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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, 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.




Track listing


All songs written by Christofer Johnsson.




Runes


Runes shown on the front cover (and also in the booklet) are Nordic runes with the Elder Futhark alphabet. On the back cover every song has its own rune character:

"Ginnungagap (Prologue)"
"Midgård"
"Asgård"
"Jotunheim"
"Schwarzalbenheim"
"Ljusalfheim"
"Muspelheim"
"Nifelheim"
"Vanaheim"
"Helheim"
"Secret of the Runes (Epilogue)"
Secret of the Runes title is written in the Elder Futhark alphabet on the front cover as:
· · ·
and it is transliterated as: "sekret of þe runes".




Credits


Christofer Johnsson - rhythm guitar, keyboards, percussion, additional choir and orchestra arrangement on Bonus Tracks
Kristian Niemann - lead and rhythm guitar
Johan Niemann - bass guitar
Sami Karppinen - drums, percussion
Piotr Wawrzeniuk - lead vocals on "Crying Days" and "Summernight City"




= Vocal and string soloists

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Marika Schonberg - solo soprano
Erika Andersson - solo alto
Carl Rahmqvist - solo tenor-baritone
Anna Rodell - solo violin
Asa Akerberg - solo cello
Thomas Karlsson - whispering voice on "Ljusalfheim"




= Choir

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Kristina Hansson - coloratura soprano
Anna-Maria Krawe - soprano
Anna Artursson - alto
Marika Schonberg - alto
Henrik Holmberg - tenor
Patrik Forsman - tenor
Carl Rahmqvist - tenor-baritone
Joakim Berg - bass-baritone




= String ensemble

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Anna Rodell - first violin
Josef Cabrales-Alin - first violin
Malin Samuelsson - second violin
Johan Moren - second violin
Linda Svedrup - viola
Niklas Sjunesson - viola
Asa Akerberg - cello
Monica Jonsson - cello




= Woodwinds (solo and ensemble)

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Fareidah Hildebrand - flute, alt flute, piccolo
Erik Rodell - oboe, English horn
Henrik Blixt - bassoon, contrabassoon




= Brass ensemble

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Mikael Sorensen - trumpet, fluegelhorn
Ayman Al Fakir - horn, Wagner tuba
Kristina Borg - horn
Rune Bodin - trombone




= Choir and orchestra on Bonus Tracks

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Anna Rodell - first violin
Elisabeth Lagergren - second violin
Petter Axelsson - viola
Erik Rodell - oboe
Ingela Bolin - soprano (ensemble and solo), alto
Anna Artursson - soprano, alto
Henrik Holmberg - tenor, baritone
Pierre Pettersson - tenor (ensemble and solo), baritone




Charts






References






External links


Secret of the Runes at MusicBrainz
Secret of the Runes at Discogs
Secret of the Runes (Digipack) at Discogs
Information about album at the official website

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• Daftar karakter The Familiar of Zero
• Penghargaan Grammy ke-53
• Secret of the Runes (album)
• Secret of the Runes
• Midgard (disambiguation)
• Ginnungagap
• Summer Night City
• Therion (band)
• Wardruna
• Elvenking (band)
• Watcher
• Live in Midgård