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THERION founder and creative mastermind Christofer Johnsson has been hacking away at the creative coalface for a remarkable 35 years now. Having long established his band's reputation as symphonic metal's esoteric awkward squad, his decision to spawn a trilogy of related records has a certain concil...
By David E. Gehlke THERION founder, mastermind, songwriter and guitarist Christofer Johnsson has never been one to skirt philosophical topics when chatting about his band. Johnsson certainly has the perspective, having conceptualized and codified symphonic metal in the mid-1990s, well before it beca...
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OUTBURN ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHS BY MINA KARADZIC Inspired by Swiss metal band Celtic Frost’s iconic 1985 album, To Mega Therion, Swedish symphonic metal forerunners Therion has successfully carved out its own niche within the metal world since its 1988 formation. Initially beginning as a straight up death metal band, Therion gradually introduced symphonic, gothic, and operatic elements into its sound by the time they reached its fourth full-length album, Lepaca Kliffoth. Although it would be futile for Therion to revert back to playing death metal, it was a natural progression to where th...