THERION: 'Gothic Kaballah' Chart Positions Revealed
February 5, 2007THERION's new album, "Gothic Kaballah", has registered the following first-week chart positions in Europe:
Greece: #13
Poland: #21
Sweden: #26
UK (Indie Chart): #45
Netherlands: #55
France: #58
Germany: #59
Switzerland: #73
Hungary: #74
Belgium: #84
Inspired by the life of 17th century Swedish antiquarian, runologist, and mystic Johannes Bureus, founding THERION member/guitarist Christofer Johnsson states in his March 2007 Decibel interview that the Kaballah "is a topic that interests me. Most people into esoterism have not read enough about the topic."
In the band's recent cover feature in Metal Maniacs, Johnsson explains the stylistic shift for the album (which fans have come to expect) and how it is not "gothic" at all in the musical or image sense:
"It's completely different from anything else we've done. We had five writers working on this album; we only had three core band writers before, so that has expanded our horizons. We have also opted for more typically rock vocal styles. We are influenced by quite a lot of '70s bands like URIAH HEEP and [even] have HEEP's Ken Hensley [guesting on the album]. The title is a translation from Swedish and 'gothic' is the closest English word used to describe the Kaballah, so that's why we used it."
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