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Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: The One on June 04, 2006, 04:15:14 am

The title says almost all.
In your opinion, what Therion songs must at least be listened to at least once in a Therion fan's life?
In my opinion those songs are:
To Mega Therion
Cults of the Shadow
The Wild Hunt

Any other ideas?
P.S.: This is not your top three songs, this about songs that you consider Therion classics and/or must-hears.

Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Markus on June 04, 2006, 07:45:07 am

Tricky one, One,

because thinking about this question I always end up with my favourites, though that's not what you want to know. I wish to add Symphony of the Dead to your list, though, because it combines death metal and a very catchy riff with a wonderful melody.

Cheers!

Markus

Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: TheOFFman on June 04, 2006, 08:54:19 am

The Wild Hunt?!??!? Noooo!

I think that this song are somehow the most poular:

To Mega Therion
Cults of The Shadow
Wine of Aluqah
The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah

Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Elizabeth on June 04, 2006, 11:01:58 am

Supposedly, if you're a Therion fan through and through, you should listen to all the songs at least once in your life, right? :D

Anyway... for some reason, I belive "Siren of the Woods" is a must too.

Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Luth on June 04, 2006, 11:42:47 am

I think you must listen all songs, at least, from Lepaca to now...

But, changing a little the tittle, the song you must listen in life, The One said the correct one: The Wild Hunt. This is a song I never payed attention enough in the CD, but when I heard it in the concert I was  :blink:  :w00t:  :iconmi77kl:

This is such a powerfull song in life!!!

Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: TheOFFman on June 04, 2006, 11:55:43 am

I think that The One wanted to ask which songs we consider Therion's classics, that everyone know or something like that. And I agree Elizabeth and Luth that if you are a fan you should listen all songs at least once.

Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Sirius13 on June 04, 2006, 12:13:35 pm

Invocation Of Naamah

Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Markus on June 04, 2006, 12:14:42 pm

Hi there,

Luth, are you talking about life (as opposed to death) or live (as opposed to coming from a record)?

Anyway, I do agree that The Siren of the Woods needs to be added to the list. Firstly it's a wonderful ballad, and secondly it became quite a legend because the lyrics were unknown to the public for many years.

Also From the Dionysian Days and Voyage of Gurdijeff should be added because they bear such unusual moods for metal.

Cheers!

Markus

Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Luth on June 04, 2006, 12:16:01 pm

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Luth, are you talking about life (as opposed to death) or live (as opposed to coming from a record)?

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You know the answer  <_<

Remember my signature... that with a #1 in the text  :P

Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Markus on June 04, 2006, 12:18:43 pm

Just wanted to be sure, Luth. I really didn't know whether you meant that the song made you bang your head off in the concert or whether it had some impact on your life. :)

Cheers!

Markus

Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Elizabeth on June 04, 2006, 01:11:34 pm

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Anyway, I do agree that The Siren of the Woods needs to be added to the list. Firstly it's a wonderful ballad, and secondly it became quite a legend because the lyrics were unknown to the public for many years.

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Very true, Markus. You've expressed my own thoughts, actually! :lol:

Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Ereshkigal on June 04, 2006, 03:14:25 pm

Even though a part of me doesn't like it The Siren Of The Woods is a MUST.

On the other hand, a song I really did enjoy was Flesh Of The Gods, another MUST in the list more suitable for a concert.

Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: The One on June 04, 2006, 09:09:59 pm

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Even though a part of me doesn't like it The Siren Of The Woods is a MUST.

On the other hand, a song I really did enjoy was Flesh Of The Gods, another MUST in the list more suitable for a concert.

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I've never listened to Siren Of the Woods. (I don't have Theli, though the songs that I've listened to of it are some of my favorites) After listening to my 5-hour collection of Therion mp3s, I think another pair of must-hears are The Blood of Kingu and An Arrow from the Sun.

Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Aluqak on June 05, 2006, 02:06:19 am

Riders of Theli :party43:

Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Agnes on June 05, 2006, 04:52:07 pm

Melez!! -> favourite song of my brother, and Therion played this song during last Europe tour :P

oh, and In the desert of Set --> my favourite song! I don't know why :]

(all in all my favourite Therion album is Lepaca Kliffoth)

Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: The One on June 05, 2006, 10:12:44 pm

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oh, and In the desert of Set --> my favourite song! I don't know why :]

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How could I forget another of my personla favorites? In the Desert of Set definately is a classic, with a live video.

Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: deathdancer on June 06, 2006, 08:47:56 am

Ah... to hell with all this!
LISTEN TO IT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!  :party43:

Title: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Black Wolf Fenrir on June 18, 2006, 01:15:09 am

Real fan must know ALL the songs from all albums.
But A REAL TRUE AND SINCERE fan must be able to recognize all songs in max 10 seconds =P(it means that if you hear first 10 second you should be able to say what song  it is and from what album it is)

bwahahaha

therion inside only&forever

Title: Re: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: MightyJoe on February 05, 2007, 08:32:34 pm

if i can add, Summernight City  :fish: :whistle:

Title: Re: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: lavaniegosII on February 06, 2007, 07:38:44 am

No return
Symphony of the Dead
A black rose
The wings of the hydra
To mega therion
Rise of  Sodom
In remembrance
Crowning of Atlantis
Seven secret of the sphynx
Secret of the runes
Typhon
Blood of Kingu
Son of the staves of time

Title: Re: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Nighthawk on February 06, 2007, 11:32:28 pm

Quote from: Black Wolf Fenrir on June 18, 2006, 01:15:09 am

Real fan must know ALL the songs from all albums.
But A REAL TRUE AND SINCERE fan must be able to recognize all songs in max 10 seconds =P(it means that if you hear first 10 second you should be able to say what song  it is and from what album it is)

Ten seconds? Bah! If you're a real fan, you'll know the name of the song before it even starts playing.


If I wanted to give someone a crash-course in symphonic surgery, I'd give 'em this for starters:
Lemuria - This would get them in the mood. I'd tell 'em to picture an underwater haven, a safe place where nothing can harm them...
To Mega Therion - ....except the forces of darkness. Oh, well.
In Remembrance - Do not know why nobody here ever mentions this song.
Flesh of the Gods - If they're a Hansi-fan, this is the first song I'd throw at 'em.
Call of Dagon - If they're a Lovecraft-fan, this is the first song I'd throw at 'em.
Blood of Kingu - 'Cause it's just fun.
Son of the Staves of Time - 'Cause it's Tydhr.

If that wouldn't give 'em a triple orgasm and make them life-long Therion fans, I'd just shoot 'em and throw 'em to the dogs.


I'd keep their livers, though. Could fetch a good price.

Title: Re: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: melchiah131 on February 07, 2007, 06:08:31 pm

For me it's
           
                       The secret of the runes
                       Powerdance
                       To Mega-therion
                       Cults of the shadow

Title: Re: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: MissSwan on February 07, 2007, 06:40:33 pm

in chronological order:

Symphony of the Dead
Powerdance
The Beauty in Black
Melez
Riders of Theli
The Siren of the Woods
Cults of the Shadow
To Mega Therion
Invocation of Naamah
In Remembrance
Birth of Venus Illegitima
The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah
Wine of Aluqah
Draconian Trilogy
Crowning of Atlantis
The Invincible
Deggial
Flesh of the Gods
Ginnungagap
Asgard
Lemuria
Blood of Kingu
The Perennial Sophia
Son of the Staves of Time
The Wand of Abaris
Adulruna Rediviva

too many? I think not... Therion is a classic in itself

Title: Re: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Loke on February 08, 2007, 12:05:14 am

Symphony of the Dead
Powerdance
The Beauty in Black
Melez
Riders of Theli
The Siren of the Woods
Cults of the Shadow
To Mega Therion
Invocation of Naamah
In Remembrance
Birth of Venus Illegitima
The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah
Wine of Aluqah
Draconian Trilogy
Crowning of Atlantis
The Invincible
Deggial
Flesh of the Gods
Ginnungagap
Asgard
Lemuria
Blood of Kingu
The Perennial Sophia
Son of the Staves of Time
The Wand of Abaris
Adulruna Rediviva

Thx for saving me all that writing missy...

nah, seriously i couldnt agree more with missy's choices, and ill add GK since is my favourite from the album

yo yo yo :)

Title: Re: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Tzar-0 on February 15, 2007, 11:34:32 pm

Melez, Symphony of Dead are very cool

The Siren of the Woods is a must...

There is also Adulruna Rediviva of course...

But I think one of the best song (for me) of Therion that one should have listen at least once is Vanaheim  :pop:

Anyway in order to have a good idea of what is really Therion...you must listen to everything (except maybe the very beginning )s

Title: Re: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Thagirion on June 29, 2007, 08:17:55 pm

Quote from: Nighthawk on February 06, 2007, 11:32:28 pm

Quote from: Black Wolf Fenrir on June 18, 2006, 01:15:09 am

Real fan must know ALL the songs from all albums.
But A REAL TRUE AND SINCERE fan must be able to recognize all songs in max 10 seconds =P(it means that if you hear first 10 second you should be able to say what song  it is and from what album it is)

Ten seconds? Bah! If you're a real fan, you'll know the name of the song before it even starts playing.


If I wanted to give someone a crash-course in symphonic surgery, I'd give 'em this for starters:
Lemuria - This would get them in the mood. I'd tell 'em to picture an underwater haven, a safe place where nothing can harm them...
To Mega Therion - ....except the forces of darkness. Oh, well.
In Remembrance - Do not know why nobody here ever mentions this song.
Flesh of the Gods - If they're a Hansi-fan, this is the first song I'd throw at 'em.
Call of Dagon - If they're a Lovecraft-fan, this is the first song I'd throw at 'em.
Blood of Kingu - 'Cause it's just fun.
Son of the Staves of Time - 'Cause it's Tydhr.

If that wouldn't give 'em a triple orgasm and make them life-long Therion fans, I'd just shoot 'em and throw 'em to the dogs.


I'd keep their livers, though. Could fetch a good price.

I couldn´t be more agree....

In remembrance it´s a great song!!!

O´ll Add Melez,
Quetzalcoatl- You know why...
Blood Of Kingu, it has power, melody
Symphony of the dead, markus said why
Riders of Theli... i just love the live perform in live from midgard
Son of the staves of time - great matts work
Adulruna Rediviva - "Oh hermes Trismegistos, orpheus, zarathustra, pytagoras and plato" Should i say more?


And well, in fact, there are many, i really enjoy Siren of the woods, Via Nocturna A MASTERPIECE, Clavicula Nox, Wild Hunt, and well, i´m agree, ten seconds are too much time to know wich therion song is...


Cheers everybody!!

Title: Re: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: duga on September 10, 2007, 08:43:10 pm

Son of the staves of time (I really like Glaumann's work)

Title: Re: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Ignacio on September 22, 2011, 07:02:12 pm

Hello folks,

How can it be no one menion Evocation of Vovin, a truly "must pay attention" piece imo.

Melez, Symphony of the Dead and In Remembrance also are in my list.

Note: I'm -on purpose- excluding (can we say) hits as To Mega Therion.

Title: Re: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Markus on September 22, 2011, 08:55:48 pm

Yeah, that's definitely good stuff. Though perhaps fan stuff - stuff for people who like Therion and this can appreciate the older, simpler songs. So I wonder: What makes these songs - especially "Evocation of Vovin" songs that must be listened to in your eyes?

Cheers!

Markus

Title: Re: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Ignacio on September 22, 2011, 10:07:19 pm

Hi Markus,

When I first listened Lepaca Kliffoth and Evocation of Vovin I have already listened to works like Theli or Vovin -even to Deggial now that i think about it- and it seemed to me that the album (Lepaca) was a fundamental stone in the path followed by Johnsson. Personally I sense it strongly in Evocation.... I mean, the "identity elements" that are the shape and soul  of what Therion is nowadays were already there. I wouldnt say in a simpler way but in a "raw" way, with an special intensity and magic. The same goes for Melez and Symphony.

In Remembrance, is a must for I feel its a very representative song ( its lyrics, the music, the vocals ) of the themes and sound of Therion. Or maybe because I just love this song.  ;D

EDIT: I want to add a song: Eye of Shiva

Title: Re: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Markus on September 23, 2011, 05:44:33 pm

I see, Ignacio. Well, my opinion of these songs is very similar to yours. I'm just not so sure that they are songs everybody should listen to, I think they're mainly for folks who are into Therion already. :)

Cheers!

Markus

Title: Re: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Persephone on September 24, 2011, 12:35:21 pm

Yes, I have to say that I like the elder hits too.

Actually one of my fav albums is still SM:HDHM... I love all of the songs on that album. I know it is different from GK or such stuff but I really adore it. :)
It's the dark side of Therion! : ))

I am especially fond of:

Dark Princess Namaah
The Ritualdance of Yezidis
Powerdance
Dawn of Perishness (OMFG - the bass parts!)

I even have it as CD (original...) I think it was my second bought after GK (I was Therionized when GK came out).  :wub:

As I said, I like especially bout it that it's depicting the early "dark face" of Mr. Therion! :)) When I listen to songs like A Black Rose or such (well, the whole two early albums - Lepaca and Symphony) I see the wild nature rising from the depths of everyone's soul, I see a raider party and one's soul wickedness "in all its beauty" as we say in Czech.
And I actually really enjoy that. :) And I am crazily fond of the foreign & ancient languages lyrics!



For the more popular songs... the ones who are easier to digest for non-metal listeners I would pick:

Lemuria - my heart's song, what more to say? It makes me cry even when I listened to it already hundred times
Siren of Woods - Akkadian lyrics!  :biggrin: and it's close to my studies and the epic story which it contains!
Raven of dispersion - always scares away depressive state coming :-) absolutely great lyrics
The Birth of Venus Illegitima - very catchy melody :-)
The Desert of Set & Invocation of Namaah - Well... I have one personal reason for these. The most charming voice of Piotr W. !
Three Treasures - amazing guitar solo, best metal-one I ever heard!

For SOTR - in this case I would vote for whole album  :nosweat: but I really adore Helheim and Nifelheim.

And of course for Deggial it's Via Noctura - for the absolutely amazin classy parts in it! Which make me feel like jumping in the forest with the Pan from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream!


And for the SA and Lepaca I am not yet sure :-)

Title: Re: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: Ignacio on September 28, 2011, 01:56:10 pm

Quote from: Delenn on September 24, 2011, 12:35:21 pm

Actually one of my fav albums is still SM:HDHM...

Amazing album indeed. So dark and hermetic still so many years after. i get a different feeling from the "musical ambience" produced by synths and the one produced with orchestra instruments (used in next albums). I sense a kind of fear and contractions with the synths... And a kind o elevation and expansion  with the others. Thanks to your reply I've been -after a long time- listening SM:HDHM again these days.

Quote from: Delenn on September 24, 2011, 12:35:21 pm

Siren of Woods - Akkadian lyrics!  :biggrin: and it's close to my studies and the epic story which it contains!

It would be awesome if you can spare some knowledge on this matter!

Title: Re: Therion songs that must be listened to
Post by: TheOFFman on November 03, 2011, 12:33:35 pm

Quote from: Markus on September 23, 2011, 05:44:33 pm

I see, Ignacio. Well, my opinion of these songs is very similar to yours. I'm just not so sure that they are songs everybody should listen to, I think they're mainly for folks who are into Therion already. :)

I agree with Markus here but I would also add that In Remembrance does not represent Therion at all since it's from their not typical album A'arab Zaraq Lucid Dreaming that wasn't intended to be a regular album at all. That is kind of song that I would play to people that doesn't like Therion but prefer for example heavy/power metal or something else. I am not implying that this song is heavy or power but it's not typical Therion style. And btw that's an awesome song, one of my favorites.

And I agree regarding Evocation of Vovin, it's somehow between their old pre-Theli stuff and Theli.