"some music was meant to stay underground..."   Therion Talks
New Album "Les Fleurs Du Mal" And Upcoming Rock Opera Project
Photo of Therion  Band Photo: Therion (?)  Championing
orchestral metal, the mighty Therion has gone through quite a
wild ride over its 25 year long career. From the death metal of
“Symphony Masses” to the game changing “Theli” on to the fully
symphonic “Vovin” and “Deggial,” Therion has been evolving along
with the metal scene and continues to do so today.  The band’s
latest output “Les Fleurs Du Mal” (reviewed here) is a
collection of Therionized covers of what master mind Christofer
Johnsson refers to as “French oldies,” which have been
translated into a medium that metalheads and lovers of symphonic
music can both enjoy.  “The achievement I’m most proud of is to
get French metalheads to go to a metal show and head bang to
France Gall,” said Johnsson during a recent chat with
Metalunderground.  During our conversation he went to discuss
the difficulties involved in getting the album