To Mega Therion (album)

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To Mega Therion

Cover art by H. R. Giger
Studio album by Celtic Frost
Released 27 October 1985
Recorded September 14 – 28, 1985 at Casablanca Studio in Berlin, Germany
Genre Thrash metal, death metal, first-wave black metal
Length 39:52
Label Noise
Producer Horst Müller
Celtic Frost chronology
Emperor's Return
(1985)		 To Mega Therion
(1985)		 Tragic Serenades
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
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To Mega Therion (meaning the great beast in Greek) is the second album by the Swiss extreme metal band Celtic Frost, released in October 1985.[1] To Mega Therion was the magickal motto of the British occultist Aleister Crowley. The cover artwork is a painting by H.R. Giger entitled Satan I. The album was a major influence on the then-developing death metal and black metal genres.[2]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Tom Gabriel Fischer, except where noted.

No. Title Length
1. "Innocence and Wrath"   1:02
2. "The Usurper"   3:24
3. "Jewel Throne"   3:59
4. "Dawn of Meggido"   5:42
5. "Eternal Summer"   4:29
6. "Circle of the Tyrants"   4:36
7. "(Beyond the) North Winds"   3:04
8. "Fainted Eyes"   5:00
9. "Tears in a Prophet's Dream"   2:30
10. "Necromantical Screams"   6:06
11. "Return to the Eve" (Fischer, Martin Eric Ain) (Bonus track on 1999's re-release, originally featured on the Tragic Serenades (1986) EP.) 4:08

[edit] Credits

[edit] Band members

[edit] Guest musicians

  • Martin Eric Ain - bass (Tracks 2 & 3 on 1999 re-release. Songs originally from Tragic Serenades EP.)
  • Wolf Bender - french horn (Tracks 1, 4 & 10)
  • Claudia-Maria Mokri - additional vocals (Tracks 2, 6 & 10)
  • Horst Müller - sound effects (Track 9)
  • Urs Sprenger - sound effects (Track 9)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Raggett, Ned. "Celtic Frost To Mega Therion review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/to-mega-therion-r3494/review. Retrieved 2012-01-01. 
  2. ^ Shapiro 1993, page 111.

[edit] External links

[edit] Further reading

  • Fischer, Thomas Gabriel (1999). In To Mega Therion [CD booklet]. Berlin: Modern Music Records.
  • Fischer, Thomas Gabriel (2000). Are You Morbid? Into the Pandemonium of Celtic Frost. London: Sanctuary Publishing Limited.
  • Shapiro, Marc (1993). The Birth of Death: A Speed Demonology. Guitar presents Speed Demons of Metal, 6-9, 23, 110-112.
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