Beyond Sanctorum

Beyond Sanctorum
Studio album by Therion
Released	1992
Recorded	1991 The Montezuma Studio
Genre	Melodic death metal
Length	49:56 1:09:43 (reedition)
Label	Active Records CDATV 23 Nuclear Blast (reedition) NB 578-2
Producer	Rex Gisslén, Christofer Johnsson, Peter Hansson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Therion chronology
Of Darkness... (1991) Beyond Sanctorum (1992) Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas (1993)
Alternate cover
The Early Chapters of Revelation reedition cover

Beyond Sanctorum is the second full-length album by Swedish band Therion. It is arguably the bands last album that could be said to fit purely within the death metal style, after which they began progressively including classical and other elements to their sound. Even this album shows some deviation from "standard" death metal, due to the use of classical vocals, keyboards, and some elements like Persian scales. At the time of release these were seen as quite progressive within the genre, which was very restrictive (particularly in Scandinavia). It was released on the Music For Nations label in 1992.

Track listing

1. "Future Consciousness" – 5:00
2. "Pandemonic Outbreak" – 4:21
3. "Cthulhu" – 6:12
4. "Symphony of the Dead" – 6:49
5. "Beyond Sanctorum" – 2:36
6. "Enter the Depths of Eternal Darkness" – 4:46
7. "Illusions of Life" – 3:20
8. "The Way" – 11:06
9. "Paths" – 2:03
10. "Tyrants of the Damned" – 3:43

Re-release

The album was re-released by Nuclear Blast in 2000 as part of Therion's The Early Chapters of Revelation box-set. It contains following bonus demo tracks:

1. "Cthulhu" – 6:10
2. "Future Consciousness" – 5:07
3. "Symphony of the Dead" – 6:13
4. "Beyond Sanctorum" – 2:29

Credits

• Christofer Johnsson - vocals, guitar, bass guitar, co-producer
• Peter Hansson - guitar, keyboards, bass, co-producer
• Oskar Forss - drums
• Rex Gisslén - engineer, co-producer

Guest musicians:

• Magnus Eklöv - lead guitar on "Symphony of the Dead" & "Beyond Sanctorum"
• Anna Granqvist - vocals on "Symphony of the Dead" & "Paths"
• Fredriq Lundberg - vocals on "Symphony of the Dead" & "Paths"

Cover design

Cover illustration is made by Kristian Wåhlin, demon pentagram by Johan Losand. Photo, art direction and design by Mike Eriksson.

External links

• Beyond Sanctorum at MusicBrainz
• Beyond Sanctorum (remastered) at MusicBrainz
• Beyond Sanctorum at Discogs
• Beyond Sanctorum (remastered) at Discogs
• Informations about album at the official website

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