As I sit here at my desk, I am looking at a signed copy of Therion's set-list from last night in Minneapolis ... signed by 10 people.
Yes, 10 people! 4 members of the choir, 2 singers, 3 guitarists and 1 drummer! How cool is this band!?
Squashed onto a tiny stage two-feet off the ground at The Ascot Room - a 400 person capacity venue in downtown Minneapolis, THERION proved that they don't need a big room or a big audience to put on a BIG SHOW. From the moment they came on-stage until the moment they left, they held the 113-person-audience in the palm of their hand. Switching deftly back and forth from "death metal" to "heavy metal," THERION's set was a mesmerizing triumph of successfully mixing and executing several genres of metal into a brilliant performance. THERION treated us like we were a crowd of 5,000 people -- performing with ferocious energy, backed by the choir that sang as passionately as 1,000 angels. It was truly a sight to behold and a treat for the ears.
Initially, I was worried that the size of the stage and venue as well as the low turnout (which was to be expected since the promoting agency had basically thrown the show to the wolves long before THERION's bus crossed the Minnesota border) would dampen the spirits of the show and make the whole evening seem like left-over offerings of something better (or in my case, with Prog-Power right around the corner, of something better yet-to-come). However, the mark of a good band at least by my standards will be what they can do with what they are given and THERION made an unbelievable concert for a small group of very lucky fans!
So now that I've bored you all to tears with my retelling of last night's religious experience, here is what they actually played. Please note that I'm not the world's most reknowned Therion expert, so I'm just typing off the set-list as it appears -- if only part of a song title appears here, be so kind as to reply and fill in the rest of it.
THERION SET LIST: Minneapolis, September 6, 2005
1. Blood of Kingu (God, I was so hoping they would open with this!!! )
2. Uthark Runa
3. Invocation of Namah
4. Baal Reginon
5. Black Sun
6. The Invincible
7. Typhon
8. Ginnungagap
9. Seven Secrets
10. Asgard
11. Riders of Theli (crowd went nuts here)
12. The Khlysti Evangelist (I went nuts here)
13. Wine of Aluqah
14. Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah
Encore
15. Cults of the Shadow
16. To Mega Therion
Obviously the glaring omission here is "Lemuria" but in all truth, I didn't miss it until afterwards as I was driving home listening to the CD, it suddenly dawned on me that they hadn't played it. Hopefully (as was the case with Edguy last year), the set-list will be extended for PP and we'll get a few extra treats.
I am SO PSYCHED for THERION's performance at PP now! What a great evening...
Yes, 10 people! 4 members of the choir, 2 singers, 3 guitarists and 1 drummer! How cool is this band!?
Squashed onto a tiny stage two-feet off the ground at The Ascot Room - a 400 person capacity venue in downtown Minneapolis, THERION proved that they don't need a big room or a big audience to put on a BIG SHOW. From the moment they came on-stage until the moment they left, they held the 113-person-audience in the palm of their hand. Switching deftly back and forth from "death metal" to "heavy metal," THERION's set was a mesmerizing triumph of successfully mixing and executing several genres of metal into a brilliant performance. THERION treated us like we were a crowd of 5,000 people -- performing with ferocious energy, backed by the choir that sang as passionately as 1,000 angels. It was truly a sight to behold and a treat for the ears.
Initially, I was worried that the size of the stage and venue as well as the low turnout (which was to be expected since the promoting agency had basically thrown the show to the wolves long before THERION's bus crossed the Minnesota border) would dampen the spirits of the show and make the whole evening seem like left-over offerings of something better (or in my case, with Prog-Power right around the corner, of something better yet-to-come). However, the mark of a good band at least by my standards will be what they can do with what they are given and THERION made an unbelievable concert for a small group of very lucky fans!
So now that I've bored you all to tears with my retelling of last night's religious experience, here is what they actually played. Please note that I'm not the world's most reknowned Therion expert, so I'm just typing off the set-list as it appears -- if only part of a song title appears here, be so kind as to reply and fill in the rest of it.
THERION SET LIST: Minneapolis, September 6, 2005
1. Blood of Kingu (God, I was so hoping they would open with this!!!
)2. Uthark Runa
3. Invocation of Namah
4. Baal Reginon
5. Black Sun
6. The Invincible
7. Typhon
8. Ginnungagap
9. Seven Secrets
10. Asgard
11. Riders of Theli (crowd went nuts here)
12. The Khlysti Evangelist (I went nuts here)
13. Wine of Aluqah
14. Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah
Encore
15. Cults of the Shadow
16. To Mega Therion
Obviously the glaring omission here is "Lemuria" but in all truth, I didn't miss it until afterwards as I was driving home listening to the CD, it suddenly dawned on me that they hadn't played it. Hopefully (as was the case with Edguy last year), the set-list will be extended for PP and we'll get a few extra treats.
I am SO PSYCHED for THERION's performance at PP now! What a great evening...
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