Tag Archives: Therion

Metal Insider’s Zenae Zukowski’s Top 23 albums of 2021

Posted by on December 29, 2021

  2021 has been another challenging year, but we saw a return of live music. Artists have once again found more creative ways to virtually bring live music, such as Epica’s unique cinematic event with Omega Alive. Many have unveiled powerful new tunes via LP and EP releases. As difficult as it was to select […]

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Metal By Numbers 3/3: Whitesnake blue up the charts

Posted by on March 3, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   I can’t pretend that I care much about Whitesnake, but I gotta say they’ve found an impressive excuse to release three consecutive compilations. Last year saw the release of The Rock Album and Love Songs. […]

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Metal By Numbers 2/25: Rock and roll all over the charts

Posted by on February 25, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   I spent the first five minute writing this week’s edition of MBN thinking “I should listen to that Pretty Reckless song that was big on the radio a few years ago, it was […]

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Metal By Numbers 2/10: Steven Wilson takes a bite out of the charts

Posted by on February 10, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Steven Wilson’s new album was supposed to come out last June, but the pandemic messed that plan up, and I was left with a gaping hole where a new album from Mr. Wilson […]

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Interview: Therion’s Christofer Johnsson talks pleasing fans with new album ‘Leviathan;’ looks back on thirty years of ‘Of Darkness…’

Posted by on February 8, 2021

    There is a natural brilliance behind Therion mastermind Christofer Johnsson. as he doesn’t seem to stop writing and isn’t afraid of experimenting. We did see a tremendous experiment with the ambitious soundtrack to the rock opera that never had its debut live performance yet due to the COVID-19 pandemic with 2018’s Beloved Antichrist. […]

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Metal By Numbers 2/3: As the white raven flies

Posted by on February 3, 2021

Metal By Numbers is a weekly column in which we look at the top metal sellers and debuts of the week.   Okay, okay, I’m up, I’m up. Gimmie a minute, it’s been a few weeks.   Yes, MBN is back after a brief absence. Let’s be honest, nothing big really happens in January anyway, […]

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Therion share “Tuonela” video featuring Marko Hietala (ex-Nightwish)

Posted by on January 22, 2021

  Therion’s overall 17th album, Leviathan, is finally here! To celebrate the album’s release, the group has shared a video for the song “Tuonela.” The track features former Nighwishh singer and bassist Marko Hietala.   The Swedish symphonic metal outfit’s mastermind Christofer Johnsson comments: “Like everyone else, I’m very sad and was also surprised to […]

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Therion unveil “Die Wellen der Zeit” video

Posted by on December 11, 2020

  Therion are gearing up for their upcoming 17th full-length effort, Leviathan, which releases on January 22nd, 2021 via Nuclear Blast. Today (11th) the group has unveiled a video for the second single “Die Wellen der Zeit.”   Mastermind Christofer Johnsson comments: “Once again we worked with Carlos Toro and Abyss Production in Chile. Carlos […]

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Therion announce new album “Leviathan;” stream lyric video

Posted by on November 13, 2020

    Therion are proud to announced their upcoming 17th album will be titled Leviathan and will be released on January 22 via Nuclear Blast. Guitarist Christofer Johnsson commented on the direction of the album: “We have done the only thing that was left of all the different angles to explore. We have decided to give the people […]

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Metal Insider’s Zenae Zukowski’s Top 20 Metal Albums of 2018

Posted by on December 24, 2018

This was a tough year to choose from as I decided to break the rules and expand to a Top 20 best metal albums of 2018 instead of 10. If you read through it all, you will discover a diverse set of honorable mentions at the end followed by an awesome playlist. Personally, 2018 has […]

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