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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Therion albums, Therion members, Therion songs, Dan Swano, Mats Leven, Gothic Kabbalah, Snowy Shaw, List of Therion members, Waldemar Sorychta, Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas, List of Therion demo albums, Peter Tagtgren, Beyond Sanctorum, Hansi Kursch, Kimberly Goss, Secret of the Runes, Therion discography, Christofer Johnsson, Of Darkness..., Messiah Marcolin, Sarah Jezebel Deva, Thomas Vikstrom, Lepaca Kliffoth, Sitra Ahra, Demonoid, Sirius B, Lemuria, Piotr Wawrzeniuk, Deggial, Crowning of Atlantis, Ralf Scheepers, Vovin, Tommie Eriksson, Johan Niemann, Lori Lewis, Theli, Hannah Holgersson, Petter Karlsson, Martina Astner, Thomas Karlsson, Oskar Forss, Matti Karki, Kristian Niemann, Katarina Lilja, The Siren of the Woods, Serpent, The Wand of Abaris / Path to Arcady, The Beauty in Black, Sami Karppinen, Lars Rosenberg, Eileen Kupper, Eye of Shiva, Fredrik Isaksson, Richard Evensand, Andreas Wallan Wahl, Magnus Barthelsson, Peter Hansson. Excerpt: Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. The word "therion" comes from the Greek therion ( ), meaning "Beast," i.e., that of the Christian Book of Revelation. However, the band's name is a homage to the Celtic Frost album To Mega Therion. 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 is the first metal band with fully live orchestra featured. It is also the band which originated, popularised and influenced the symphonic metal genre, cited as "the most adventurous metal band at present." Because of these extents they take in conducting their music, they have been dubbed as "Opera Metal." Therion's music takes its themes from di...
