The history of Therion is intertwined with that of Christofer Johnsson (singer
and guitarist, born in 1972), its founder and only permanent member. Starting
out as Blitzkrieg and then Megatherion, the Swedish metal band's adventure
continued under the name Therion. From the first death metal albums, Of
Darkness... (1991) to Lepaca Kliffoth (1995), were followed by an evolution
towards Scandinavian symphonic metal, with a taste for the Gothic style. A
forerunner in the genre, Therion's acclaimed recordings include Theli (1997),
Secret of the Runes (2001) and the Lemuria/Sirius B d...