To Mega Therion (album)

To Mega Therion (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = To Mega Therion
Type = studio
Artist = Celtic Frost


Released = October 1985
Recorded = September 14 – 28, 1985 at Casablanca Studio in Berlin
Genre = Thrash metal
Black metal
Death metal
Length = 39:52
Label = Noise Records
LP: N 0031
CD: N 0031-3
Reissue: N 0931-2 UX
Producer = Horst Müller
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2srj288c052a link]
Last album = "Emperor's Return"
(1985)
This album = "To Mega Therion"
(1985)
Next album = "Tragic Serenades"
(1986)

"To Mega Therion" is the second album by the Thrash/Black Metal band, Celtic Frost. It was released in October 1985, and is considered an important influence by many future death metal and black metal artists. The cover artwork is a painting by H.R. Giger entitled "Satan I".

Track listing

#"Innocence and Wrath" – 1:02
#"The Usurper" – 3:24
#"Jewel Throne" – 3:59
#"Dawn of Meggido" – 5:42
#"Eternal Summer" – 4:29
#"Circle of the Tyrants" – 4:36
#"(Beyond the) North Winds" – 3:04
#"Fainted Eyes" – 5:00
#"Tears in a Prophet's Dream" – 2:30
#"Necromantical Screams" – 6:06
#"Return to the Eve (1985 Studio Jam)" – 4:08 [Bonus track on 1999's re-release, originally featured on the "Tragic Serenades" (1986) EP.]

Credits

*Tom Gabriel Fischer - Guitars, Vocals
*Dominic Steiner - Bass
*Reed St. Mark - Drums

Guest musicians

*Martin Eric Ain - Bass (Tracks 2 & 3)
*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)

ee also

* To Mega Therion -- meaning of the phrase

External links

* [http://www.celticfrost.com/vcf/releases/to_mega_therion.html "To Mega Therion"] -- discussion of the album at the official Celtic Frost website

Notes

References

* 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.


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