[Cover photo credit to Erik Mårtensson]

Therion have announced their upcoming live album, Con Orquesta, out in physical formats on January 30, 2026 via Napalm Records. The Swedish Symphonic Metal band captured the album in 2024 by performing live with a full orchestra, 17 years after their last monumental shows of this kind.

Following their appearances in Romania (2006) and Hungary (2007), the band returned to the orchestral stage for their very first arena show, captivating a sold-out crowd of 11,000 at Mexico City Arena. This performance will be brought to life for fans as a limited physical release, and available on DVD and BluRay.
 
A first glimpse into the record is “The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah”, out now. This track was originally released on Vovin in 1998 and alongside the Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México, it takes on new life.

Therion says about “The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah”:

The Rise of Sodom and Gomorrah’ is our most popular song and it was an obvious choice for this event. But it is also one of the most suitable songs to perform live with orchestra.

Christofer Johnsson says about Con Orquesta:

In the past, our concept was more like THERION going classical, with the band and the symphonic orchestra meeting on an equal basis. Thus, we did a fully orchestral version of one song and it was divided almost 50/50 between playing THERION songs and classical excerpts being rearranged for band and orchestra. This time, however, I wanted to take a different approach. I invited a renowned conductor and composer from Mexico to reinterpret our songs by adding new arrangements and expanding the originals with the orchestra. They also wrote some new intros and small interludes, making this a truly authentic Mexican interpretation of THERION live with orchestra.