Therion es un grupo sueco de metal sinfónico fundado por Christofer Johnsson en 1987. En sus primeros trabajos, su estilo se acercaba más en el Death Metal con toques influyentes de Black Metal. La formación se inició bajo el nombre de Blitzkrieg, con el que grabaron algunas demos a finales de los 80.Posteriormente, el grupo pasarÃa a llamarse Megatherion, para después reducir su nombre simplemente a Therion ("Bestia" en griego) tomado de la Biblia (Apocalipsis 13:1) y del grupo Celtic Frost. Su álbum debut "Of Darkness..." apareció en el mercado en 1991.-Therion is a symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. The word "therion" comes from the Greek therion (θηÏίον), meaning "Beast," i.e., that of the Christian Book of Revelation. However, band’s name is also taken as 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.The band is one of the first both commercial and audience successful heavy metal with fully live orchestra featured. It is also one of the bands which originated, popularised and highly influenced the symphonic metal genre, cited as "the most adventurous metal band at present". 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.
NUEVO DVD: THERION "Live Gothic." ¡A la venta 25 Julio 2008!. Out on July 25th 2008!THERION - Live Gothic DVD trailer.(Nuclear Blast)
