Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas

by Therion

Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas cover art

Moving rapidly away from standard Swedish death metal, Christofer Johnsson's project embraces an incredibly ambitious, operatic approach on their third album. The integration of traditional heavy metal, choirs, and esoteric Middle Eastern scales firmly laid the groundwork for their eventual status as symphonic metal pioneers.

Genres

  • Death Metal
  • Progressive Metal

Tracklist

  1. Baal Reginon
  2. Dark Princess Naamah
  3. A Black Rose (Covered with Tears, Blood and Ice)
  4. Symphoni Drakonis Inferni
  5. Dawn of Perishness
  6. The Eye of Eclipse
  7. The Ritual Dance of the Yezidis
  8. Powerdance
  9. Procreation of Eternity
  10. Ho Drakon Ho Megas