Secret of the Runes (album)

Secret of the Runes is a concept album released by the symphonic metal band Therion. Cover artwork was made by Thomas Ewerhard. A music video was filmed for the Summer Night City cover.

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Digipak edition
- 1.2 Limited edition
2 Runes
3 Credits
4 External links

[edit] Track listing

"Ginnungagap (Prologue)"
"Midgård"
"Asgård" sample (help·info)
"Jotunheim"
"Schwarzalbenheim"
"Ljusalfheim"
"Muspelheim"
"Nifelheim"
"Vanaheim"
"Helheim"
"Secret of the Runes (Epilogue)"

[edit] Digipak edition

Digipak contains two bonus tracks:

"Crying Days" (Scorpions cover)
"Summer Night City" (ABBA cover)

[edit] Limited edition

Limited edition also contains two bonus tracks:

"The Wings of the Hydra (live)"
"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:

"Ginnungagap (Prologue)"
"Midgård"
"Asgård"
"Jotunheim"
"Schwarzalbenheim"
"Ljusalfheim"
"Muspelheim"
"Nifelheim"
"Vanaheim"
"Helheim"
"Secret of the Runes (Epilogue)"

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

· · ·

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

[edit] Credits

Christofer Johnsson - rhythm guitar, keyboards, percussion
Kristian Niemann - lead and rhythm guitar
Johan Niemann - bass guitar
Sami Karppinen - drums, percussion
Piotr Wawrzeniuk - lead vocals on "Crying Days" and "Summernight City"

[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)

Fareidah Hildebrand - flute, alt flute, piccolo
Erik Rodell - oboe, English horn
Henrik Blixt - bassoon, contrabassoon

[edit] Brass ensemble

Mikael Sorensen - trumpet, fluegelhorn
Ayman Al Fakir - horn, Wagner tuba
Kristina Borg - horn
Rune Bodin - trombone

[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

[edit] External links

Members
Therion
Christofer Johnsson
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 \| Live Gothic
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" \| "Wand of Abaris" \| "The Wand of Abaris / Path to Arcady"
Demos: Paroxysmal Holocaust \| Beyond the Darkest Veils of Inner Wickedness \| Time Shall Tell
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