Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (1985) (Japan Remastered Edition 2007)

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Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (1985) (Japan Remastered Edition 2007)

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Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion (1985) (Japan Remastered Edition 2007)

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Year : 1985 (Japan Remastered Edition 2007)
Style : Black Metal, Doom Metal, Thrash Metal
Country : Switzerland
Audio : 320 kbps + all scans + Video
Size : 148 mb


Bio:

Celtic Frost /ˈkɛltɪk frɒst/ was a Swiss extreme metal band from Zürich. They are known for their heavy influence on extreme metal genres.The group was first active from 1984 to 1993, and re-formed in 2001. Following Tom Gabriel Fischer's departure in 2008, Celtic Frost disbanded.The band was inspired by heavy metal groups such as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Venom, but also by gothic rock acts like Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Christian Death,and by the hardcore punk group Discharge.Their exact genre has been a topic of debate. Their earlier music was sometimes classified as black metal and even death metal and their later work as doom metal and gothic metal.The level of experimentation on albums such as Into the Pandemonium led certain journalists to describe the band's direction as avant-garde metal.Celtic Frost's former frontman, guitarist and singer Tom Gabriel Fischer, adopted the alias Tom Warrior. With Steve Warrior on bass, he formed one of the earliest extreme metal bands, Hellhammer, in 1981. Steve Warrior was later replaced by Martin Eric Ain – also a pseudonym. The band attracted a small international fan-base, got signed to Noise Records in Germany and recorded their debut EP Apocalyptic Raids in March 1984, now a rare finding on eBay or second hand record stores around the world.Metal publications were also skeptical of Hellhammer's musical endeavor. Metal Forces, for one, absolutely loathed the group; that started a long-lasting feud between that zine and Warrior, which kept Celtic Frost from playing in England for a couple of years.Rock Power was not fond of Hellhammer either – they considered it "the most terrible, abhorrent, and atrocious thing ‘musicians’ were ever allowed to record".In fact, they were "receiving miserable reviews everywhere", Warrior concluded.Regarding the controversial status of his former band, Thomas said: Way back in 1984 and 85, when Martin Eric Ain and I recorded Celtic Frost's first two albums Morbid Tales and To Mega Therion, Hellhammer lasted on us almost like a curse. Even though Hellhammer was the very reason we had thought over our goals and conceived the Frost, HH's left-overs kept being mighty rocks in our way. Many voices saw Frost as the same band with just a name-change. The lack of musical quality in HH made it almost impossible for us to get an unbiased reaction for Frost. To make a long story short, it almost killed all our work and dreams.By May 1984, Hellhammer had disbanded. Fischer and Ain, along with session drummer Stephen Priestly, regrouped as Celtic Frost. Their 1984 debut mini-LP, Morbid Tales was a hit in the underground metal scene, and the band set out on its first tour, through Germany and Austria. This was followed with an EP Emperor's Return. Both early releases are now available on the one CD.One of their more influential recordings was 1985's To Mega Therion which did not feature Ain on bass, but stand-in Dominic Steiner. 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.Ain did return after the album was recorded however. In 1987 followed Into the Pandemonium. The album is more varied than many of Celtic Frost's past LPs, with unlikely covers (Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio"), emotionally charged love songs, the album's recurring industrial-influenced rhythmic songs of demons and destruction, traditional Frost styled songs about dreams and fear, and a dark, classical piece with female vocals.The album is vastly different from the band's previous work and cemented its late 80s avant-garde metal term; it is also a departure from the extreme style found on the band's previous albums, Morbid Tales and To Mega Therion that Celtic Frost had become known for. However, it does have the recurring symphonic elements found on previous albums. The album has a more classic heavy metal style within the songs with elements of industrial, classical and gothic rock, and even has a hip hop/dance inspired rhythm in "One in Their Pride". It does have a few black metal elements remaining in Tom Warrior's vocals, though, and some thrash-influenced guitar riffs.These albums were some of the pivotal LPs for underground metal and inducted a new and more varied sound. Celtic Frost, along with Venom and Bathory were pioneers in the still underground black metal scene, although Celtic Frost were much more experimental with the addition of classical instruments, operatic female vocals and sampling. Celtic Frost was often labeled by critics as avant-garde metal.

Album:

To Mega Therion (meaning the great beast in Greek) is the second studio album by Swiss extreme metal band Celtic Frost, released on 27 October 1985 by Noise Records.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.Ned Raggett in his review for AllMusic writes, "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".

Line-Up:

Thomas Gabriel Fischer - Vocals, Guitars, Programming - See also: ex-Apollyon Sun, ex-Hellhammer, ex-Celtic Frost, ex-Grave Hill, ex-Tarot , Triptykon
Dominic Steiner - bass - See also: ex-Junk Food
Reed St. Mark - drums - See also: ex-Triptykon , ex-Crown , ex-MindFunk

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)

Tracklist:

01. Innocence and Wrath 01:02 instrumental
02. The Usurper (Remixed & Re-Recorded 1986) 03:27
03. Jewel Throne (Remixed & Re-Recorded 1986) 04:06
04. Dawn of Megiddo 05:47
05. Eternal Summer 04:31
06. Circle of the Tyrants 04:38
07. (Beyond the) North Winds 03:08
08. Fainted Eyes 05:09
09. Tears in a Prophet's Dream 02:33 instrumental
10. Necromantical Screams 06:02
11. Return to the Eve (1985 Studio Jam) (Fischer, Martin Eric Ain) (Bonus Track on 1999's re-release, originally featured on the Tragic Serenades (1986) EP) 04:08

Include bonus track "Return To The Eve(1985 Studio Jam)".All Tracks Remastered 1999, Tracks 2, 3 and 11 Remixed and Partially Re-recorded 1986. Track 3 Remix Not Previously Available on CD. Manufactured and Distributed by Victor Entertainment, Inc., Japan. Stereo Jasrac.

+ Video "Circle Of The Tyrants" (Official Video)


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