Therion个人资料：
把死亡金属和大量古典元素结合在一起，有嘶哑的男声咆哮与歌剧女声的清唱，吉它与小提琴的对奏，风格独特魅力无限。他们自诩为“先锋交响乐/管弦乐/歌剧式金属”。
1989年,乐队自行录制了两张小样和一张4曲的迷你LP，并通过当地的唱片行销售了限量的1000张，由于销售的佳绩，很快就为Therion带来英国Peacevill Records旗下的厂牌Deaf Records的唱片签约通知。首张正式专辑《Of Darkness》于1990年的8月开始录制，并在隔年发行，这张专辑所收录的歌曲都是乐队在1987至89年间所写，因为他们认为乐队已前进至另一个方向，因而要把新歌留到下一张专辑。虽然这张专辑只有旧歌，但反应仍是非常的好，甚至让Therion成为当时瑞典最红的Death Detal乐队。
Formed during the late 80s, Swedish death metal band Therion was led by vocalist, guitarist, and composer Christofer Johnsson. Originally rounded out by lead guitarist Peter Hansson, bassist Erik Gustafson, and drummer Oskar Forss, the group debuted in 1990 with the LP Of Darkness. Gustafson exited soon after, and as a three-piece Therion returned in 1991 with Beyond Sanctorum. By 1993s Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas, only Johnsson remained from the original lineup, and he was now backed by guitarist Magnus Barthelson, bassist Andreas Wallan Wahl, and drummer Piotr Wawrzeniuk. The album marked the beginnings of a more experimental approach, with Johnsson incorporating more orchestrations and pseudo-classical aspirations, plus some industrial textures. Both Barthelson and Wahl were gone by 1995s The Beauty in Black EP, with the addition of bassist Fredrik Isaksson again returning Therion to a trio format. The same roster appeared on the full-length follow-up, Lepaca Kliffoth, which built on the experiments of Symphony Masses, but by 1996s Theli, Isaksson too had hit the road, making way for the arrival of guitarist Jonas Mellberg and bassist Lars Rosenberg. Theli was almost universally acclaimed as the apex of Therions career to date, fully realizing Johnssons taste for elaborate, operatic grandeur. Mellberg was absent for 1997s Aarab Zaraq Lucid Dreaming, and by the following years Vovin, Johnsson was performing with an entirely new supporting unit consisting of second guitarist Tommy Eriksson, bassist Jan Kazda, and drummer Wolf Simons. Crowning of Atlantis followed in 1999 with the same personnel, but Johnsson jettisoned this lineup for early 2000s Deggial, recruiting guitarist Kristian Niemann, bassist Johan Niemann, and drummer Sami Karppinen. In 2001 Therion released Secret of the Runes, a conceptual piece that featured heavily orchestrated tracks, each representing one of the nine planes of Norse mythology. Live in Midgard arrived the following year, chronicling the bands 2001 tours of South America and Europe. Therion took the next year off and began work on their most ambitious project yet, Lemuria and Sirius B. Originally slated for release as two separate entities, the sprawling 21-track explosion of classical, choral, and heavy metal excess was released as a two-disc set in 2004. Therion continued the excess with the 2007 release of the two-disc Gothic Kabbalah on Nuclear Blast.
