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To Mega Therion (meaning the great beast in Greek) is the debut album by Swiss extreme metal band Celtic Frost, released on 27 October 1985 by Noise Records.[2] 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.

To Mega Therion
Cover art by H. R. Giger[1]
Studio album by Celtic Frost
Released	27 October 1985
Recorded	14–28 September 1985
Studio	Casablanca Studio in Berlin, Germany
Genre	Thrash metal black metal doom metal death metal[2][3]
Length	39:52
Label	Noise
Producer	Horst Müller, Tom G. Warrior, Karl Walterbach
Celtic Frost chronology
Emperor's Return (1985) To Mega Therion (1985) Tragic Serenades (1986)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[3]

Ned Raggett in his review for AllMusic wrote, "The bombastic 'Innocence and Wrath' starts To Mega Therion off on just the appropriate note – Wagnerian horn lines, booming drums, and a slow crunch toward apocalypse. ... With that setting the tone, it's into the maddeningly wild and woolly Celtic Frost universe full bore, Warrior roaring out his vocals with glee and a wicked smile while never resorting to self-parodic castrato wails. 'The Usurper' alone is worth the price of admission, an awesome display of Warrior's knack around brute power and unexpectedly memorable riffs." According to Raggett, "other prime cuts" include "Circle of the Tyrants", "Dawn of Megiddo", "Tears in a Prophet's Dream", "Eternal Summer" and "Necromantical Screams". Raggett concludes his review by stating that the album "is and remains death metal at its finest".[2] Canadian journalist Martin Popoff considers the album "a black metal landmark" and "the most consistent example of early death metal that exist". He remarks how "the band had decided to delve more unto the extreme" and praised Tom Warrior's "surprisingly accomplished" lyrics and the mix of death, black and doom metal with a pinch of ambient music.[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Tom G. Warrior, except where noted.

Personnel

Celtic Frost

• Tom G. Warrior – guitars, vocals, effects, co-producer, assistant engineer
• Dominic Steiner – bass, bass effects
• Reed St. Mark – drums, percussion, effects

Additional musicians

• Martin Ain – bass (tracks 2 and 3 on 1999 re-release; songs originally from Tragic Serenades EP)
• Wolf Bender – French horn (tracks 1, 4 and 10)
• Claudia-Maria Mokri – additional vocals (tracks 2, 6 and 10)
• Horst Müller, Urs Sprenger – sound effects (track 9)

Production

• Horst Müller – producer, engineer, mixing
• Rick Lights – assistant engineer
• Karl Walterbach – executive producer

References

Further reading

• Fischer, Thomas Gabriel (1999). To Mega Therion (CD Booklet). Celtic Frost. Berlin, Germany: Noise Records. N 0326-2.
• Fischer, Thomas Gabriel (2000). Are You Morbid?: Into the Pandemonium of Celtic Frost. London, UK: Sanctuary. ISBN 978-1860743108.
• Shapiro, Marc (1993). "The Birth of Death: A Speed Demonology". Guitar presents Speed Demons of Metal, 6–9, 23, 110–112.

На других языках

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- [en] To Mega Therion (album)

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[es] To Mega Therion

To Mega Therion es el primer álbum de estudio de la banda suiza de metal extremo, Celtic Frost, grabado en septiembre de 1985 y publicado al mes siguiente a través de Noise Records. Los fundadores del grupo, el guitarrista y vocalista Tom Warrior y el bajista Martin Eric Ain, tuvieron que buscar un batería capacitado para su grabación y tras algunos meses de búsqueda encontraron al estadounidense Reed St. Mark, sin embargo, poco después de su llegada, Ain tuvo que abandonar la formación debido a problemas personales. Dominic Steiner fue el elegido para sustituirle y pese a tener conocimientos musicales, no encajó con el estilo de la banda y le reemplazaría su antecesor tras terminar la grabación.

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[ru] To Mega Therion (альбом)

To Mega Therion (с греч. «Величайший зверь») — дебютный студийный альбом швейцарской группы Celtic Frost, записанный в 1985 году. Как и мини-альбом Morbid Tales, оказал сильное влияние на становление таких экстремальных жанров метала, как дэт-метал и блэк-метал. Обложкой для альбома стала картина известнейшего художника из Швейцарии и друга Тома Уорриора Ганса Руди Гигера — «Satan I». Шведская Симфоник-метал группа Therion взяла своё название в честь этого альбома.

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