Therion - Live In Midgard [2CD] (2002)

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Live in Midgård is the first official live album released by Swedish heavy metal band Therion. This double-disc album was recorded in Colombia, Germany and Hungary during Secret of the Runes world tour in autumn and winter 2001.

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Live in Midgard is a two-CD set that generously documents Therion's 2001 tours of South America and Europe (and features performances from both small clubs and large halls). The Swedish quartet is augmented on-stage by a six-piece choir and what sounds like a real string section (but is not credited as such in the liner notes). Therion's orchestral metal suites sometimes sound like the offspring of, say, Morbid Angel and the Trans-Siberian Orchestra -- and the results are occasionally incongruous and somewhat jarring -- but the band's marriage of symphonic music and heavy metal is a happy one for the most part. It doesn't hurt that the execution is pretty much spot-on throughout. Includes a cover of Accept's obscure "Seawinds."

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Track listing

CD one
1. "Ginnungagap (Prologue)"
2. "Invocation of Naamah"
3. "Birth of Venus Illegitima"
4. "Enter Vril-Ya"
5. "Riders of Theli"
6. "Symphony of the Dead"
7. "A Black Rose (Covered With Tears, Blood And Ice)"
8. "The Return"
9. "Baal Reginon"
10. "Flesh of the Gods"
11. "Seawinds" (Accept cover)
12. "Swarzalbenheim"
13. "In the Desert of Set"

CD two
1. "The Wings of the Hydra"
2. "Asgård"
3. "Secret of the Runes (Epilogue)"
4. "The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah"
5. "Summer Night City" (ABBA cover)
6. "The Beauty in Black"
7. "Seven Secrets of the Sphinx"
8. "Wine of Aluqah"
9. "Raven of Dispersion"
10. "To Mega Therion"
11. "Cults of the Shadow"

Line-up
* Christofer Johnsson - lead and rhythm guitar, lead vocals
* Kristian Niemann - lead and rhythm guitar
* Johan Niemann - bass guitar
* Sami Karppinen - drums

Guest musicians
* Sarah Jezebel Deva - soprano, lead vocals
* Maria Ottoson - soprano
* Johanna Mårlöv - alto
* Anders Engberg - tenor, lead vocals
* Petri Heino - baritone
* Risto Hämäläinen - baritone

Cover design
Cover by Axel Jusseit and Thomas Ewerhard.