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band Therion recorded several
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. The following is a chronology of Therion demos:


''Paroxysmal Holocaust'' (1989)

''Paroxysmal Holocaust'' is the first of Therion's demo albums. The album was released in April 1989 on a
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, limited to 600 copies. The album consists of three death metal songs. The song "Bells of Doom" was later included in a 2001 fan-club compilation album named the same as the song, '' Bells of Doom''.


Recording and production

''Paroxysmal Holocaust'' was recorded during March and April 1989 in the little Swedish 8-track studio Sveastrand.
Christofer Johnsson Christofer Johnsson (born 10 August 1972) is a Swedish musician and producer. He is a founding member and the guitarist for symphonic metal band Therion and was previously a member of Carbonized, Liers in Wait, Messiah, and Demonoid. In 2006 ...
, founder and only all-time band member, had mixed opinions of this demo album. On the Therion official website he mentioned the band was excited because it was their first release, although he was very critical to this recording claiming the album "was awful":


Track listing

; Side one # "Morbid Reality" – 7:33 # "The Return" – 5:47 ; Side two # "Bells of Doom" – 6:18


Personnel

*
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*Peter Hansson –
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* Erik Gustafsson –
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*
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''Beyond the Darkest Veils of Inner Wickedness'' (1989)

''Beyond the Darkest Veils of Inner Wickedness'' is the title of a Therion's 1989 demo. The album was released in November 1989 on a
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, limited to 500 copies. The album consists of three
death metal Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, fe ...
songs. Two of them, "Macabre Declension" and "Paroxysmal Holocaust", were later included in the 2001 official fan-club compilation '' Bells of Doom''. The song "Paroxysmal Holocaust" recorded live in
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, Sweden, 1989 was included in 2006 box-set compilation '' Celebrators of Becoming''.


Recording and production

''Beyond the Darkest Veils of Inner Wickedness'' was recorded and released in the same year (1989) as the band's first demo album ''
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''. The album was recorded in a Swedish 16-track studio. ''Beyond the Darkest...'' was the first album where
Christofer Johnsson Christofer Johnsson (born 10 August 1972) is a Swedish musician and producer. He is a founding member and the guitarist for symphonic metal band Therion and was previously a member of Carbonized, Liers in Wait, Messiah, and Demonoid. In 2006 ...
, the only band's all-time member and founder of Therion, started to sing, although after recording he was dissatisfied about the produced work and also about the quality of the sound:


Track listing

# "Macabre Declension" (music:
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, Hansson; lyrics: Johnsson) – 7:04 # "Megalomania" (music: Johnsson; lyrics: Gustafsson, Kärki) – 5:01 # "Paroxysmal Holocaust" (music: Johnsson) – 5:52


Personnel

*
Christofer Johnsson Christofer Johnsson (born 10 August 1972) is a Swedish musician and producer. He is a founding member and the guitarist for symphonic metal band Therion and was previously a member of Carbonized, Liers in Wait, Messiah, and Demonoid. In 2006 ...
–
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*Peter Hansson – guitar *
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–
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* Erik Gustafsson –
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*
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– lyrics


''Time Shall Tell'' (1990)

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songs. The lyrical themes are based around
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and
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). All songs from the album were included in the band's first studio album '' Of Darkness...''.


Track listing

# "Time Shall Tell" – 4:56 # "Dark Eternity" – 4:34 # "Asphyxiate with Fear" – 4:30 # "A Suburb to Hell" – 5:04


Personnel

; Therion * Peter Hansson –
lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the feature ...
,
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*
Christofer Johnsson Christofer Johnsson (born 10 August 1972) is a Swedish musician and producer. He is a founding member and the guitarist for symphonic metal band Therion and was previously a member of Carbonized, Liers in Wait, Messiah, and Demonoid. In 2006 ...
–
vocal The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound producti ...
s, rhythm guitar, lyrics *
Oskar Forss Oskar Forss was a co-founder and during the years of 1987–1992 drummer of Swedish then-death metal Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techni ...
–
drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...
* Erik Gustafsson –
bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...
; Production * Calle Schewen –
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* Tomas Skogsberg – producer


References

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Notes


External links


''Paroxysmal Holocaust''
at the official website
''Beyond the Darkest Veils of Inner Wickedness''
at the official website
''Time Shall Tell''
at the official website {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Therion Demo Albums
Demo albums Demo, usually short for demonstration, may refer to: Music and film * Demo (music), a song typically recorded for reference rather than release * ''Demo'' (Behind Crimson Eyes), a 2004 recording by the band Behind Crimson Eyes * ''Demo'' (Deafhe ...
Therion Therion Demo Albums