Line #12 AwesomeMusic/Therion


1	Music/{{Therion}}, the symphonic metal band who started it all, has been rocking out since 1987 and has produced some mind-shatteringly amazing work. Let's put this in perspective, shall we? You know all those [[AwesomeMusic/{{Nightwish\|Band}} CMOA entries]] for Nightwish? Nightwish is ''following in the footsteps'' of Therion. Yeah.
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4	!!So then, from the top:
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6	* Therion started as an extremely brutal death metal band. They transitioned into blazing the trail for symphonic metal in the early '90s. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6h84W8qz0I This]] is the very first impression we get of their symphonic efforts in their albums. Not too shabby for a first crack, and you can hear the warring symphonic-metal and death-metal influences in the song.
7	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmSo1OFsBP0 "Eternal Return"]]. Be patient, this one takes time, but it's worth it.
8	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBZsbKFs-j8 "Via Nocturna"]], the grand finale from the same album (''Deggial''). Most people think "Beauty of the Beast" and "Ghost Love Score" were impressive. Then you hear this one. Then you don't think that as much anymore.
9	* "Adulruna Rediviva" is most likely the best example.
10	** "The Falling Stone", in all its splendour, was ''just a lead-in'' for this song. As a bonus, the song, as it exists on the album, is exactly thirteen minutes and thirty-seven seconds long. 1337. Whether this was an intentional geek joke or just a happy coincidence is as yet uncertain.
11	* "Summernight City" (you won't recognize it as an ABBA song after Therion's expert workover).
12	** "Secret of the Runes" is actually [[BookEnds bookended]] by SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic in those special editions which feature "Summernight City", as "Ginnungagap" is a [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic CMoA]] ''opener''.
13	* "Kali Yuga", especially the way the song explodes as it transitions from the methodical, chugging, tension-building part 1 into the all-out frenzy of part 2.
14	* "The Draconian Trilogy" from ''Vovin''.
15	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B10vRKCsqj0 "The Voyage of Gurdjieff"]]. The final track of ''Sirius B''. Yeah, Therion knows how to do big finishes.
16	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLKKiHoM9Pc "Ginnungagap"]]. Their ''Secret of the Runes'' album ''opens'' with this. Of particular interest is the deceptiveness of the song's introduction. The listener is led to expect an explosion of ripping death growls, and is instead given an epic choir, and ''doesn't feel cheated at all''.
17	* Their 2007 album ''Gothic Kabbalah'' is rife with CMOA from start to finish.
18	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY-EOYJQMMY "Son of the Staves of Time"]]. The video is a bit weird (Medieval teleprompters?) but that's not the focus here anyway.
19	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zstw6NdHkh0 "TOF: The Trinity"]].
20	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQTED_-ec8s The title track]].
21	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-0zOuvabm8 "The Falling Stone"]]: Keys to eternity, indeed.
22	* The entire first disc of their 2009 live album ''The Miskolc Experience'' is comprised of classical pieces ''re-composed from scratch by Christopher Johnsson himself'' to incorporate metal instruments into their core sound (as opposed to other bands playing their instruments alongside the unchanged original piece as it's being performed by an orchestra).
23	** Probably one of the best, and certainly one of the catchiest, examples is "Vedi! Le Fosche Notturne Spotigle" from Verdi's ''Il Trovatore.'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1KC7J8pe5I Here, have a listen.]]
24	** Also the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzPzF1LNZLM excerpts]] from Dvorak's Symphony No.9.

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