn't get light.
 
Old 2007-01-12, 03:27
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therion is fucken more dull than the inside of my arsehole if i was standing in a black hole in the corner of the universe that doesn't get light.

Ahem. Killers. Blink 182. Rancid. Shut up.
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Old 2007-01-12, 03:31
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Oh yeah those bands suck they are mainstream I'm sorry, I forgot you are like totally leet underground and shit like that, you can't listen to anything thats not necro and shit. What am I doing listening to the top 40? Man I must be normal or lesser than a metal head or something, sheesh, thank you my man, you've straightened my way of life by pointing out that my opinion means nothing because of the music I listen to, are you a prophet?

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never REALLY got around to check them. best album guys?


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Old 2007-01-12, 03:49
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Oh yeah those bands suck they are mainstream I'm sorry, I forgot you are like totally leet underground and shit like that, you can't listen to anything thats not necro and shit. What am I doing listening to the top 40? Man I must be normal or lesser than a metal head or something, sheesh, thank you my man, you've straightened my way of life by pointing out that my opinion means nothing because of the music I listen to, are you a prophet?

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It has nothing to do with being mainstream, Senor Jump The Gun...
Those bands are fucking boring.
I'd rather listen to Bright Eyes.
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Old 2007-01-12, 05:24
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OH ok man thanks for letting me know what you thought about some of my favourite bands in a THERION thread man it's really appreciated!
 
Old 2007-01-12, 13:42
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it seems that infinity will start shit no matter what in any thread having to do with any band....

and i like bright eyes, lol
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I've heard only two albums. Lemuria was awesome, but the other one sucked balls. Dont' remember the name of it though. But yea, get Lemuria.
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Old 2007-01-12, 13:50
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i can and will do whatever the fuck i want. also, i wasn't starting shit, he was starting shit, this is a thread about therion, i posted about therion, he couldnt handle my opinion so he tried paying me out about some fucken shit that has nothing to do with therion or metaltabs at all. seems pretty simple to me, yeah?
 
Old 2007-01-12, 15:18
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well, it seems it doesnt matter what band, its either "they suck", "they are ghey", or something along those lines, granted a bit more in depth than that. if you dont like the band, why bother posting in a thread about the band saying you dont like them.


on a different note, i havent heard much of therion, but what i have heard i remember liking quite a bit.
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well, it seems it doesnt matter what band, its either "they suck", "they are ghey", or something along those lines, granted a bit more in depth than that. if you dont like the band, why bother posting in a thread about the band saying you dont like them.


on a different note, i havent heard much of therion, but what i have heard i remember liking quite a bit.

Well..it IS a discussion board. Not a..."we all like the same music! let's talk about how much we all like the same bands!"board
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Old 2007-01-12, 22:33
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never REALLY got around to check them. best album guys?


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Old 2007-01-12, 23:12
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well, it seems it doesnt matter what band, its either "they suck", "they are ghey", or something along those lines, granted a bit more in depth than that. if you dont like the band, why bother posting in a thread about the band saying you dont like them.


on a different note, i havent heard much of therion, but what i have heard i remember liking quite a bit.


Hes got a point, quit trolling in threads about bands you dont like. I mean what does it accomplish? Seriously, it just makes you look like someone who loves to hear himself talk (post).

And Blink 182? Come on....

Regarding the band, they sound interesting, ill have to check them out when I have some time.
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Old 2007-01-13, 01:17
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Oh, looks like you guys all have my number! Moonraven, maybe you should not make remarks like that when you spend fucken like half a year away from the board and shit because theres like a million threads of bands I support.

Valtiel I'm not trolling anything I'm posting my opinion about a band in a thread about discussing the band, but no, instead of anyone asking me why I feel this way and wanting to hear my point of view you all just try to come up with some lame shit to pay me out because you can't stand someone that doesn't like your band. Who's trolling again?

Trolling would be coming into every thread for no reason, like Requiem. And lets not forget before CannibalXampire started posting on a more regular basis such as recently he'd come into any given thread, post once his opinion on whatever it was like it was the only opinion around and then leave without a trace [other than the post].

So maybe you fags can grow some balls because in the real world people are different from each other, k?
 
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Oh, looks like you guys all have my number! Moonraven, maybe you should not make remarks like that when you spend fucken like half a year away from the board and shit because theres like a million threads of bands I support.

Valtiel I'm not trolling anything I'm posting my opinion about a band in a thread about discussing the band, but no, instead of anyone asking me why I feel this way and wanting to hear my point of view you all just try to come up with some lame shit to pay me out because you can't stand someone that doesn't like your band. Who's trolling again?

Trolling would be coming into every thread for no reason, like Requiem. And lets not forget before CannibalXampire started posting on a more regular basis such as recently he'd come into any given thread, post once his opinion on whatever it was like it was the only opinion around and then leave without a trace [other than the post].

So maybe you fags can grow some balls because in the real world people are different from each other, k?

ok, first off, just because i dont post doesnt mean i dont read shit, so before you make remarks like that, make sure you know what you are talking about. secondly, why bother posting in a band thread for a band you dont like, even if you have a valid reason, the same reason i dont post in the fitness thread, i have no interest in fitness, working out and all that shit, but you dont see me going in their posting about it. its retarded, it makes you look like a dick, and the only positive outcome is a tiny boost to your post count. thirdly, i must take back my original post about the band, after listening to some of their stuff, it wasnt as cool as i remember, not bad stuff, but not a band i would listen to regularly. i may have just heard the wrong songs, but outside from a few tracks on their websiite, i dont have much to compare to.
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Old 2007-01-14, 03:08
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ok, first off, just because i dont post doesnt mean i dont read shit, so before you make remarks like that, make sure you know what you are talking about. secondly, why bother posting in a band thread for a band you dont like, even if you have a valid reason, the same reason i dont post in the fitness thread, i have no interest in fitness, working out and all that shit, but you dont see me going in their posting about it. its retarded, it makes you look like a dick, and the only positive outcome is a tiny boost to your post count. thirdly, i must take back my original post about the band, after listening to some of their stuff, it wasnt as cool as i remember, not bad stuff, but not a band i would listen to regularly. i may have just heard the wrong songs, but outside from a few tracks on their websiite, i dont have much to compare to.


RE: First off...

Obviously incorrect for the point I made earlier, and if in fact you do read without posting you don't read well, evidence the point I made earlier.

RE: Secondly...

Why post about a band that you DO in fact like? Why bother posting at all? Why is there a poetry lyrical section on metaltabs designed for critique? Going under your rule, you should only post about stuff you like. So every poem is going to get "Oh I like this.", because only the people that like it will post. Every band discussion isn't going to be a discussion because all it is going to be is "Discuss this band - Post 1 [I love this band.] Post 2 [Yeah me too.] Post 3 [Yep this band definately does rule.] Post 4 [Guess what guys, I'm partial to this band aswell!] - WOW now thats what I call a fucking discussion, I wish everyone spoke like that on a regular basis because wouldn't the world be dandy? As for you not posting in the fitness thread, that's great, I care alot. And if this makes me look like a dick - so be it, what the fuck do I care, I am a dick, what's it to you? And not that I care for post counts, but what if I did want to boost it? That's none of your fucking business.
 
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Of course, discussion isnt discussion without people on each side with different feelings, its the "therion is fucken more dull than the inside of my arsehole" that is just rude. Something more along the lines of "I dont really care for the band, they dont hold my interest" or atleast something that dosent insult the band, and the people that listen them and not something geard towards simply getting a reaction out of people. Then, maybe a discussion can be had instead of people being put off by comparisons to your nether regions.
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Old 2007-01-14, 08:30
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Therion bug the shit out of me primarily because they underuse potential. I mean, no one else really attempts what they do on the scale they do, but they seem to write extremely boring versions of what could be.

On the last album (the double album), there is a song about Rasputin that I'm not going to bother misspelling. It's great, epic, and whenever I hear it, I enjoy it. However, beyond that one song, it seems its all the same song over and over again. It seems like all of their riffs were written by Ian Hill from Judas Priest. They revolve around the midpaced repitition of one or two base notes to put the choirs up front. That won't keep me interested for an entire career's worth of material.

I do like some of their stuff, I jsut don't think they push hard enough. And the death/black stuff wasn't great either.
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Therion bug the shit out of me primarily because they underuse potential. I mean, no one else really attempts what they do on the scale they do, but they seem to write extremely boring versions of what could be.

On the last album (the double album), there is a song about Rasputin that I'm not going to bother misspelling. It's great, epic, and whenever I hear it, I enjoy it. However, beyond that one song, it seems its all the same song over and over again. It seems like all of their riffs were written by Ian Hill from Judas Priest. They revolve around the midpaced repitition of one or two base notes to put the choirs up front. That won't keep me interested for an entire career's worth of material.

I do like some of their stuff, I jsut don't think they push hard enough. And the death/black stuff wasn't great either.

It wouldn't surprise me if they actually aren't making an effort to push it, as far as I know they're one of very few who do this sort of thing, and probably the only one that has ever obtained any sort of popularity. They probably figure "eh, we're already awesome, why try harder?"

But what do I know......
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My favourite Therion moment is in To Mega Therion, where the violin and guitar. Love that bit...
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