1980년 말엽 결성된 스웨덴 출신의 Therion은 데뷔초기 데스메틀을 선회하기 시작하였다. 이들의 이러한 음악적 변화는 기존의 팬들에게 당혹스러움을 안겨주었지만 이미 이들은 데뷔작 이후 끊임없이 변화된 음악을 추구하고 있었다. 바로 건반연주의 도입, 아랍풍의 멜로디, 그리고 여성 보컬의 삽입 등 새로운 시도가 첨가되고 있었다. 이들의 이러한 시도에 대한 평가는 다양했지만 지금의 이들의 음악은 매우 성공적이라고 평가할 수 있다.
2000년 공개된 신작 deggial은 이들의 그간 추구해온 심포닉 고딕 메틀의 완성이라고 평가 받고 있다. 이전에 발매된 어떤 크로스오버 앨범 보다도 강한 인상으로 장르의 벽을 허물고 있다. 더욱 완숙한 화음의 탄탄한 구성이 상당히 매력적이며 10인조 오케스트라가 들려주는 관현악 파트와 밴드 멤버들이 들려주는 연주가 위화감 없이 조화를 이루고 있다. 드라마틱한 전개를 동반한 각 곡들은 완벽할 정도로 치밀한 전개를 보여주고 있으며 듣는 이에게 극적인 감동을 이끌어 내기에 전혀 부족함이 없다. 오케스트라와 혼성콰이어의 화려한 조화는 뭐라 형용할 수 없는 독특한 경험을 안겨준다. .... ....
Kronos is drumming And time is running. Enter the Aeon And bring back the past
Wheel of fortuna dancing with Shiva Spin to the newborn who live to the last.
The world is changing And fall apart End of the kingdom And of the heart
The queen of the beauty (male choir: veil of time) Now cold and pale The sun is setting The night prevail.
But fear not darkness It's hidden light And you will find it shining with bright.
The time is running (male choir: veil of time) The flame will burn When today vanish But all return.
Time will come to an end but bring back the start again Queen of time will rise again And bring forth the fortune. Wheel of time will whire around And bring back the past.
Enter the underworld Enter Vril-Ya Enter Vril-Ya A step down the stairway Enter Vril-Ya Enter Vril-Ya
Inside earth there was a land of mystery Lighted up by the black sun of underground In this world they got the key to time and space And the forces to strong for mankind to know
O land Vril-Ya An Vril-Ya
Secret chieves of Agharti Will reveal the lore of Vril And Aldebaran (and) Aldebaran Ansa Agarthi
Yani-Ya Koom-Zi Vril-Ya An Sumer An Drakon A-U-Ran Yani-Ya Glek-Ya Sol Nax An Sorat An Drakon A-U-Ran
When we unlock the hidden lore of Vril We fold space and travel across the time With this force man will become like a God And rule earth trough the light of the black sun
Enter the underworld Enter Vril-Ya Enter Vril-Ya A step down the stairway Enter Vril-Ya Enter Vril-Ya
Yani-Ya Koom-Zi Vril-Ya An Sumer An Drakon A-U-Ran Yani-Ya Glek-Ya Sol Nax An Sorat An Drakon A-U-Ran
Enter Vril-Ya Man of Sumer Enter Vril-Ya Man of Sorat Enter Vril-Ya Man of Drakon Enter Vril-Ya Man of Vril-ya Enter Vril-Ya Man of Sorat Enter Vril-Ya enter it now
During the war that took place in Heaven The brightest of Star lost his precious crown It fell down to earth and was buried deep From that very time man has searched for it
Son of dawn lost the crown in the end Holly knights riding out on a quest Searching it in the sky and the earth
It's the cup of the Graal they will find It's the crown of the star from the sky Holy knights bring it back to the king
Emerald crown
Visit the interior of the eath And by purifying you find the stone
Find the crown of Lucifer Watch the glare of emerald Bring it back to paradise And drink the wine of the Graal
Roses of the Venus star And dewy drops of emerald Is the way to illuminate
The black earth luxurance Is the food of the mind In the alchemical lab of the nature Is the true tunnel of Set
The serpent coil, out of earth And offer fruit of knowledge Eat it and become like God And enter the astral skies
There is a secret network of below Here in the tunnel the flesh of Gods grow
The Gods of the earth of mind from the stars Eat the flesh of Gods and become one of them Revive the old sacrament from the days of paganism That open the third eye and eneter astral skies
Falling down stardust into planet pores Embryo of Godhead is i this spores
Enter dreamtime, the continuum of space The gate of time Is what you can reach
Flesh of the Gods will fertilize the mind The fruits of Gods id what you will eat
Deep into the wood, in the dark, there's a way Follow this path and you'll meet a strange crowd In the forest you will meet Silhouettes of your dreams Dancing on the path you walk Things you have frightened You now find so sweet On the path of darkness Your wishes become real On the crossroad you will meet What your heart desire Take a glance upon the shadows On you see your face in them When you wake up your wish You will sleep again
Part II: "Hexentanz"
Follow Via Nocturna and Luna Join the dance of Hexentanz And meet the Mephisto Follow Via Nocturna and Luna
All this fauns and weird companions Moonstruck witches and their demons
"Follow the nightway and become one of us" So says the celebrants of the Hexentanz They gather at Bro-cken, on hills and the seas Dancing to the flut of pan until dawn They will show you strange wordls of the night land of the moonlight and of dark memories Caress the lady who is leading the dance Know her name is Lilith - the Queen of the night She tell you secrets in the form of an owl Open you inner passions and your desire "Here in the wilderness we are really free To do our true will and to be like the beast Some call us barbarians and we are pround of that no passion is forbidden, no pleasure or pain I can show you a paradise you've call a sin We do our true will and call it Arcady"
Via Nocturna, the path of Nahema Via Nocturna, will lead you to Lilith and to Pan
In the deepest forest In the deepest dark You will find the fire And this secret path
When you wake up you will believe it was a wonderful dream And that you never will caress the lady of the night again But you will at once when enter the Via Nocturna
O Fortuna O Fortune, velut luna like the moon statu variabilis, you are changeable, semper crescis ever waxing aut decrescis; and waning; vita detestabilis hateful life nunc obdurat first oppresses et tunc curat and then soothes ludo mentis aciem, as fancy takes it; egestatem, poverty potestatem and power dissolvit ut glaciem. it melts them like ice.
Sors immanis Fate - monstrous et inanis, and empty, rota tu volubilis, you whirling wheel, status malus, you are malevolent, vana salus well-being is vain semper dissolubilis, and always fades to nothing, obumbrata shadowed et velata and veiled michi quoque niteris; you plague me too; nunc per ludum now through the game
dorsum nudum I bring my bare back fero tui sceleris. to your villainy.
Sors salutis Fate is against me et virtutis in health michi nunc contraria, and virtue, est affectus driven on et defectus and weighted down, semper in angaria. always enslaved. Hac in hora So at this hour sine mora without delay corde pulsum tangite; pluck the vibrating strings; quod per sortem since Fate sternit fortem, strikes down the string man, mecum omnes plangite! everyone weep with me!
Golden apples from the grove fall down the tree And make all the Bacchants gather in Arcady To dance on the Festival of the Tragedy And eat the fruits of ecstasy In the midwood twilight, on his pipe plays the faun In the green temple, from the dionysian days, watch the dawn. Goot-foot God rise your Rod, be free, know the world Hath need of thee and Arcady OOGoat-foot God, play your pipe, tonight, wild and free. Your melody out of Arcady
In Cold And Dark December As I Walk Into The Rain Sit Beside The Room All Night Long
In A Grey december Morning I Decide To Leave My Home Took A Train To Nowhere Far Away, Far Away
Many Thousand Miles Away Where The Moon Took To The Stars Dreamed About The Days Days Gone By, Days Gone By
In The Night, The Seawinds Are Calling And The City, Is Far Far Away Soon, The Sea Turns To Darkness It Is Night, And Seawinds Are Calling Seawinds Call, Seawinds Call
Ten Tousand Miles Away Where The Moon Took To The Stars I Dreamed About The Days Days Gone By
I've Been Told So Many Stories And Dreams My Friends Have Made So It's No Illusions Sail Away, Sail Away
In The Night, The Seawinds Are Calling And The City, Is Far Far Away Soon, The Sea Turns To Darkness It Is Night, And Seawinds Are Calling
You come to see the show Well, we're gonna rock and roll you Come and get on your seat We're gonna make you feel alright Hey, you wanna go crazy tonight! Let me hear you shout and scream You make me mad and wild Well, we're gonna rock and pile you We're gonna do our best The best kicks you in the head, alright Yeah, it's gonna get crazy tonight Let me hear you all go wild
Rock and roll crazy night You are the heroes tonight Rock and roll crazy night You are the hero
You come to see the show Well, we're gonna rock and shock you Come on get on your feet The sound hits you in the face, alright Ohh, let's get so crazy tonight Let me hear you rock and roll