I wanted to share my favourite groups with you... so here I go:
Here is the first featured group:
Therion is one of the few groups left that dare creating their own sound and that succeeds quite well with it. They started with a Heavy Doom Ambiance, and evolved to an unique Symphonic Orchestral Metal sound.
Their lyrics are some of the most in depth to this day, including tons of references to mythology, occultism, ledgends, mythes and so on, and all of it is accurate.
you can visit their site over here:
http://www.megatherion.com
my reccomendation to start with is
Secret of the Runes