Theli (album)

Theli is the fifth studio album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. While Theli stays true to the band's roots in that it has a very dark sound, it is a major turning point in their history. Set, Egyptian god, is shown on the front cover . This was the last album on which Christofer Johnsson sang until 2004's "Lemuria". A music video was filmed for the song "To Mega Therion". The song To Mega Therion appears in the shockumentary film Traces of Death IV.

Theli
Studio album by Therion
Released	August 9, 1996
Recorded	January – March 1996
Studio	Impuls Studio (Hamburg, Germany)
Genre	Symphonic metal
Length	51:29
Label	Nuclear Blast NB 179-2
Producer	Jan Peter Genkel, Gottfried Koch, Therion
Therion chronology
Lepaca Kliffoth (1995) Theli (1996) A'arab Zaraq – Lucid Dreaming (1997)

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Review scores
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Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Preludium" (Instrumental)	1:43
2.	"To Mega Therion"	6:34
3.	"Cults of the Shadow"	5:14
4.	"In the Desert of Set"	5:29
5.	"Interludium" (Instrumental)	1:47
6.	"Nightside of Eden"	7:31
7.	"Opus Eclipse" (Instrumental)	3:41
8.	"Invocation of Naamah"	5:31
9.	"The Siren of the Woods"	9:55
10.	"Grand Finale / Postludium" (Instrumental)	4:04
Total length:		51:29

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"In Remembrance"	6:05
12.	"Black Fairy" (European Metal Version)	5:55
13.	"Fly to the Rainbow" (Scorpions cover)	8:15

• The title of "To Mega Therion" is a Greek reference to The Beast in the Christian Book of Revelation.

Credits

Therion line-up

• Christofer Johnsson – guitar, vocals, keyboards
• Piotr Wawrzeniuk – drums, vocals
• Lars Rosenberg – bass guitar
• Jonas Mellberg – guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards

Guest musicians

• Dan Swanö – vocals
• Jan Peter Genkel – grand piano, keyboards, programming
• Gottfried Koch – keyboards, programming

North German Radio Choir

• Raphaela Mayhaus – soprano
• Bettina Stumm – soprano
• Ursula Ritters – alto
• Ergin Onat – tenor
• Joachim Gebhardt – bass
• Klaus Bulow – bass

Siren Choir

• Anja Krenz – solo soprano
• Constanze Arens – soprano
• Riekje Weber – alto
• Stephan Gade – tenor
• Axel Patz – solo bass-baritone

Single

• "The Siren of the Woods"

Cover design

Cover was made by Peter Grøn.

External links

• Theli at MusicBrainz
• Theli at MusicBrainz (Japanese edition)
• Theli at Discogs
• Information about album at the official website