THERION To Take Rock Opera On The Road In December

THERION To Take Rock Opera On The Road In December




Swedish visionaries THERION have announced plans to take a rock opera
on the road this December with ARKONA, THE DEVIL and SOUND STORM in tow.





Leader Christofer Johnsson explains:


"When announcing that we will be working on a rock opera for some
years, we were met with many deep sighs as the original plan was to stay
off touring completely and only do a few festivals once in a while (to
not completely loose contact with the fans meanwhile). I've learnt over
the years that it's better to focus on one thing and not interrupt it
with a lot of other types of activities. I am, however, not unable to
change my mind if there is a good reason for it. We are not supposed to
start working properly on the rock opera until the autumn, but we have
cheated a bit and already started a bit. We have discovered that the
possible musical directions are many and after a while the idea to test
them on an audience was born. Unlike a regular Therion album where we do
what we wanna do and record buyers simply can like or not like it, this
is a much larger project and we are dependent on making something that
really appeal to people in a broader sense. The idea of spending several
years on something that may not launch fully due to being too
inaccessible vs production expenses is not appealing at all. Also after
25 years of doing whatever we wanted, it's a real challenge and a new
experience to try to work in a certain direction intentionally. So we
need guinea pigs to test the stuff on to see how we are doing. That's
where you guys come in. So we will be doing a couple of shows where we
will perform a few pieces of what we have so far and see the reactions,
if we are going in the right direction or if we need to get back to the
drawing desk again. We will also reveal the concept of the rock opera
then. While being on the road with all the gear hooked up on stage, we
will of course take the opportunity to blow off a set list with old
classics at the same time."

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