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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
Released27 October 1985
Recorded14–28 September 1985
StudioCasablanca Studio in Berlin, Germany
Genre
  • Thrash metal
  • black metal
  • doom metal
  • death metal[2][3]
Length39:52
LabelNoise
ProducerHorst 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
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[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.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Innocence and Wrath"1:02
2."The Usurper"3:24
3."Jewel Throne"3:59
4."Dawn of Megiddo" (Warrior, Martin Ain. Consistently misspelled as Dawn of Meggido on re-releases)5:42
5."Eternal Summer"4:29
Side two
No.TitleLength
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" (Celtic Frost, Steve Warrior)2:30
10."Necromantical Screams" (Warrior, Ain)6:06

Personnel


Celtic Frost
Additional musicians
Production

References


  1. "Celtic Frost, 'To Mega Therion'". Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  2. Raggett, Ned. "Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 68. ISBN 978-1894959315.

Further reading



На других языках


- [en] To Mega Therion (album)

[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.

[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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