therion secret of the runes full album download Therion secret of the runes full album download. Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. What can I do to prevent this in the future? If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices. Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. You may need to download version 2.0 now from the Chrome Web Store. Cloudflare Ray ID: 67aeee147eeb43b8 • Your IP : 188.246.226.140 • Performance & security by Cloudflare. Secret of the Runes. Secret of the Runes is a concept album whose concept is centuries old. Norse mythology is said to have nine different worlds or planes, and each world gets a track devoted to it. With the lyrics that are sung in several different languages, it's hard to keep up unless you're a UN translator in your spare time. However, the operatic overtures transcend verbal communication, as every song swells and recedes with majestic aplomb, taking the listener on a ride that sounds more like a very loud opera instead of anything with a metallic base. Christofer Johnsson's gothic flair for the dramatic has never been more pronounced than on this, the band's tenth album, and the life he breathes into underground metal will make up for the breath it takes away from its listeners. Metallica's forays with a symphonic orchestra sound like being stuck between two radio stations compared to the seamless integration of metallic trappings and Wagnerian soundscapes. Therion continues to be one of the most painstakingly original acts, and even those who think the band strays too far from their roots with each subsequent album have to marvel at the musicianship and imagination Therion displays on Secret of the Runes. Secret of the Runes. This album was also included in a paper folder in the back of a German limited edition of the book Uthark: Nightside of the Runes , written by Thomas Karlsson, which discusses the occult Uthark theory first advocated by the Swedish professor Sigurd Agrell in the 1930's. The theory posits that there was a deeper, darker, secret, magic meaning behind the runes that only the runemaster knew about. The theory is not accepted by mainstream runeologists. Recorded during Spring 2001 at Modern Art Studio in Stockholm, Sweden. Mixed and mastered on June & July 2001 at Finnvox Studio in Helsinki, Finland. US version: Catalogue number: NB 6625-2 Barcode: 7 27361 66252 3 Mastering SID Code IFPI L325 Mould SID Code: IFPI 50E8 Matrix / Runout: DIDX-077628 1 Label Code: LC 07027. Therion secret of the runes full album download. 1. Macabre Declension 07:04 2. Megalomania 05:01 3. Paroxysmal Holocaust 05:52. Paroxysmal Holocaust Demo, 1989. 1. Morbid Reality 07:33 2. The Return 05:47 3. Bells of Doom 06:18. Time Shall Tell EP, 1990. 1. Time Shall Tell 04:56 2. Dark Eternity 04:34 3. Asphyxiate With Fear 04:30 4. A Suburb to Hell 05:04. Of Darkness. Full-length, 1991. 1. The Return 2. Asphyxiate With Fear 3. Morbid Reality 4. Megalomania 5. A Suburb To Hell 6. Genocidal Raids 7. Time Shall Tell 8. Dark Eternity 9. A Suburb To Hell (5:19) 10. Asphyxiate With Fear (4:41) 11. Time Shall Tell (4:07) 12. Dark Eternity (4:20) Beyond Sanctorum Full-length, 1992. 1. Pandemonic Outbreak 2. Symphony Of The Dead 3. Beyond Sanctorum 4. Enter The Depths Of Eternal Darkness 5. Illusions Of Life 6. The Way 7. Paths 8. Tyrants Of The Damned 10. Tyrants of the Damned (3:44) 11. Cthulhu [demo version] (6:10) 12. Future Consciousness [demo version] (5:07) 13. Symphony Of The Dead [demo version] (6:13) 14. Beyond Sanctorum [demo version] (2:30) Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas Full-length, 1993. 1. Baal Reginon 2. Dark Princess Naamah 3. A Black Rose 4. Symphoni Drakonis Inferni 5. Dawn Of Perishness 6. The Eye Of Eclipse 7. The Ritualdance Of The Yezidis 8. Powerdance 9. Procreation Of Eternity 10. Ho Dracon Ho Megas. The Beauty in Black Single, 1995. 1. Arrival Of The Darkest Queen 2. The Beauty In Black 3. Evocation Of Vovin 4. The Veil Of Golden Spheres. Lepaca Kliffoth Full-length, 1995. 1. The Wings Of The Hydra 2. Melez 3. Arrival Of The Darkest Queen 4. The Beauty In Black 5. Riders Of Theli 6. Black 7. Darkness Eve 8. Sorrows Of The Moon 9. Let The New Day Begin 10. Lepaca Kliffoth 11. Evocation Of Vovin 12. Enter the Voids 13. The Veil of Golden Spheres. Siren of the Woods Single, 1996. 1. The Siren Of The Woods 2. Cults Of The Shadow 3. Babylon. Theli Full-length, 1996. 1. Preludium 2. To Mega Therion 3. Cults Of The Shadow 4. In The Desert Of Set 5. Interludium 6. Nightside Of Eden 7. Opus Eclipse 8. Invocation Of Naamah 9. The Siren Of The Woods 10. Grand Finale/Postludium. A'arab Zaraq - Lucid Dreaming Best of/Compilation, 1997. 1. In Remembrance 2. Black Fairy 3. Fly To The Rainbow 4. Children Of The Damned 5. Under Jolly Roger 6. Symphony Of The Dead 7. Here Come The Tears 8. Enter Transcendental Sleep 9. The Quiet Desert 10. Down The Qliphothic Tunnel 11. Up To Netzach/Floating Back 12. The Fall Into Eclipse 13. Enter Transcendental Sleep 14. The Gates Of A'arab Zaraq Are Open 15. The Quiet Desert 16. Down The Qliphothic Tunnel 17. Up To Netzach 18. Floating Back. Eye of Shiva Single, 1998. 1. Eye Of Shiva 2. Birth Of Venus illegitima 3. The rise Of Sodom And Gomorrah 4. Eye Of Shiva. Vovin Full-length, 1998. 1. The Rise Of Sodom And Gomorrah 2. Birth Of Venus Illegitima 3. Wine Of Aluqah 4. Clavicula Nox 5. The Wild Hunt 6. Eye Of Shiva 7. Black Sun 8. Draconian Trilogy - Part One: The Opening 9. Draconian Trilogy - Part Two: Morning Star 10. Draconian Trilogy - Part Three: Black Diamonds 11. Raven Of Dispersion. Crowning of Atlantis EP, 1999. 1. Crowning Of Atlantis 2. Mark Of Cain 3. Clavicula Nox 4. Crazy Nights 5. From The Dionysian Days 6. Thor 7. Seawinds 8. To Mega Therion (Live) 9. The Wings Of The Hydra (Live) 10. Black Sun (Live) Deggial Full-length, 2000. 1. Seven Secrets Of The Sphinx 2. Eternal Return 3. Enter Vril-Ya 4. Ship Of Luna 5. The Invincible 6. Deggial 7. Emerald Crown 8. The Flight Of The Lord Of Flies 9. The Flesh Of The Gods 10. Via Nocturna 11. O Fortuna. Secret of the Runes Full-length, 2001. 1. Ginnungagap 2. Midgard 3. Asgard 4. Jotunheim 5. Schwarzalbenheim 6. Ljusalfheim 7. Muspelheim 8. Nifelheim 9. Vanaheim 10. Helheim 11. Secrets Of The Runes 12. Crying Days 13. Summer Night City. Bells of Doom Best of/Compilation, 2001. 1. Rockn' Roll Jam 01:13 2. Scared to Death (excerpt) 02:02 3. Bells of Doom 06:16 4. Macabre Declension 07:05 5. Paroxysmal Holocaust 04:49 6. Outro 01:01 7. Ravaged 02:46 8. Black (demo) 05:20 9. Melez (demo) 04:26 10. Path of the Psycopath 01:55. Live in Midgard Live album, 2002. 1. Ginnungagap 2. Invocation Of Naamah 3. Birth Of Venus Illegitima 4. Enter Vril-Ya 5. Riders Of Theli 6. Symphony Of The Dead 7. A Black Rose 8. The Return 9. Baal Reginon 10. Flesh Of The Gods 11. Seawinds 12. Schwarzalbenheim 13. In The Desert Of Set 14. The Wings Of The Hydra 15. Asg�rd 16. The Secret Of The Runes 17. The Rise Of Sodom And Gomorrah 18. Summernight City 19. Beauty In Black 20. Seven Secrets Of The Sphinx 21. The Wine Of Aluqah 22. The Raven Of Dispersion 23. To Mega Therion 24. Cults Of The Shadow. Lemuria Full-length, 2004 Sirius B Full-length, 2004. (Lemuria) 1. Typhon 2. Uthark Runa 3. Three Ships Of Berik - Part I: Calling To Arms And Fighting The Battle 4. Three Ships Of Berik - Part II: Victory! 5. Lemuria 6. Quetzalcoatl 7. The Dreams Of Swedenborg 8. An Arrow From The Sun 9. Abraxas 10. Feuer Overt�re / Prometheus Entfesselt. (Sirius B ) 1. The Blood Of Kingu 2. Son Of The Sun 3. The Khlysti Evangelist 4. Dark Venus Persephone 5. Kali Yuga - Part 1 6. Kali Yuga - Part 2 7. The Wondrous World Of Punt 8. Melek Taus 9. Call Of Dagon 10. Sirius B 11. Voyage Of Gurdjieff (The Fourth Way) Celebrators of Becoming - Live In Mexico Live album, 2006. 1. The Blood Of Kingu 2. Uthark Runa 3. Seven Secrets Of The Sphinx 4. Asg�rd 5. Son Of The Sun 6. Invocation Of Naamah 7. Typhon 8. Draconian Trilogy 9. Flesh Of The Gods 10. Schwarzalbenheim 11. Ginnungagap 12. In Remembrance 13. The Wild Hunt 14. The Invincible 15. Melez 16. Rise Of Sodom And Gomorrah 17. The Khlysti Evangelist 18. Siren Of The Woods 19. Queltzalcoalt 20. Wine Of Aluqah 21. Cults Of The Shadow 22. To Mega Therion 23. Iron Fist. SECRET OF THE RUNES. But there are many differences between separate albums for sure. So, Secret of the Runes is good,but not their best. If operatic voices are great as usual, musical background is very simplistic there. From the very first notes of the album you feel that "viking metal" is all around, but same formula of very repetetivous song construction,and most important - very simple ,let say - primitive - drumming just killing all the Nordic beauty of the compositions. Situation with guitar sound is almost similar: you wouldn't find complex guitar technigue or interesting sound there. In fact, absolutely great idea of mixing great operatic voice with melodic metal sound works perfectly, but in many moments this metal music sounds more as background for the voice. As often with Therion, I am absolutely attracted by the formula, but almost any moment you wish to hear more complex and interesting musical sound. It doesn't mean, that the album is bad, no way! Album is really very good, but I just feel at any second of it what should be done just to make this album excellent! In 2001, in an admirable effort to further their prog credentials, Therion released their first bona-fide concept album. As the title suggests, "Secret of the runes" takes its theme from ancient Nordic legends. The "Runes" are ancient symbols containing secrets (see "Led Zeppelin 4" for Similar Icelandic Runes). One of these secrets relates to a world tree called Yggrasil which is made up of a number of "worlds", each of which is afforded a track. Before we can explore the worlds however, they have to be created from a black hole, thus we have the opening track or prologue, "Ginnungagap". We are even advised that the land comes from a slain giant's body, and the seas from his blood. The track itself is surprisingly heavy and rock based, with only passing references to the orchestral and chorale side of Therion. The track dedicated to the first world "(Old) Midg�rd" opens with a male choir, who provide a sort of narration throughout. The general feel is even more symphonic now than on previous albums, with operatic singing virtually taking over. The song is majestic, played out at a regal pace, but featuring some fine lead guitar towards the end. The following "Asg�rd (The Bifrost Bridge)" is along very similar lines, with melancholy vocals and instrumentation being the order of the day. "(Call of) Jotunheim" explores darker themes, including pagan like chanting with fanfare accompaniment. "Schwarzalbenheim" opens with further fanfares before bursting forth into a pounding up tempo number. Here the lyrics appear to be in German, a language which suits the harder nature of the song. The acoustic basis for "Ljusalfheim (The Shining Ones)" sits well with the choir voices. The song tells the tale of pixies and elves (as does much of the album), Ljusalfheim being King of elves. The brief "Muspelheim" continues lyrically in a "Lord of the rings" way while compressing what might have been a 6 minute song into just over 2 minutes. "Nifelheim" takes the choral vocals even further, with chanting and melodic orchestration competing for the middle ground. "Vanaheim" reverts more towards the metal side of the band, while "Helheim" has some quite delightful male vocals. Here the lyrics are Scandinavian, presumably Norwegian. The album closes with an "Epilogue" which also bears the album's title. This piece is similar to the "Prologue", lead guitar driving a spirited vocal theme forward. Two "bonus" tracks appear on pretty much all the releases of this album. The first of these, "Crying days" is a cover of a Scorpions song with Piotr Wawrzeniuk returning to provide lead vocal. While the song is a distraction from the overall concept of the album, it does at least feel like a Therion number. The following cover of Abba's "Summer night city", which also has vocals by Piotr Wawrzeniuk, on the hand is a distraction too far. It is certainly an inventive and enjoyable affair, it just does not belong here. (You do have to hear it though!) In all, a brave attempt by Therion to venture into new fields. The results largely work well, the greater emphasis on the symphonic placing further demands on the quality of the writing. By and large those demands are met, although overall I would place this album just below the best that Therion have made. This was the first album by Therion to feature an unchanged core line up, and while drummer Sami Karppinen would leave after its release, the rest of the trio remained intact for subsequent albums. Much of the recording of the album took place in Johnsson's newly built studio. With each album getting ever more ambitious, SECRET OF THE RUNES continues where "Deggial" left off and not only amplifies the guitars a lot more but includes new subgroups of musicians. In addition to the four core members that provide the metal heft, this one has a choir of eight members along with six guests who provide vocals, cello and violin. If that wasn't enough there is a string ensemble of eight musicians, a woodwind ensemble of three and a brass ensemble four. Despite violins, violas, tubas, trumpets, French horns, flutes, bassoon and many many more instruments adding to the immensity of it all, SECRET OF THE RUNES remains a cool cucumber throughout its entire running time by keeping everything in place and only put in use for moments when it is most effective to do so. The overall feel of SECRET OF THE RUNES is a more bombastic metal album that implements folky musical scales to create a rather ethnic vibe unlike previous albums with the classical and choir effects adding a more epic contrast to the folk metal underpinnings. Each track is divinely crafted to stand out from the pack and the tracks range from high tempo ("Ginnungagap," "Muspelheim") to dreamy vocal choir led rockers that implement the metal guitars as a caustic backrdrop ("Midg�rd," "Ljusalfheim") and everywhere in between. Generally speaking metal provides the main rhythm section while the classical elements provide divine atmospheres and mood builders that rise from the heavy amplification but every song is really distinct and despite these commonalities all emerge as separate but equal. By this point THERION had crafted more polyphonic stylistic shifts with complex vocal counterpoints playing out in tandem with metal guitar heft and folky flutes. The recipe seems so simple when experienced but the mind boggling process of how these disparate sounds could play so well together is quite impressive. Any of these tracks would sound right at home as purely metal, completely classical or just simple folk. THERION succeeds on SECRET OF THE RUNES in the layering effect where each element plays off the other while maintaining a basic melodic flow. The uncanny mix of growly death vocals occasionally make a return while lush flutes slowly flutter around. Much of the album seems to rely on a busy percussive groove that's only noticeable when the drums are allowed to shine without the suffocating effects of the plethora of tones, timbres and melodic scales. Once again in the metal department it seems that classic metal like Iron Maiden and Scorpions type riffing are the most preferred with tracks like "Vanheim" reminding me of Maiden's classic tune "To Tame A Land" in its bouncy metal stomp. However despite the similar riffing style takes on a completely different persona with a massive choir directing the melodic flow in differing directions. This track also has one of the most energetic guitar solos as Kristian Niemann shows off his best shredding skills. "Helheim" is perhaps the scariest as it starts with a hypnotic bass vocal chant with frenetic female operatic divas answering in terror. SECRET OF THE RUNES is the most successful example of THERION finally blurring the lines between metal and classical opera. While one side or the other seemed to dominate on previous albums except for "Deggial" where the two worked together in tandem but yet favored one or the other in alternation, this album shows the two styles in perfect harmony along with the extra magic of the ethnic folk that one would associate with the classic sounds that would date back to the days when such Norse mythology was being created. The ending title track describes the moment when you learn the SECRET OF THE RUNES and your consciousness becomes a god. This grand finale cranks out the galloping guitar riffs, mix of male and female vocals and lots of celebratory bringing the exciting musical journey to a dramatic and satisfying close. If you're lucky you have the two extra bonus tracks which includes the Scorpions cover of "Crying Days" and Abba's "Summer Night City," the latter of which is performed amazingly well. THERION are in no doubt the masters of mixing heavy metal music with classical symphonic elements in the absolute perfect way and the fact that Johnsson finds new ways to breathe life into each and every new album is uncanny. SECRET OF THE RUNES is one of the heavier albums in the THERION canon although not always heavy with fast tempos but rather heavy in the rawness and power of the guitar stomps, doom metal sustain or the riffs themselves but there are many uptempo segments that are amongst THERION's heaviest. The ability of the folk and classical instruments to adapt to the domain of the metal is also impressive. While "Theli" was a classic in its own right and the following albums were of high quality as well, personally i find SECRET OF THE RUNES to be the absolute pinnacle of the THERION sound with one well composed track after another. Everything just seems to work on this one as the recipe has reached its apex moment. It goes without saying that for those who do not fancy opera and classical elements in their metal, this album won't change your perspective but if you've already fallen for this unique musical Frankenstein then i can't think of a better example then this particular album. Latest members reviews. For those that don't know Therion is actually a band, with no real lead vocalists, but a revolving door of amazing metal vocalists and operatic singers. This album I wasn't very fond of (I still loved it), because it focused too much on the operatic element rather than find the perfect balance . (read more) For me this is an excellent album, with a perfect blend of metal, orchestra, and operatic vocals: lots of chorus and soprano singing; as a matter of fact straight rock singing is almost unused. And it's a concept album, about Viking Mythology, talking about the nine worlds, plus the initial . (read more) I have owned Secret of the Runes for many years and I have known www.progarchives.com for quite a long time, but somehow I first discovered Therion on this site today (maybe because it really isn't a prog-band in my opinion). Anyway that doesn't make this album less good. If you have a knowle . (read more) This album is a concept album based on nordic tradition. It consists of a prologue, a description of the nine worlds of Yggrasil and an epilogue. Two covers complete the album. Here the classical parts are really emphasized and the metal parts put in the background - strong Richard Wagner infl . (read more) Post a review of THERION "Secret Of The Runes" You must be a forum member to post a review, please register here if you are not. MEMBERS LOGIN ZONE. As a registered member (register here if not), you can post rating/reviews (& edit later), comments reviews and submit new albums. You are not logged, please complete authentication before continuing (use forum credentials).