If you mention “Therion” and “death metal” in the same sentence, you’ll probably be flashed chanced eyebrows and views askance. “What?”a long haired brute would exclaim in incredulity, “Therion? Death metal? Are you insane?” In the last century, Therion played exactly that and nothing but. Only after finding the mystical and arcane left hand path came their resplendent transition into the regal, symphonic metal that we know today.