Secret of the Runes (album)

Secret of the Runes
Studio album by
Released8 October 2001[1]
RecordedMay − June 2001[2]
StudioModern Art Studio (Stockholm, Sweden)
GenreSymphonic metal
Length57:18
LabelNuclear Blast
NB 625-2
Digipack: NB 683-2
ProducerTherion, Christofer Johnsson
Therion chronology
The Early Chapters of Revelation
(2000)
Secret of the Runes
(2001)
Bells of Doom
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Secret of the Runes is the tenth studio album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. It's a concept album based on Norse mythology, where each song describes one of the nine worlds. Cover artwork was made by Thomas Ewerhard[citation needed], it features nine Scandinavian runes, each corresponding to a certain mythological world.

Album also includes two cover versions as bonus tracks. A music video was filmed for the Summer Night City cover.

  1. ^ "News on October 8th, 2001". megatherion.com. October 8, 2001. Archived from the original on 2004-08-08. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "About recording of "Secret of the runes"". megatherion.com. May 11, 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-11-10. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  3. ^ O'Neill, Brian (2001-11-13). "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-06-04.

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