Secret of the Runes (album)

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Secret of the Runes
Secret of the Runes cover
Studio album by Therion
Released October 8, 2001
Recorded 2001
Genre Symphonic metal
Length 57:18
Label Nuclear Blast
NB 625-2
Digipack: NB 683-2
Producer(s) Therion, Christofer Johnsson
Professional reviews
Therion chronology
The Early Chapters of Revelation
(2000)		 Secret of the Runes
(2001)		 Bells of Doom
(2001)


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Secret of the Runes is a concept album released by the symphonic metal band Therion.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Ginnungagap (Prologue)"
  2. "Midgård"
  3. "Asgård" sample (help·info)
  4. "Jotunheim"
  5. "Schwarzalbenheim"
  6. "Ljusalfheim"
  7. "Muspelheim"
  8. "Nifelheim"
  9. "Vanaheim"
  10. "Helheim"
  11. "Secret of the Runes (Epilogue)"

[edit] Digipak edition

Digipak contains two bonus tracks:

  1. "Crying Days" (Scorpions cover)
  2. "Summer Night City" (ABBA cover)

[edit] Limited edition

Limited edition contains also two bonus tracks:

  1. "The Wings of the Hydra (live)"
  2. "Black Sun (live)".

[edit] Runes

Runes shown on the front cover (and also in the booklet) are Nordic runes with the Elder Fuþark alphabet. On the back cover every song has its own rune character:

  1. ᚢ "Ginnungagap (Prologue)"
  2. ᛃ "Midgård"
  3. ᚷ "Asgård"
  4. ᚾ "Jotunheim"
  5. ᛇ "Schwarzalbenheim"
  6. ᛞ "Ljusalfheim"
  7. ᛋ "Muspelheim"
  8. ᛁ "Nifelheim"
  9. ᛜ "Vanaheim"
  10. ᚺ "Helheim"
  11. ᚠ "Secret of the Runes (Epilogue)"

Secret of the Runes title is written in the Elder Fuþark alphabet on the front cover as:

ᛇᛖᚲᚱᛖᛏ ᛟᚠ ᚦᛖ ᚱᚢᚾᛖᛇ

and it is tranliterated as: "sekret of þ(th)e runes".

[edit] Credits

[edit] Vocal and string soloists

  • Marika Schonberg - solo soprano
  • Erika Andersson - solo alto
  • Carl Rahmqvist - solo tenor-baritone
  • Anna Rodell - solo violin
  • Asa Akerberg - solo cello
  • Thomas Karlsson - whispering voice on "Ljusalfheim"

[edit] Choir

  • Kristina Hansson - coloratura soprano
  • Anna-Maria Krawe - soprano
  • Anna Artursson - alto
  • Marika Schonberg - alto
  • Henrik Holmberg - tenor
  • Patrik Forsman - tenor
  • Carl Rahmqvist - tenor-baritone
  • Joakim Berg - bass-baritone

[edit] String ensemble

  • Anna Rodell - first violin
  • Josef Cabrales-Alin - first violin
  • Malin Samuelsson - second violin
  • Johan Moren - second violin
  • Linda Svedrup - viola
  • Niklas Sjunesson - viola
  • Asa Akerberg - cello
  • Monica Jonsson - cello

[edit] Woodwinds (solo and ensemble)

[edit] Brass ensemble

[edit] Additional choir and orchestra

  • Anna Rodell - first violin
  • Elisabeth Lagergren - second violin
  • Petter Axelsson - viola
  • Erik Rodell - oboe
  • Ingela Bolin - soprano (ensemble and solo), alto
  • Anna Artursson - soprano, alto
  • Henrik Holmberg - tenor, baritone
  • Pierre Pettersson - tenor (ensemble and solo), baritone

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Therion
Christofer Johnsson | Kristian Niemann | Johan Niemann | Petter Karlsson
List of Therion members
Discography
Albums: Of Darkness... | Beyond Sanctorum | Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas | Lepaca Kliffoth | Theli | A'arab Zaraq - Lucid Dreaming | Vovin | Crowning of Atlantis | Deggial | Secret of the Runes | Live in Midgård | Sirius B | Lemuria | Gothic Kabbalah
Compilations and box-sets: Bells of Doom | The Early Chapters of Revelation | Atlantis Lucid Dreaming | Celebrators of Becoming
Singles: "The Beauty in Black" | "The Siren of the Woods" | "Eye of Shiva"
Demos: Paroxysmal Holocaust | Beyond the Darkest Veils of Inner Wickedness | Time Shall Tell
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