Of Darkness… is the debut studio album by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion, released in February 1991. It contains songs written in the early years of the band, during the 1980s. The album is indicated by the band itself as an end of its first era.

The album was re-released on 27 November 2000 under Nuclear Blast label as a part of The Early Chapters of Revelation box-set. It contains remastered songs, as well as four bonus tracks.

Recording and production

After releasing the third demo record Time Shall Tell EP in 1990, Therion got attention from the British label Deaf Records, a subsidiary of Peaceville Records, and signed the band's first contract. Musically, "Of Darkness…" could be described as a typical death metal release, though elements of thrash metal are apparent as well.

Unlike later albums, lyrically, many tracks on the album focus on political and social issues. and 3.02 of 5 at the Rate Your Music community being only number 925 in its 1991 ranking.

Track listing

All tracks were written and composed by Christofer Johnsson.

Personnel

; Therion

  • Christofer Johnsson – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Peter Hansson – lead guitar
  • Oskar Forss – drums
  • Erik Gustafsson – bass guitar

; Production

  • Tomas Skogsberg – engineer, producer
  • Gary Querns – cover art (based on Johan Losand and Rikard Olund's work)

Samples

See also

  • Scandinavian death metal

Notes

  • Of Darkness... at the official website

; Audio samples

  • Of Darkness... at Amazon.com