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Country: Sweden
Label: Nuclear Blast Records
Year: 2007
Format: Album
Released as double CD (also limited digipak, tin-box limited to 500 including a postcard set and a numbered certificate), 12" double vinyl.

Tracklisting
1. Der Mitternachtlöwe (05:38)
2. Gothic Kabbalah (04:33)
3. The Perennial Sophia (04:54)
4. Wisdom and the Cage (05:01)
5. Son of the Staves of Time (04:47)
6. Tuna 1613: momentum excitationis (04:23)
7. Trul (05:11)
8. Close up the Streams (03:55)
9. The Wand of Abaris (05:51)
10. Three Treasures (05:20)
11. Path to Arcady (03:54)
12. TOF - The Trinity (06:18)
13. Chain of Minerva (2012) (05:21)
14. The Falling Stone (04:46)
15. Adulruna Rediviva (13:37)
16. Seven Secrets of the Sphinx (live) *
16. Quetzalcoatl (live) **
17. To Mega Therion (live) *
17. Wine of Aluqah (live) **
= 01:23:29


Songs 1-8: CD1.
Songs 9-17: CD2.
* = Bonus on Japanese edition.
** = Bonus on Mexican edition.

Drums recorded at Studio 301, July 2006. Engineered by Sanken Sandqvist. Assistant engineering by Staffan Celmin and Therion.
Additional percussion recorded at Toytown Studios, Stockholm, Sweden, September 2006. Engineered by Stefan Glaumann.
Everything else recorded with Therion Mobile Studio at various locations around Stockholm, July - September 2006. Engineered by Therion and Mats Levén. Recording advice and help by Sanken Sandqvist.
Mixed at Toytown Studios, September - October 2006 by Stefan Glaumann.
Additional ProTools engineering by Tor Ingvarsson.
Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York, USA.

Song credits:
1 & 8 music by Johnsson / Levén,
2, 7 & 14 music by Petter Karlsson,
3 music by J. Niemann / Levén / Karlsson,
4 & 11 music by K. Niemann / Karlsson,
5 music by Levén,
6 music by Karlsson / Snowy Shaw,
9 & 15 music by Johnsson / K. Niemann,
10 Music by Johnsson,
12 music by K. Niemann / Levén / Karlsson,
13 music by J. Niemann / Karlsson / Levén,
All lyrics written by Thomas Karlsson.

Cover design by Thomas Ewerhard.
Ancient symbols and textures by Timo Ketola.

Line-up (standing on the photo):
Kristian Niemann - lead and rhythm guitars, keyboards
Petter Karlsson - drums, guitar, keyboards, vocals, percussion
Christofer Johnsson - guitar, keyboards, programming
Johann Niemann - bass guitar, guitar, acoustic guitar

In close co-operation with (sitting on the photo):
Mats Levén - vocals, guitar
Katarina Lilja - vocals
Snowy Shaw - vocals
Hannah Holgersson - vocals

Additional musicians:
Jonas Samuelsson-Nerbe - tenor
Anna Nyhlin - solo soprano on 11 & 14
Karin Fjellander - choral soprano
Joakim Svalberg - Hammond organ
Rolf Pilotti - solo flute on 2 & 7
Stefan Glaumann - tambourine

Box set:


Related websites:
The official Therion website :: www.therion.se
Nuclear Blast Records website :: www.nuclearblast.de

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